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First Grade Overview
August 28, 2026
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will review letters I, L, A, & Z.
Assessment: September 4th
Spelling: Spelling list 1 test will be on September 18th.
Foundations and Frameworks:
We will complete our mini-unit, Fairy Tales.
MATH: We will work on making five and ten, and fact fluency.
Assessment: Facts test - September 11th, Unit 1 test - September 18th.
SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: Friends & Responsible Citizenship
Poem/verse focus for the week: Circle of Friends, 1 John 4:7
Circle of Friends
We’ve joined together as classmates as the new year begins.
A year full of learning while we become friends.
We will share and be kind as we work and we play.
And our friendship will grow with each passing day.
1 John 4:7- “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”
REMINDERS:
September 2nd will be the first AR shirt day. Parents may join us for chapel at 8:30 in the main sanctuary and sit with our class.
September 4th will be a BBS Spirit Day! Students may wear their favorite BBS t-shirt with uniform bottoms.
Fall pictures are on September 10th.
The Spartan Race is September 18th.
The Tennessee Aquarium field trip is on October 30th.
Please help your child unload their homework folder and allow them to read to you each night for about 15 minutes.
Snacks: NO peanut/tree nut snacks in Dahlke’s classroom. Grade-level:No cookies, potato chips, or candy, please. Students have the option to bring a small healthy snack to school each day.