9-21-15 Gus Takes the Train

Story: Gus Takes the Train-Story Structure

Genre: Fantasy

Word family Words: short/u/words                       up, bug, mud, nut, hug, tub       

High Frequency Words:                                    friend, full, good hold, many, pull

Writing: Adjectives (describing words) Students will write a class story and write using their 5 senses.

Grammar: Adjectives/ Antonyms

Week of Aug. 31st, 2015

Story of the Week: The Storm

Genre: Realistic Fiction

High Frequency words (vocabulary):                                             for, what, have, he, look, too

Word Family short ‘i’ words:                 

if, is, him, rip, fit, pin

Students will be reading and learning about re-telling a story this week. We will have a HFW Test Thursday. A spelling, and reading test on Friday

Grammar: Nouns-A person, place or thing      

Writing: Captions   

Handwriting: Letter formation of Dd, Ee, Ff and Gg

Homework Policy and Routine:

Homework will be given Monday through Thursday. Your child will be doing spelling and writing homework in their “Homework Notebook.” I check homework every morning. Math Homework will be sent home after the completion of each lesson and should be returned the following day.

Homework This Week:

Monday: Word Code: Write your Words. Trace Consonants in blue, Vowel in red.                                    

Tuesday: Write 5 sentences using the Word Family Words (if, is, him, rip, fit, pin).                    

Wednesday: Write 5 sentences using the High Frequency Words.(for, what, have, he, look, too)              

Thursday: Write ALL the words 3 times (x) each

Chapter 1 Math Test will be on Tuesday Sept. 8th

              Daily 5 Update                     

 Wow! We’ve finished the 10^th day of school and we already are Stamina Stars!!  The class is moving towards independence in Read to Self (12 minutes), Work on Writing (10 minutes)! Word Work, Listening to reading (on the computer) and Read to Someone will be launched in the coming weeks.

Social Studies:  Over the next 2 weeks, we will be learning and writing about School Leaders: Principal, Teachers,  Media Specialist, and more.

 

 

 

Week of August 24, 2015

Story of the Week: What is a Pal?     

Focus Skill: Main Idea and Summarize                             

 Word Family: Short ‘a’ Words               am, at, sat, man, dad, mat

High Frequency Words:(sight words)   and, be, help, you, play, with            

 Children will need to be able to spell and read these words by the end of the week. We will have a spelling test and reading test at the end of each week.

Grammar: Nouns—A person, place or thing                              Writing: Labels and Ideas;  

Handwriting: Letter formation of Aa, Bb, Cc and Dd

Homework: Homework is checked daily. Students will do spelling in their Homework Notebook

Monday: Write your H.F. words. Trace the vowels in red and consonants in blue.                     

Tuesday: Write 5 sentences using the Word Family Words.                           am, at, sat, man, dad, mat           

Wednesday: Write 5 sentences using the High Frequency Words.                           and, be, help, you, play, with         

Thursday: Write the words 3 times (x) each

Math will come home at the end of each lesson.

 Some snapshots of work we did the 1st week of school

We read Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes and talked about being kind to others. We then made a Chrysanthemum craft, wrote her name and the vocabulary words used to describe her in the story.

 

We wrote about our first week in first grade.
This example made me smile!

  Here's to a great 2nd week of school!