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 18^th: 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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9e5GF2LVsI

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.