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5/26

5/21/2015

Last Week of School Activities
We have an exciting last week planned for first grade! Following is a list of activities and the things your child will need at school.

Monday, May 25 – Memorial Day; No School

Tuesday, May 26 – Reading Day/ Teddy Bear Picnic – Bring your two favorite books, your favorite stuffed animal, a towel, your book bag and a snack.

Wednesday, May 27 – Game Day – Bring your favorite board game, your book bag and a snack. You must know how to play the game and read the instructions.

Thursday, May 28 – Show and Tell Day/ Cleaning Day – Bring one item to show the class, your book bag and a snack. We will be cleaning out our desks so it is important to have your book bag. Make sure your show and tell item isn’t breakable.

Talent Show - 9:30 in the Eckburg - Please join us!

Friday, May 29 – Awards Chapel in Eckburg at 8:45 - Please join us. First graders are eligible for perfect attendance awards.

Friday, May 29 - 1st Grade Awards in our Classroom at 10:15 ish - Please join us. Parents that need to set up for the party will have plenty of time after the awards in the classroom.

Friday, May 29 - End of Year Party in the pecan grove at 11:00! Please join us!!

5/18

5/18/2015

Bible:
Psalm 23:1-6 “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me; your rod and staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
There will be a Bible verse quiz on Friday.

Spelling:
We will play games and do activities that will concentrate on sight words. There will not be any more spelling tests this year.
Phonics:
We will continue to play games and do activities to practice and reinforce the special sounds that we have learned this year. There will not be any more phonics tests this year.

Reading and Writing:
All groups will be reading and writing different forms of poetry.

Math:
We will continue our chapter on measurement.

Social Science:
We will continue to work on force and matter.

5/11

5/9/2015

May 12 and 13 - Talent Show Auditions

Math: This week we will finish chapter 9 - Money and begin chapter 10 - Measurement.

Timed Tests: We will continue taking timed tests each week. The students are doing a great job. Continue practicing the facts listed below. We will continue to have a subtraction timed test on Tuesday and an addition timed test on Thursday.

We have all passed our addition tests!!! :) :)
We are still working on subtraction!!

For subtraction, we have increased the time to 6 minutes and the number of problems to 50. We will continue to work with differences from 18. We will keep these parameters until students have mastered.

For addition, we will have complete 50 problems in 3 minutes.

Review these facts!
1+0=1; 1+1=2; 1+2=3; 1+3=4; 1+4=5; 1+5=6; 1+6=7; 1+7=8; 1+8=9; 1+9=10
2+0=2; 2+1=3; 2+2=4; 2+3=5; 2+4=6; 2+5=7; 2+6=8; 2+7=9; 2+8=10; 2+9=11
3+0=3; 3+1=4; 3+2=5; 3+3=6; 3+4=7; 3+5=8; 3+6=9; 3+7=10; 3+8=11; 3+9=12
4+0=4; 4+1=5; 4+2=6; 4+3=7; 4+4=8; 4+5=9; 4+6=10; 4+7=11; 4+8=12; 4+9=13
5+0=5; 5+1=6; 5+2=7; 5+3=8; 5+4=9; 5+5=10; 5+6=11; 5+7=12; 5+8=13; 5+9=14
6+1=7, 6+2=8, 6+3=9, 6+4=10, 6+5=11, 6+6=12, 6+7=13, 6+8=14, 6+9=15
7+0=7; 7+1=8; 7+2=9; 7+3=10; 7+4=11; 7+5=12; 7+6=13; 7+7=14; 7+8=15; 7+9=16
8+0=8; 8+1=9; 8+2=10; 8+3=11; 8+4+12; 8+5=13; 8+6+14; 8+7=15; 8+8=16; 8+9=17
9+0=9; 9+1=10; 9+2=11; 9+3=12; 9+4=13; 9+5=14; 9+6=15; 9+7=16; 9+8=17; 9+9=18

Phonics: No Phonics Test this week!

Social Sciences: We will continue or sturdy of forces, and matter

Reading: Don't forget to read your books on Thursday night and be ready to test Friday! :)

Spelling: Beginning this week we will have 15 spelling words and 5 bonus words. We will have a spelling test every Friday. Students will write these words when I call them out. This week five bonus words will be added to the list. Students should learn the 15 spelling words first. For a challenge, they can also learn the five bonus words. All students will take the bonus portion of the test. For each bonus word spelled correctly, the student will get 1 extra point on the test. There is no penalty for spelling a bonus word incorrectly.

Spelling Words:
No Spelling words this week!

Bible: We will have a Bible verse each week. Students will say the verse to me.

Bible Verse: "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6

Continue reviewing Psalm 23:1-5. We will learn a new verse each week and by the end of the year the students will be able to recite the entire 23rd Psalm.

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me on the paths of righteousness for his name sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadows of death. I will fear no evil for you are with me. Your rod and staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup overflows." Psalm 23:1-5

Handwriting: We will practice writing words and sentences in our best handwriting.

