First Grade News
February 2 - 5, 2016
Lifework
February 2nd is Day 3 of the Encore Rotation
Mon. No School.
Read 20 Minutes
Tues. Read 10 minutes
Math Worksheet
Wed. Read 10 minutes.
Study spelling words orally with a parent. Do a practice test in your journal.
Thurs. Read 10 minutes.
Phonics Worksheet
Study spelling words
Fri. Read 20 minutes.
Optional Lifework: Make 5 Valentines for Veterans. Write down one hour of community service in your student agenda.
Spelling List 12 - Test Friday 2/5
use
fuse
cute
huge
quick
quit
squeal
scream
these
your
what
when
Curriculum Corner
Langauge Arts: Review all Long Vowel Sounds. Learn Phonics: Qu. "The q never goes walking without the u." Summarize and Synthesize Stories. Groundhog Day Activities. D'Nealian Handwriting Letter Oo.
Math: Fractions of regions: 1/2, 1/3. 1/4. Time to the hour and half hour.
Social Studies: Economics. Vocabulary - Money, Saving, Needs, Wants, Goods, Producers, Consumers. Market Day: February 5th.
Valentines Exchange Feb 12th
We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Friday, February 12th. There will be a Valentine’s card exchange in each classroom. We will not send home a class list of students from your child’s classroom. To make the distribution of cards easier, please have your child only fill out the "From" portion on each Valentine card. Please decide if you would like to have your child exchange cards with the class. If your child is participating, please send in a card for each child. Each classroom has 26 students.
Students will decorate Valentine bags in class. We would like donations of medium sized brown or white gift bags with handles and Valenintes stickers. If you would like to donate any items, please contact your classroom teacher.
Thank you!Donations for Chicks
Our 1st Grade classes have the opportunity to participate in a wonderful program called “Rent-a-Coop.” Would you consider making a donation to help bring this program to our students? A small donation of $10 - $20 (or any amount at all) would help cover the expense and enable us to provide each classroom with a coop/incubator/chicks and eggs of their own. This is completely optional, but it you are interested in being a sponsor, please send your contribution in an envelop labeled “chicks.” We need all donations by Feb. 26th.
Send in a rocks
Market Day - Friday Feb. 5th
Star Students
Mrs. Brandt - Ram Mylavarapu
Mrs. Buck - Swarnim Ojha
Mrs. Moore - Clarissa Medrano
Star of the Week Instructions
Log Student Community Service Hours
We will be checking the student's agendas for community service hours. They must have 10 community service hours by the end of the year. Please write their hours on page 36 in their agenda. Every quarter 2 students from each class will be recognized for having completed the most community service hours.
Valentines for Vets
Your student can earn community service hours by creating handmade Valentines for hospitalized Veterans who are at the Washington DC VA Medical Center in February.
5 cards = 1 hour community service. 10 cards = 2 hours of community service.
Blood Drive - Sunday, Feb. 27
Reminder - Healthy Snacks
We have snack time around 2:45 in the afternoon daily. Please send in a healthy snack that does not require silverware.
No candy, chips, or cookies! Reminder –
No peanut products in all three classrooms.February Poem
Washington
He played by the river when he was young.
He raced with the rabbits along the hills,
He fished for minnows, and climbed and swung,
And hooted back at the whipporwills.
Strong and slender and tall he grew-
And then, one morning the bugles blew.
Over the hills summons came,
Over the river's shining rim.
He said that the bugles called his name.
He knew that his country needed him.
And he answered, "Coming!" and marched away,
For many a night and many a day.
Perhaps when the marches were hot and long
He'd think of the river flowing by
Or, camping under the winter sky,
Would hear the whipporwills far-off song.
Boy or soldier, in peace or strife,
He loved America all his life!Inclement Weather Policy
In the event of school closures due to inclement weather, the following plan is in effect. The purpose of this plan is to ensure that students maintain their progress and continue moving forward in their learning. Each day school is closed, it is expected that students complete the required work based on the requirements for each grade level. Parents are encouraged to print a copy of this plan to have it accessible. Students are encouraged to check the school website for any updates, changes and/or additional information. All work will be due upon the return the next day school is in session.
Thank you,
Pennington Administration
1ST GRADE
Reading: 20 minutes each day
Writing: Write 3 sentences about what you did that day. Illustrate
Math: 30 minutes of IXL each day
Continue to practice Spelling words as assigned from the weekly assignment sheet