First Grade Monday Message
October 5-9, 2015
Spelling Words for the Week
Short o Words: (All students study these words)
got, box, mom, job, hop, dog, pot, log (Short o words)
your, from (High Frequency words)
bag, big (Review of words already studied)
Challenge Words: (These words are optional)
October, often, rocket, problem, solve
2 Additional Challenge Words: Choose 2 other words you'd like to learn that follow the pattern.
Beginning of the Year Conferences On Wednesday and Thursday
Mark Your Calendars
Monday, October 5 - Stomp Out Bullying-Wear Blue & Your Favorite Pair of Boots.
Wednesday, October 7 - Walk and Roll to School Today
Early Release at 11:45
Parent/Teacher Conferences in the afternoon
Thursday, October 8 - Early Release at 11:45
Parent/Teacher Conferences in the afternoon
Friday, October 9 - GES Spirit Day (Wear your GES Spirit Shirts to school today)
Monday, October 12 - Student Holiday/ Teacher Professional Development Day
Friday, October 16 - GES Bank
PTA Glow Dance 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Wednesday, October 21 - Unity Day-Wear Orange. Together against bullying — united for kindness, acceptance and inclusion.
Friday, October 23 - College Colors Day (Wear your favorite college shirt)
Monday, October 26 - Red Ribbon Week (Monday through Friday)
GES Book Fair in the Library (Monday through Friday)
Friday, October 30 - GES Book Character Parade
A Special Request from the First Grade Team Regarding Dismissal
Math Songs
GES Book Character Parade
Learning Topics for the Week
Reading/Language Arts: Literacy Groups - strategies good readers use, fluency practice, handwriting, Spelling - short " o " (CVC) words
Math: Number Sense to 50 - counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, counting like coins (all nickels or all pennies)
Science: Water as a natural resource
Social Studies: How citizens work together to help the community.