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1st Grade Overview

November 22 - December 1

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will work on vowel y with a long i and e, combination er, and trigraph igh. 

Assessment: December 5th

Spelling: Spelling list 10 test will be on Friday, December 5th.

we, with, long, must, like, brisk, clock, sleep, sanding, insect, *does, *been

  1. He has been resting at home.

  2. Does the clock ring at ten?


Foundations and Frameworks: 

We will move into Retelling and work on it throughout December.


MATH: We will continue work on identifying numbers on the number line, adding ten to a number, and adding and subtracting using the number line.


Assessment: Fact test will be on December 5th. Unit 4 test will be when we return from Christmas Break.


SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: We will begin our Christmas unit and Christmas around the World through December. 


Weekly Memory Work: Greatest Gift of All Poem and Matthew 2:11.

“On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.”


Greatest Gift of All

If you seek a special gift,

the greatest gift of all.

Don’t look beneath your tree,

It was never there at all!

The greatest Christmas gift

was given to us all;

The Christ child in a manger,

in a lowly cattle stall.


REMINDERS:

  1. December 3rd - Christmas Pictures

  2. December 9th - K-2nd Christmas Program

  3. December 19th - ½ day and Christmas Party

  4. December 19th (half day) - January 5th - Christmas Break

  5. January 6th - Classes Resume

  6. January 16th - Tellus Museum Field Trip

  7. January 19th - MLK, Jr. Day (No School)

  8. January 30th - Snuggle Up Day

  9. SAVE THE DATES for these two field trips: January 16th to the Tellus Museum and April 17th to the Knoxville Zoo (all day, siblings, extra family may attend) - parent drivers for both. 

  10. A reminder that neatness and returning homework on time are two skills noted on the first-grade report card, as mentioned at the August parent intro conferences. 

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

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