Week 5

Happy Friday 1B Families,

Can you believe that the first month of school has came and went? It has been a wonderful month getting to know your precious children.  They have worked so hard to settle into life as a first grader.

I hope you and your family enjoy the first long weekend of the school year! 


In the pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,
Ms. Dawson


Homework
Nightly: Read for 15 min. using the book bags.
Please have your child practice our monthly poem for 1 minute each night. A copy of the poem will be sent home or find it here.
Phonograms to practice nightly: e, k, l, v, x, er, ir, ng, oi, oy
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Spalding words: my, up, last, not, us, am, good
Wednesday: Spalding words: time, have, chance, little, are, blue, charge
Thursday: Review all words and phonograms
Friday: Please read a book of your child's choice for 15 minutes. 

Calendar
Monday, September 2nd: No School; Labor Day
Wednesday, September 4th: Math Groups (sign up here)
Thursday, September 5th: Reading Groups (sign up here)
Wednesday, September 11, 6-7:00: Curriculum Q&A 
Saturday, September 21st: Daddy Daughter Dance
Tuesday, September 24th: Picture Day

Academics
Poem for September: The Pasture by Robert Frost. (Recite on 9/27). We will practice this poem daily in class. Please help us by practicing it for one minute each night. 

Idiom: We will review all idioms learned thus far: The Golden Rule, Sour Grapes, and, A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.  

Grammar/ Writing: Students will read and write about passages from Rumpelstiltskin. 
Spalding: We will learn 7 new words on Tuesday and 7 new words on Wednesday. On Thursday, we will review all 14 words. On Friday, we will have a test on all 14 words and 10 phonograms.Math: This week we will continue to explore addition. Students will learn various strategies to building number sense and addition fluency.
Literature: This week we will begin our Cinderella Around the World unit.  Students will enjoy and respond to various versions of Cinderella.

Geography:  This week we'll review maps, continents, and oceans and take a final assessment on our geography unit.

Science: We will be learning about the animals of the savanna and how they've adapted to life in the grasslands. We will also explore the temperate deciduous forest.