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1st Grade Overview

March 7 - 13

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will work on using the suffix -es, spelling with ou and ow, and we’ll practice using new vowel patterns (vc/ccv and vcc/cv).

Assessment: There will be a phonics assessment on Friday, March 13th.

Spelling: Spelling list 17 test will be on Friday, March 13th.

way, try, such, part, glass, stuff, former, show, letter, barnyard, *sure, *they

  1. Jake left his backpack at school.

  2. His spelling list was in it.


Foundations and Frameworks: 

We will be in the Predict & Justify unit throughout March.


MATH: 

We will be studying two-dimensional shapes. 

Assessment: Unit 5 shapes checkpoint quiz on March 19th. Unit 5 test will be on April 9th & 10th.


SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: 

We will continue our study on the Survival of Living Things in science. In social studies, we will continue our unit on North America and our mini-unit on America.

Weekly Memory Work: Psalm 51:10 and Buffalo poem

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me

Buffalo

In burning sun,

in blinding snow

there stands the mighty buffalo.

His temper short,

his suffering long-

once was sixty million strong.

In burning sun,

in blinding snow,

Behold! The mighty buffalo!


REMINDERS: 

  1. March 13-20- Scholastic Book Fair

  2. March 20- Grandparent’s Day ½ day

  3. March 23-27- Hats off to Good Books Reader Presentations

  4. March 24- 3rd Quarter Report Cards

  5. March 25- Spring Class Pictures

  6. March 27- Hat Parade & Easter Party

  7. March 30-April 3- Spring Break

  8. SAVE THE DATE for this field trip: April 17th to the Knoxville Zoo (all day, siblings, extra family may attend) - parent drivers. 

  9. As a reminder, handwriting, SPECS log entries, reading comprehension and reading fluency are all additional skills which will be assessed and recorded on your student’s report card beginning this quarter. Neatness and returning homework on time are also still paramount and noted on report cards.

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

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