Weekly Update for 09/29/14

What are we learning this week?

Skill: Questioning

Strategy:  Context Clues
Daily 5: Continue Building Stamina for Read to Self, Read to Someone, and Listening to Reading, Working with Words 

Phonics: final consonants n, t, d, p, g, m; -at, -an, -ap word families; Short A vowel sound as in the word cat

Language: Sentences

Math: Shapes (SOL 1.12 and 1.13) and Patterns (SOL 1.17)

Science: Investigations and the 5 Senses(SOL 1.1) and the Sun and the Moon (SOL 1.7)
Social Studies: Seasons (SOL 1.6)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, September 29                   Art  

*Tuesday, September 30                  Computer         

*Wednesday, October 1                   Music
Interims Issued
Book-It Program Begins
PTA Fall Fundraiser Begins

*Thursday, October 2                     P.E.

Sight Word Circle Test
Test on Oh, Cats!

*Friday, October 3                   Guidance  

Spelling Test on words at the bottom of your child's homework sheet

  

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday.

away     down     come      no      help             

will        is            it          in        here

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

Oh         stay        find       if

are        now        new      cats

Weekly Update for 09/22/14

Don't Forget: PTA Open House 
on Tuesday, September 23
We'll have our Back to School night.  We'll start with a quick PTA meeting in the CAES Cafeteria at 6:45 and transition into our classroom presentations beginning at 7:00.  We'll have three 20 minute sessions for you to visit your children's teachers and see the work that your children are completing in class.  We're going to have our Resource teachers together in the library so you can meet all of them together one place.

What are we learning this week?

Skill: Visualizing

Strategy:  Sequencing/Retelling
Daily 5: Introducing Word Work; Continue Building Stamina for Read to Self, Read to Someone, and Listening to Reading; 

Phonics: initial consonants j, w, v, x, y, z, q; -et, -en, -ug, 
-ut, -up word families

Language: Nouns

Math: Shapes (SOL 1.12 and 1.13)

Science: Investigations and the 5 Senses(SOL 1.1)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, September 22                   Computer Lab   

*Tuesday, September 23                   Music          
PTA Open House @ 6:45

*Wednesday, September 24              P.E.

*Thursday, September 25                Guidance

Sight Word Circle Test

*Friday, September 26                    Library   

Spelling Test on words at the bottom of your child's homework sheet

  

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday.

three          get      we         what

   

two            am       here       up

but             go       where      

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

tumble    bumble       cat       crocodile     

toad        mouse        bear       pig 

Weekly Update for 09/15/14

Ever wonder what your teacher does on the weekend?  Here's a little sample of my weekend.

Yep!  That's your first grade teacher dressed up as a cat!

I am playing Jenny Any Dots in the Williamsburg Players production of Cats.

 Here I am taking a cat nap on stage.

Now onto more serious business...

What are we learning this week?

Skill: Connections

Strategy:  Main Idea and Fact versus Fantasy
Daily 5: Introducing Listening to Reading; Continue Building Stamina for Read to Self and Read to Someone; 

Phonics: initial consonants f, g, l, h, d, j, k; -ot, -op, -it, 
-ig word families

Language: Writing Workshop Continuing Introduction

Math: Numbers 1-12 (SOL 1.1a)

Social Studies: Citizenship (SOL 1.4 and 1.5)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, September 15                    Music   

*Tuesday, September 16                   P.E.          
WATCHDOGS Pizza Kickoff @ 6:00

*Wednesday, September 17              Guidance
Early Release @ 1:00

*Thursday, September 18                Library
Picture Day 

Sight Word Circle Test

*Friday, September 19                    Art    

Spelling Test on words at the bottom of your child's homework sheet

Apple Day-We will be talking all about apples today.

  

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday.

go     big    help   have  here 

in      is       it       little  I

      

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

do         that        Monday      Thursday    Sunday

like       to            Tuesday      Friday        Wednesday

      

not        you         Saturday