Friday, December 6, 2019

Week 18

Greetings 1B Families,

Winter dress code has begun! Pants must be worn instead of shorts. If girls would like to wear a skirt or dress, they must wear white, navy or black knee-high socks or tights. If your child would like to wear a sweater indoors, it must be a school sweater. Long sleeve uniform shirts are available. Please do not pair long sleeve shirts underneath school polos. Thank you!

In celebration of the season, we will have a class book exchange during our class celebration on Wednesday, the 18th. If your child would like to participate, please have them bring a new or gently used wrapped book to class. 

Have a wonderful weekend!


In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,

Shannon Dawson


Homework
 Nightly: Read for 15 min. using the book bags and bubblegum math practice for 2 minutes, practice poem ( it can be found here)
Phonograms to practice nightly: ow, ck, ng, er, ed, ee, ea, ir, ou, gn
Monday: blows, blow, block, spring, river and wkbk. pg. 166-168
Tuesday: planted, plant, cut, winter, stone and wkbk. pg. 169-171
Wednesday: song, sing, sang, sung, free and wkbk. pg. 172-173
Thursday: Review all words and phonograms 1x and wkbk. pg. 174-175
Friday: Read for 15 minutes, book of choice

Classroom Needs
Class Copier: Our class is in need of a parent to make our copies during quarters 3 and 4.  This job takes about 1 to 2 hours each Friday (timing is flexible). Making copies is a huge help to me and Mrs. Kiss.  We greatly appreciate any parent who is willing to step into this role.  Thank you in advance for your consideration!
Dry Erase Markers: If you are able to donate a pack or two of dry erase markers, we would greatly appreciate it!  We have been working so hard that we have ran out! 

Calendar
Wednesday, December 11th: Math groups
Thursday, December 12th: Reading groups
Tuesday, December 17 & Wednesday December 18th: Half Days; release at 11:50 am
Wednesday, December 18th: Class celebration and book exchange (see above) 10 am-11:30 am
Wednesday, December 18th: Library books due
Thursday, December 19th- January 5th: Winter Recess; No school

Academics 
Idiom: The More the Merrier!
Poetry: Table Manners by Gelett Burgess
*Recitations the week of 12/16
Spalding: We will learn 15 new words this week. On Thursday, we will review all 15 words. On Friday, we will have a test on all 15 words and 10 phonograms.
Phonograms to practice nightly: ow, ck, ng, er, ed, ee, ea, ir, ou, gn
Grammar/Writing: This week we will read and write about passages from two poems, Months and Bed in Summer. We will observe a painting named Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuniga by Francisco Goya. We will use the details of this painting to practice identifying parts of speech and writing complete sentences. 
Math: This week we will spend time reviewing what we have learned so far in first grade.
Literature: We will finish reading Frog and Toad all Year.
Science: Students will complete a fun experiment using balloons as they discover static electricity! We will also discuss the flow of electrons that creates an electric current. 
History: We will begin a new unit on Modern Mexico. Students will hear about cultures that have influenced life in Mexico today, locate Mexico on a map, and discuss three important Mexican holidays. 

3 comments:

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