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First Grade Overview

October 9, 2026

  

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will do phonics review on Tuesday & Wednesday and work on digraph ee. 

Assessment: October 16th

Spelling: Spelling list 5 test will be on Friday, October 16th.

ask, big, can, cat, drop, lost, ants, snip, flag, stand, *of, *to (*sight words)

  1. Ask Dan to clap.

  2. The pan is in the sink.


Foundations and Frameworks: 

We will continue Sequence of Events through October 29th.

Watch the SOE unit intro here.


MATH: We will work on counting by fives and tens. Unit 2 info here.

Assessment: The Unit 2 test is on Wednesday, October 14th. It will cover missing addends in equations, adding to 20, simple word problems, and subtracting within 10. Our fact test is on October 23rd.

SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: We will study Space in Science through December. For Social Studies, we will continue our continent study of Africa throughout October and cover Families Long Ago. 

Weekly Memory Work - Lion poem and Genesis 1:1

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”


“Lion”

The lion stands alone

on the grassy plain.

He has his pride;

he shakes his mane.

In his eye, the sunset glistens; 

when he ROARS, 

the wide world listens.

REMINDERS:

  1. Sign-ups for Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences have been sent out. Conferences will take place through October 23rd and are required for each family. 

  2. 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. 

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

  4. 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.