Important Dates:
Tuesday, October 25th: 50th Day of School. Come to school dressed in your 50’s clothing!
Tuesday, October 25th: Chick-Fil-A Night 5-7:30 in POOLER. The class with the most attendance wins a free Chick-fil-A Lunch!
Friday, October 28th: 1st Quarter Report Cards come home. Please sign and return. We will then send home a nice copy for you to keep.
Friday, November 11th: Veteran's Day Holiday
Wednesday, November 16th: 2nd Quarter Midterm
Thursday, November 17th: Grandparents' Day Program
November 21st -November 25th: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Help: If your child does not know how to tie their own shoes, please teach them at home and practice daily. Otherwise, please purchase them shoes that don’t require laces. We don’t want anyone tripping over laces from untied shoes.
Math: We will complete chapter 3 and test on addition. We will then begin Chapter 4: Counting Back; Counting Back Using a Number Line; Using Doubles to Subtract; and Writing a Number Sentence.
Timed Tests: We will continue taking timed tests each week. The students are doing a great job. Start practicing the fact listed below. Beginning this week will increase the number of problems. We have two mixed 1-9 tests this week with 25 problems in four 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: tha, clu, fle
long vowel blends: tre, cro, sli
special sounds: ay in stay, cr in crib, y in fly, ou in pout, ch and ur in church, ar in farm, pr and ay in pray, or in born, wor in work, o in no
spell these words: no new words
Social Sciences: We had so much fun learning about the Sun, Moon and Earth this past week. This week we will learn about the Seasons.
Reading: Comprehension test on Thursday! Be sure to read Wednesday night. We go over the story and questions together in class, too.
Spelling: This week we will have 12 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 12 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.
be, he, me, by, my, cry, try, go, no, so, one, two
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Bonus Words: hello, cello, pry, seven, eight
Bible: We will have a Bible verse each week. Students will say the verse to me. This week we are learning about Josiah, The Boy King.
Bible Verse: Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”
Handwriting: Now that we are in 2nd quarter, my expectation for the students is a little higher than it was last quarter. Handwriting grades will always be taken from paper that gives them handwriting lines. I will grade on proper formation, placement and neatness.
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.
Homework
Monday: Math sheet, study math facts
Tuesday, Math sheet, practice phonics sounds
Wednesday: Math sheet, read story
Thursday: Math sheet, study for tests