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