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1st Grade Overview

October 4 - 10

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will do phonics review Monday and Tuesday. 

Assessment: October 17th

Spelling: Spelling list 5 test will be on Friday, October 17th.

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 30th.


MATH: We will work on counting by 5’s and 10’s.

Assessment:  Our fact test on October 17th will cover adding & subtracting one. 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: Our new science unit will be Space. For Social Studies, our next continent study will be Africa through the month of October. We will also move into Families from 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. October 8th is a half day with dismissal at 11:30, on which parent conferences will primarily be held. October 9-13 is Fall Break. School resumes on October 14th. 

  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 each night for 10-15 minutes. 

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