Week of December 17th

First Grade Families:

We are looking forward to finishing the quarter strong this week.

Mark your calendars:

• 17th-19th: Early Dismissal
• Winter Break: December 20th-January 4th
• Conferences: January 4th, 7th, 8th, and 9th
• Animal Reports: due January 7th, please refer to the packet sent home for guidelines. Reach out to me if you have further questions.

Classroom celebrations will take place this Wednesday, thank you in advance for donating time and supplies to our Hansel and Gretel project.

We will be wrapping up all of our current units this week, and look forward to discussing your child's progress during conferences when we return.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2019.

In Partnership,

The First Grade Team

Week of December 10th

​First Grade Families,

We are looking forward to another great full week together!

Mark your calendars:

• 17th-19th: Early Dismissal
• Winter Break: December 20th-January 4th
• Conferences: January 4th, 7th, 8th, and 9th
• Animal Reports: due January 7th, please refer to the packet sent home for guidelines. Reach out to me if you have further questions.

Spalding

Phonograms 1-70

Words:

place,  report,  never,  found,  side,  kind,  life,  here,  car,  word

every,  under,  most,  made,  said,  says,  say,  work,  our,  more

when,  from,  form,  wind,  wind,  print,  air,  fill,  along,  lost

Literature

We will continue to read through Frog and Toad Together. Scholars will be working on sequencing events, summarizing and transition words. Our new poem went home Friday and is I Know all the Sounds the Animals Make. We will recite this poem the final week before break.

Math

This week we wrap up comparing numbers, our test will be Tuesday. Our next unit will be on graphing. We will discuss how to create a graph, collect data, and interpret the data.

Science

We will continue exploring electricity. Scholars will explore static and current electricity, and who Thomas Edison was and how he is related to electricity.

History

We will continue to look at the three world religions. We will understand how and when these religions emerged and the role that they play in our history. We will use this knowledge as a framework for understanding many important historical events. We will learn the symbols for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Scholars will compare and contrast these three religions.

We are wishing you all a wonderful week ahead.

In Partnership,

The First Grade Team

Week of December 3rd

First Grade Families,
We are looking forward to another great full week together!

Mark your calendars:

• 17th-19th: Early Dismissal
• Winter Break: December 20th-January 4th
• Conferences: January 4th, 7th, 8th and 9th
• Animal Reports: due January 7th, please refer to the packet sent home for guidelines. Reach out to me if you have further questions.

Spalding

Phonograms 1-70

McCall monthly test Monday (no homework)

Words:

fine, cannot, May, may, line, left, ship, train, saw, pay

large, near, hear, down, why, bill, want, girls, girl, part, still

Literature

We will continue to read through Frog and Toad are Friends. Scholars will be working on sequencing events, summarizing and transition words. Our new poem went home Friday and is I Know all the Sounds the Animals Make. We will recite this poem the final week before break.

Math

This week we wrap up measurement, our test will be Tuesday. Our next unit will be on comparing numbers. We will discuss "one more" and "one less" and use subtraction to compare numbers.

Science

We will finish our unit on Habitats. We will complete our oceans foldable and introduce electricity. We will begin to explore open and closed circuits.

History

We will continue to look at the three world religions. We will understand how and when these religions emerged and the role that they play in our history. We will use this knowledge as a framework for understanding many important historical events. We will learn the symbols for Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Scholar will compare and contrast these three religions.

We are wishing you all a wonderful week ahead.

In Partnership,

The First Grade Team