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First Grade Overview

September 25, 2026

  

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will review letters M, E, digraph ck, & spelling with ck & final k.

Assessment: October 2nd

Spelling: Spelling list 3 test will be on Friday, October 2nd.

as, is, so, its, sit, and, did, last, stop, land

  1. I stop a lot.

  2. I did it last.


Foundations and Frameworks: 

We will begin our final mini-unit, Tall Tales.


MATH: We will work on fact families and story problems. Unit 2 Overview here


Assessment: Unit 2 quiz - October 2nd


SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: Light & Sound, Asia, Responsible Citizenship


Weekly Memory Work: Tiger poem & Psalm 119:105

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” 


“Tiger”

We can never touch them

So we love them from afar;

they are wild and distant-

The tiger and the star.

We can never know them

they are not what we are:

fire, fire burning bright-

The tiger and the star. 


REMINDERS:

  1. Parent Conferences will be held from October 5th through October 23rd. These are required conferences. Please look out for a sign-up from your teacher. 

  2. BBS Spirit Day is Friday, October 2nd. Students may wear a BBS tee with uniform bottoms.

  3. Fall break is October 8th-12th, resuming school on October 13th.

  4. The Tennessee Aquarium field trip is on October 30th. Parents may meet us at the Aquarium.

  5. Please help your child unload their homework folder and have them read to you for about 15 minutes daily. 

  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.