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First Grade Overview
October 23, 2026
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will work on vowel/consonant/silent e (a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e), spelling with final ke, and contractions.
Assessment: Tuesday, November 3rd (field trip on our regular test day)
Spelling: Spelling list 6 Test will be on November 3rd
go, hi, am, get, him, ten, best, help, pick, black, *you, *what (*sight words)
Get a can of clams.
What can you print?
Foundations and Frameworks:
We will continue Sequence of Events through October 29th.
MATH: We will work on single-digit sums, doubles plus or minus 1, evens, and odds, and number rack story problems. Unit 3 info here
Assessment: Fact test on November 5th will cover subtracting 0, difference of 0, and review facts. Unit 3 quiz on November 10th 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 December. We will also continue our continent study of Africa and Families from Long Ago in October.
Weekly Memory Work: Halloween poem and John 8:12
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
I made a jack-o-lantern
For Halloween night.
He has three crooked teeth
But he can't bite.
He has two round eyes
But he can't see.
He's a jolly jack-o-lantern
As happy as can be.
REMINDERS:
The Tennessee Aquarium field trip is on October 30th. Parents may meet us at the Aquarium with their child.
Please help your child unload their homework folder and read to you for about 15 minutes each day.
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.