Friday News 10/28

Here's a look at our week:

Reading: We finished learning about the parts of a story. We practiced identifying the problem and solution with a partner and on our own.

Writing: We finished our first writing unit on Narrative Stories!! On Friday we had a Writing Celebration with Miss Turner's class. Each student got to share their favorite story with a few of the first grade students! The students also took home all of the stories that they have been working on. Please take a few minutes to read through them and see the progress they have made this first quarter!

 

Math: We started Chapter 4 which covers subtraction. We looked at two-digit fact families and learned one way to subtract two-digit numbers.

Bible: This week we made a timeline of all of the stories that we learned from the Old Testament. Each student chose two stories and worked with partners to draw them.

Important Information:

1. Spelling Words: those, hope, spoke, froze, know, grown, coat, goal, over, older, obey, hold, hundred, high

2. Bible Memory Verse: You must give him the name Jesus. That's because he will save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21

3. Next Friday is Parent/Teacher Conference Day! I am looking forward to meeting with all of you and showing you the progress that your child has made in this first quarter. Reports Cards will also be sent home on this day.

Upcoming Events:

10/30 - Start of 2nd Quarter
11/3 - Parent/Teacher Conferences
11/11 - Walkathon and Holiday Market
11/13 - No School
11/22-11/25 - No School - Thanksgiving Holiday
12/6 - Early Dismissal (12:30) and Christmas Program (6:00)
12/15 - Early Dismissal

Have a great weekend! :)

Friday News 10/20

Here's a look at our week!

Reading: This week we learned the different parts of a story. We learned to identify the characters, setting, problem, and solution. We also had Mrs. Roe come in an read to us on Wednesday!

Writing: In Writing we learned how to make our stories more powerful by adding how the character feels and what the character sees and hears. We also learned to replace our words with more specific and powerful words to help our reader make a mental picture.

Math: This week we learned how to add two-digit numbers. We practiced how to regroup the ones as tens. Next week we will take our Chapter 3 Test.

Bible: We finished learning about the Old Testament of the Bible. We learned about how God's people were taken into exile for 70 years because of their disobedience. We also learned that God brought them back to their land after those 70 years.

Important Information:

1. Spelling Words: cheese, teeth, even, please, team, easy, breeze, these, peace, leave, keep, zero, yours, upon

2. Bible Memory Verse: That kind of person is like a tree that is planted near a stream of water. It always bears its fruit at the right time. Its leaves don't dry up. Psalm 1:3

3. Walkathon is November 11th. Registration Forms and money are due this Monday. If your child would like to participate, they will need to have an adult walk with them.

4. Parent/Teacher Conferences will be November 3rd. Please check your child's Friday Folder to see your assigned time. Please fill out the form and return it to me next week.

5. This year we are participating in Operation Christmas Child! Each student picked something they would like to purchase and place inside our shoe box. If you would like to see what Operation Christmas Child is all about, you can watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v82IxCPBwmc

Have a great weekend! :)

Friday News 10/6

Here's a look at our week:

Reading: This week we added Word Work to our Daily 5 activities. We also started our Reading Groups with Mrs. Reasoner!

Writing: We learned how to revise our story for periods and spelling. We also kept working on our true stories.

Math: This week we learned about even and odd numbers and equal addends. We also took our Chapter 2 Math test.

Bible: We learned about King Solomon and how God was generous to him and that God is generous to us! We also learned about how God used Elijah to show the He is the One, True God.

Important Information:

1. Spelling Words: grade, played, train, eight, faith, today, neighbor, gave, railway, praise, wave, weigh, enough, children

2. Memory Verse: Don't be afraid. Stand firm. You will see how the Lord will save you today. Exodus 14:13

3. There is no school on Monday!

Upcoming Events:
10/27 - End of 1st Quarter
11/3 - Parent Teacher Conferences
11/11 - Walkathon
11/13 - No School
11/22-11/24 - Thanksgiving Holiday - No School

Have a wonderful weekend! :)