First Grade News
February
Here's a little news from us to you on what is happening this month in First Grade.
Love,
The First Grade Team
Mrs. Sherrill, Mrs. Pearson, Ms. Holman
Reading
Word Work
Long a (a, ai, ay), e (e, ee, ea, ie, y, ey), i, o & u
Prefixes- re-, un-, pre-
Alphabetical Order
Comprehension
Strategies -
Ask/ Answer question
Visualize
Make and confirm predictions
Rereading
Skills -
Character, setting, plot, sequence, main idea, key details
Fluency
Phrasing
Expression
Writing
February Sight Words
Week of the 20th - because, blue, into, or, other, small
Week of 27th - find, food, more, over, start, warm
Previous sight words - a, and, are, can, do, for, go, has, have, he, here, I, is, like, little, look, me, my, play, said, see, she, the, this, to, was, we, where, with, you, does, not, school, what, down, out, up, very, be, come, good, pull, fun, make, they, too, jump, move, run, two, again, help, new, there, use, could, live, one, then, three, eat, no, of, under, who, all, call, day, her, want, around, by, many, place, walk, away, now, some, today, way, why, green, grow, pretty, should, together, water, any, from, happy, once, so, upon, ago, girl, old, boy, how, people, after, buy, done, every, soon, work
Vocabulary
Week of the 13th- special, splendid
Week of the 20th- danger, partner
Week of the 27th- search, seek
Math
Counting by 2's https://safeshare.tv/x/ss58865199c4ec4
7 Continents https://safeshare.tv/x/ss58a25f7f079d1
Extending Patterns
Review - Solving addition & subtraction problems to 10 with fluency
Determine if addition & subtraction equations are true/false (ex: 4=4, 3+3=6, 8=4-4)
Looking Ahead
2/13 &2/14 - Parent Teacher Conferences
2/17 - NO SCHOOL
3/9 - Class & Individual pictures
3/13 - 3/17 - Spring Break NO SCHOOL
3/31 - PTO Mother/Son Dance 6:00 - 8:00
4/6 - Field trip to the Science Museum
Teachers Wish List
Glue sticks
Mrs. Pearson - White card stock
Mrs. Sherrill - Rulers (needed for next math unit)
Card stock (white or color)