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1st Grade Overview

November 8 - 14

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will work on the letter j, the floss rule, letter v, spelling with final ve, and spelling with final c. 

Assessment: November 14th

Spelling: Spelling list 8 test will be on Friday, November 14th.

sat, dog, glad, cost, milk, sock, street, thank, needed, resting, *color, *friend

  1. The green frog jumped.

  2. Are you going to the meeting?


Foundations and Frameworks: 

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


MATH: We will continue work on combinations making tens and teens, number rack work, and numbers through 50.

Assessment: Fact test on November 14th will cover adding 1, subtracting 1, and reviewing facts. Unit 3 test on November 14th will cover missing addends in an equation, adding to twenty, simple word problems, and subtracting within ten.


SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: We will continue our Space unit through November. We will begin our continent study of Europe and Thanksgiving through November.

Weekly Memory Work: Blast Off Poem and Daniel 2:21.

“He changes times and seasons; He deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.”

Climb aboard the spaceship,

We’re going to the moon.

Hurry, and get ready

We’re going to blast off soon!

Put on your helmets,

And buckle up real tight.

Here comes the countdown

Let’s count with all our might.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

BLAST OFF!


REMINDERS:

  1. Thanksgiving lunch is on Friday, November 21st. Thanksgiving break is November 24th-28th with school resuming on Monday, December 1st.

  2. 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. 

  3. 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. 

  4. 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!