Reminders
Just a few reminders:
Book Report is due March 26th.
Please note the manilla envelope coming home containing registration forms for next year. Please fill out both sides. The form must be returned by March 27th. The earlier the better.
March 13, 2009
Thank YOU!!!!
I would like to extend the biggest thank you to all the children and parents for the best week! I am most appreciative for all the flowers, sweets, beautiful notes, supplies, goodies, lunches and gift cards. The class book brought tears to my eyes and meant so very much. Your children are wonderful and I am blessed to have them in my class this year. Parents, you have gone over and beyond and I am truly thankful from the bottom of my heart. You all have made this year be so enjoyable and the children have been so successful due to your support. Again, I thank you.
February 27, 2009
Class News
March will be a very busy month in 1st grade. We will continue our weekly spelling tests which needed to be moved to Thursday due to a conflict in schedules. The children are doing a great job, thank you for your support in helping them study.
Reading continues daily with guided reading groups, choosies and doies, or in class book reports.We will be working on biographies these next two weeks. Please review sight words daily, the children will be tested within the next two weeks. We continue to review phonic skills and apply them in our classwork. We continue to work on reading with fluency. We have also been practicing CRCT practice tests and working on reading strategies.
We are continuing our writing of paragraphs with a main idea sentence, 5 details and a closing sentence. We continue to work on our handwriting skills also.
In science we are studying the needs of plants and animals. In social studies we are completing our study of Harriet Tubman, Theodore Roosevelt and George Washington Carver. We will begin a unit on tall tales.
Our newest unit of math will include measurement. We will continue to review our skills learned in calendar. Please continue to review counting money to $1.00, math facts 0-18 and telling time. We will be reviewing for the CRCT in class also.
As you can see we have been busy and the next few months are crucial for the children to keep a great work ethic. Please be sure to maintain homework practices. Please be sure to send in a snack with your child daily. The first grade teachers are monitoring the purchasing of ice cream due to the fact we are seeing the children eat their ice cream and not their lunch. We are also seeing them buy ice cream on a day when brownies or cookies are being sold and this effects their afternoon studies. We would appreciate your support with this matter. A new program is going to be started after spring break in which breakfast will be offered here at Chalker. More information will be coming home regarding this program.
Thank your for all that you do! We are having a fabulous year and I have seen tremendous growth with the children. Their success is due to the support they get from home.
Reminders
Please review sight words daily with your child. End of 9 week testing will be within the next two weeks.
Please review Core Word spelling words. End of 9 week testing will be within the next two weeks.
Book report will be due March 26th.
Spirit Day is March 27th.
Projects
March 2nd book report information will be coming home. Please read and note the due date is March 26th. Thank you.
March 31st- Book It reading calendar is due
March Happenings
March will be a very busy month. Please note important dates for the month.
March 3rd - Early Release, Bergamo's Night
March 8th - Daylight saving time begins
March 10th- Five Guy's Night
March 11th- Banking Day
March 12th- Papa John's Night
March 17th- St. Patrick's Day
March 18th-Stevi B's Night
March 19th- Report cards go home
March 20th-1st day of spring
March 26th-School Pictures
March 27th-Spirit Day
Birthdays
Happy Birthday to the following children.
February:
Reagan - Feb. 26th
Ethan - Feb. 22nd
March:
Guy Morgan - March 3rd
Chad - March 21st
January 05, 2009
Class News
Welcome back! Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday. It is hard to believe the 2nd half of the year is hear already.
This grading period will continue to focus on many of the same skills but many new skills will be introduced.
Language Arts- Please continue to read with your child for fluency and practice the sight words. The new list is on the sight word page. We will continue spelling patterns with short and long vowels, blends, digraphs and r-controlled vowels. We will be reading and writing to identify the main idea and details in informational text.
Writing- We will be writing sentences to describe an experience and edit and revise our writings. I will be looking for printing with correct spacing, and letters formed the correct way. I will be checking for sentences using subject/verb agreement correctly. We will continue to work on capitalization and punctuation in our writing. We will review commas in a series.
Social Studies- Our units of study include character traits and contributions of Harriet Tubman, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington Carver.
Science- Our units of study include the investigations of light, sound and magnets. We will also study of basic needs of plants and animals.
Math- We will continue the comparison of numbers using greater than, less than and equal to with numbers through 100. We will be making fair trades in counting money through $1.00. We will be adding and subtracting our facts through sums and differences of 18.We will begin our study of fractions identifying halves and fourths. Time will be introduced telling time to the hour and 1/2 hour. We will continue our study of graphs including pictographs, bar graphs, cirlce graphs, and tally mark graphs.
So you can see this next grading period will be busy. Please review your child's silver folder daily. Practice sight words and math facts daily! Thank you for all your support. I am looking forward to conferencing with each of you.
January's Calendar of Events
January 6th - Bergamo's Night
January 8th-Papa John's Night
January 13th-Five Guy's Night
January 14th-Banking Day
January 19th-Martin Luther King Holiday-NO SCHOOL
January 20th-Inauguration Day
January 21st-Stevi B's Night
January 22nd- 100th Day of School
January 30th- Spirit Day
January 26th-30th- Conference Week-Early Release Week/Book Fair
