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1st Grade Overview

March 28 - April 10

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will work on using digraphs ey & ph. We will learn a new vowel pattern (vc/v), and we’ll learn to read and spell with soft g.

Assessment: There will be a phonics assessment on Friday, April 10th.

Spelling: Spelling list 19 test will be on Friday, April 10th.

off, boy, hiding, turtle, disturb, survive, acorn, Friday, elbow, hurt, *many, *any

  1. Curt burned his hand on the hot car.

  2. The burn hurt and felt like fire.


Foundations and Frameworks: 

We will be in the Cause & Effect unit throughout April.


MATH: 

We will continue working on putting shapes together and taking them apart. We’re also studying fractions. 

Assessment: Unit 5 test will be on April 9th & 10th.


SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: 

We will study the Survival of Living Things in science. In social studies, we will begin studying the continent of South America. We’ll also begin our Community & Economics unit.

Weekly Memory Work: Romans 10:9 and The Jaguar poem

Romans 10:9

“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

The Jaguar

The Jaguar’s back is flowering

with delicate rosettes,

as if she’s grown a garden there,

so beautiful, and yet

there’s danger in the jaguar’s gait,

a soundless step that warns:

Beware of jungle-raised bouquets.

Beware these hidden thorns. 


REMINDERS:

  1. April 8- Field trip money due 

  2. April 17- Knoxville Zoo Field Trip (parent drivers, all day, siblings & family may attend) 

  3. April 24- Field Day

  4. April 29- Animal projects due

  5. May 8- Half-day for Teacher Appreciation Week

  6. May 19- End of Year party

  7. May 22- Last Day of School

  8. As a reminder, handwriting, SPECS log entries, reading comprehension and reading fluency are all skills which will be assessed and recorded on your student’s report card. Neatness and returning homework on time are also still paramount and noted on report cards.

  9. Please help your child unload their homework folder and read to you each night for 10-15 minutes.

  10. Snacks: A healthy snack may be sent each day. No cookies, potato chips, or candy, please!