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First Grade Overview

November 6, 2026

  

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will work on digraphs sh & oo. We will review various phonics concepts.

Assessment: November 13th

Spelling: Spelling list 7 test will be on Friday, November 13th.

see, red, that, this, back, sign, bring, think, green, three, are, from

  1. The bag is from Pam.

  2. I think we can go.


Foundations and Frameworks: 

We will move into Visualization and work on it throughout November. More info here


MATH: We will continue working on combinations that make tens and teens, and number rack work. Unit 3 info here


Assessment: Fact test on November 20th will cover adding 1, subtracting 1, and reviewing facts. The Unit 3 quiz on November 10th will cover missing addends in equations, adding to 20, simple word problems, and subtracting within 10. Our Unit 3 test is November 18th. 


SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: We will continue our Space unit through December. We will begin our study of Europe and the Pilgrims/Wampanoag/Thanksgiving study through November.


Weekly Memory Work: Thanksgiving poem and 1 Thes 5:18

“…give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

So many pumpkins, 

And so many beans, 

More kinds of corn,

Than we’ve ever seen-

In mush and in bread, 

Roasted and dried;

Without Indian corn

We all would have died. 

So thank you for corn

And thank you for friends, 

On the earth and on others

We all must depend. 


REMINDERS:

  1. Shoebox floats are due Thursday, November 19th, for our parade with Kindergarten.

  2. Thanksgiving lunch is on Friday, November 20th, 11:00-11:35, for 1st grade, at the BX. This is a full day of school, so please let your teacher know if you are planning to sign your child out early. 

  3. Thanksgiving break is November 23rd-27th, with school resuming on Monday, November 30th.

  4. SAVE THE DATES for these two field trips: January 22nd to the Tellus Museum and April 16th to the Knoxville Zoo (all day) - parent drivers for both. 

  5. Please help your child unload their homework folder and read to you for about 15 minutes each day. 

  6. 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.