This week in class....
January 14th - January 18th
Elementary 2nd Quarter Awards
January 14th
MLK, Jr. Holiday - Camp Provided
January 21st
Science Habitat Diorama Project
Due January 22nd
Registration Deadline for Current Students
February 1st
Scholastic Book Fair
February 11th - 15th
Winter Break
February 18th - 22nd
Half Way Through............
We have a lot to accomplish between now and May including preparing for SECOND GRADE.
* 10 points will be deducted for every paper that is turned in with no name.
* 10 points will be deducted from homework that is turned in late and from center work that is not completed and turned in by Friday.
* I am no longer just looking to see if you child can write sentences which contain capital letters (at the beginning and for proper nouns), punctuation, correct letter formation, and correct spacing between words. This should be something that is automatic to them now.
In addition, I am looking to see if your child can take the grammar skills that have been taught thus far in class and apply them when writing. (plural and singular nouns, possessives, inflected endings, nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, etc....)
* Some students still have a difficult time stating their sentences with capital letters. If this is your child, please make sure to help them at home to correct this mistake when completing homework. It is very difficult for me to mark that a child is ready for second grade when they can not start sentences with a capital letter. This is something that is taught in Kindergarten at Peachtree.
* After 92 days of school, I assume that all my students know and understand the rules of the classroom and of the school. I expect for my students to follow those rules. It is imperative that students stay in their seat during instructional time and that they not speak when I or another classmate is speaking.
* We are working hard on neatness. I WILL NOT GRADE WORK THAT IS SLOPPY!
I explained to the students that if they hand in sloppy work that is difficult to read then they will redo their assignment (as many times as needed) until it is legible.
Panther of the Month - Noah Howell
Weekly Timed Math Test
We are taking 4 timed test a week. Each test has 20 to 24 problems. These will be graded at the end of each week. The test consist of a mixture of addition and subtraction problems. The students are currently given 2 minutes to complete each test, which is double the time. Please work with your child at home on memorizing these facts.
I have listed the link to FACT DASH below. The students play this every week in the library. They need to choose mixed problems and change the time to one minute.
We Are In Need Of.....
We cut and paste activities every week. WE ARE OUT OF GLUE STICKS. Most students are having to share. Please provide your child with some glue sticks so that they are able to complete their assignments and projects in class. Otherwise, they will be sent home to be completed.
Registration Deadline
SECOND GRADE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!! Sign up now to save a spot for you child next year. After February 1st, registration will be open to the public. Please see Mrs. Viki to register.
Read Your Heart Out
We go to the library Tuesday and Friday. Please be ready for an AR test on those days.
Happy Birthday
No Birthday's for January
Chick-fil-A Spirit Night
Join us on the 2nd Tuesday of every month in support of Peachtree Academy.
Ectracurricular Activities
Don't forget to sign up for extracurricular activities for 2nd semester. See Mrs. Viki to register for a club.
Do you need help finding an AR book? Click on the following link for support.
Vocabulary Words
squiggle - a wiggly twist or curve
sculptor - an artist who makes or carves things out of stone, wood, metal, or other materials
hobby - something people do for fun in their spare time
Spelling Words
When two vowels go walking (are beside each other in a word) then the first one does the talking.
wheat
sneak
dream
crease
peanut
please
feast
leave
reason
meat
least
scream
*sculptor
This week in class......
The Dot
MATH
Chapter 7 - Telling Time
LANGUAGE ARTS - READING
Words with ea - long e sound
Inflected Ending - adding er and est to the end of words
Adjectives
SOCIAL STUDIES
Continents