Creative Writing: Students will continue to practice writing complete sentences using capital letters at the beginning and periods at the end. I will introduce question marks this week. We will continue learning the parts of a sentence. We will be writing super sentences. All sentences should have these four parts:

Begin with a capital letter.
End with a punctuation mark.
Make sense.
Be written neatly.

They will write sentences with their spelling words, and write in their journals daily. We will write poems.

Homework:
Monday: Math sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds and math facts
Tuesday: Math Sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts
Wednesday: Math sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts
Thursday: Math sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts

5/4

5/3/2015

May 5 - Character Book Parade - 8:45
May 6 - Special Chapel for Mr. Yancey - We will be singing! - 9:15 in the Eckburg Center
May 6 - No Written Homework Tonight
May 7 - National Day of Prayer
May 8 - Talent Show Forms Due
May 12 and 13 - Talent Show Auditions

Math: This week we test on chapter 9 - Money and begin chapter 10 - Measurement.

Timed Tests: We will continue taking timed tests each week. The students are doing a great job. Continue practicing the facts listed below. We will continue to have a subtraction timed test on Tuesday and an addition timed test on Thursday.

For those who have passed their addition tests and received a certificate, there will only be subtraction tests each week.

For subtraction, we have increased the time to 6 minutes and the number of problems to 50. We will continue to work with differences from 18. We will keep these parameters until students have mastered.

For addition, we will have complete 50 problems in 3 minutes.

Review these facts!
1+0=1; 1+1=2; 1+2=3; 1+3=4; 1+4=5; 1+5=6; 1+6=7; 1+7=8; 1+8=9; 1+9=10
2+0=2; 2+1=3; 2+2=4; 2+3=5; 2+4=6; 2+5=7; 2+6=8; 2+7=9; 2+8=10; 2+9=11
3+0=3; 3+1=4; 3+2=5; 3+3=6; 3+4=7; 3+5=8; 3+6=9; 3+7=10; 3+8=11; 3+9=12
4+0=4; 4+1=5; 4+2=6; 4+3=7; 4+4=8; 4+5=9; 4+6=10; 4+7=11; 4+8=12; 4+9=13
5+0=5; 5+1=6; 5+2=7; 5+3=8; 5+4=9; 5+5=10; 5+6=11; 5+7=12; 5+8=13; 5+9=14
6+1=7, 6+2=8, 6+3=9, 6+4=10, 6+5=11, 6+6=12, 6+7=13, 6+8=14, 6+9=15
7+0=7; 7+1=8; 7+2=9; 7+3=10; 7+4=11; 7+5=12; 7+6=13; 7+7=14; 7+8=15; 7+9=16
8+0=8; 8+1=9; 8+2=10; 8+3=11; 8+4+12; 8+5=13; 8+6+14; 8+7=15; 8+8=16; 8+9=17
9+0=9; 9+1=10; 9+2=11; 9+3=12; 9+4=13; 9+5=14; 9+6=15; 9+7=16; 9+8=17; 9+9=18

Phonics: We will have a Phonics test each Friday. Students will be expected to write the following:
short vowel blends: no new blends
long vowel blends: no new blends
special sounds: tion in nation, or in sailor, err in cherry, est in tallest, a in banana, ful in beautiful
spell these words: time, simple, wild, chief, could, page
syllables: no new syllables
prefixes: no new prefixes

We will practice these in class every day!

Social Sciences: We will continue or sturdy of forces, and matter

Reading: Don't forget to read your books on Wednesday night and be ready for a test on Thursday! :)

Spelling: Beginning this week we will have 15 spelling words and 5 bonus words. We will have a spelling test every Friday. Students will write these words when I call them out. This week five bonus words will be added to the list. Students should learn the 15 spelling words first. For a challenge, they can also learn the five bonus words. All students will take the bonus portion of the test. For each bonus word spelled correctly, the student will get 1 extra point on the test. There is no penalty for spelling a bonus word incorrectly.

Spelling Words:
lace, face, grace, price, mice, ice, cent, city, circus, pencil, circle, bicycle, put, pull, push
Bonus Words: trust, certain, place, twice, crust

Bible: We will have a Bible verse each week. Students will say the verse to me.

Bible Verse: ""You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup overflows. Psalm 23:5

Continue reviewing Psalm 23:1-3. We will learn a new verse each week and by the end of the year the students will be able to recite the entire 23rd Psalm.

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me on the paths of righteousness for his name sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadows of death. I will fear no evil for you are with me. Your rod and staff, they comfort me" Psalm 23:1-4

Handwriting: We will practice writing words and sentences in our best handwriting.

Creative Writing: Students will continue to practice writing complete sentences using capital letters at the beginning and periods at the end. I will introduce question marks this week. We will continue learning the parts of a sentence. We will be writing super sentences. All sentences should have these four parts:

Begin with a capital letter.
End with a punctuation mark.
Make sense.
Be written neatly.

They will write sentences with their spelling words, and write in their journals daily. We will write friendly letters and begin Poetry.

Homework:
Monday: Math sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds and math facts
Tuesday: Math Sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts
Wednesday: Math sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts
Thursday: Math sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts

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