First Grade News
Week of December 12 - 16
Reading
We will be working on The Polar Express this week. We will be doing many activities with this story. Polar Express project is due on Wednesday. Don't forget to complete the back of the assignment page. Each child will present their train car before we put them together in the hall next to the music room.
Friday is the last day for AR testing. I will send home a note on Wednesday to let you know how much more your child needs for their goal.
Sight words goal for this nine weeks is to complete the first list and on the nouns. Many students have completed the nouns and can break until after Christmas. Please continue to review words regularly to keep students fluent with their reading.
Spelling
We are still on review list. The words for this week are what, who, why, from, there, are, how, never, was, you, do, and some. The spelling test for this week will be on Friday. We will also have a sound test Friday.
Grammar
We are reviewing nouns, plural nouns, verbs, and adjectives this week. We will also be working on sentences.
Where is Mike the Monkey?
Mike has been really busy this year. Last week he was visiting Ava Crawley. This week he is visiting Meme McQueen. He is really having a great time this year. Today he even got to go on a field trip with us to the ballet.