Week 4

Dear 1C families,

This was a very busy and exciting week in our classroom! On Monday, we learned about the solar eclipse and our scholars made some beautiful artwork with Mr. Marshall to show what the full eclipse looks like.

It was wonderful to see so many parents at curriculum night on Wednesday! Thank you for attending.

We ended our week with fun stories and a glowstick for our August birthday celebration.

Ms. Kaye and I are so happy with the way that everyone in the class is adjusting to first grade. Today the class was very calm, attentive, and respectful! We are so grateful for all of your support in your child's learning so far!

Next week we will have DIBELS testing. I am looking forward to continuing to assess the reading skills of all of our students. During our first benchmark, we will test letter naming, saying the sounds in words, and decoding nonsense words. I look forward to sharing the results with you.

Coming up this week:

This week in Literature we are continuing our Tom Thumb stories from around the world! We will read “Little Finger of the Watermelon Patch,” a story from Vietnam. Then we will compare and contrast the characters of Tom Thumb, Issun Boshi, Thumbelina, and Little Finger. There will be a small assessment on Thursday.

 In Spalding are 29 spelling words this week. Some of these words have silent e’s! Here’s how we remember them:

 Job 1 – in the word time – “e lets the i say i”, in the word make – “e lets the a say a” (vowel, consonant, e) (this is only marked with single underlines)

Job 2 – English words do not end with v or u.  “v, u – job 2!” (ex: have, blue)

Job 3 – e helps the c/g say the second sound “c, g – job 3!” (ex: chance, charge)

Job 4 – Every syllable must have a vowel. (ex: lit tle)

Job 5 – no job e! (ex: are)

Please practice the following phonograms at home: b, d, g, r, t, ar, ay, ch, oo, ou. Spelling Test and McCall-Harby Reading Comprehension Test on Friday!

Words this week:

Monday: my, up, last, not, us, am, good, time, have, blue

Tuesday: chance, charge, little, are, ago, old, bad, red, of, be

Wednesday: but, this, all, your, you, out, may, into, him

In Grammar, we are continuing to study nouns and discussing the differences between common and proper nouns. There will be a small noun quiz on Friday!

Idiom: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. (Golden Rule)  

Poem: “Caterpillar” by Christina Rossetti – We will recite in partners on Friday!

On Monday, we will take our unit 2 Math test. Then, we will begin to work on addition. We will use manipulatives to show addition, write addition sentences, and tell addition stories. On Friday, we will take our cumulative units 1 and 2 test.

This week in Science, we will continue to study habitats. We will learn about the plants and animals that live in forests. We will also learn about some animals that make their homes underground.

This week in Geography students will describe various landforms and bodies of water such as mountains, hills, canyons, volcanoes, peninsulas, and islands. Students will also recognize specific features for each of the 7 continents.

Have a great week!




On a personal note...I shared some very exciting news with the class on Thursday!