First Grade News
Week of January 26 - February 1
Reading
This week are we are working on Unit 2.4 in More Adventures of the Superkids. We will be reading the stories Play Ball! and Rex King's Visit. We will test on these stories next Wednesday.
Please continue to review and work on sight words each night. I test on the Fry list on Monday, Wednesday and Friday only.
Continue to read AR books. I have told a few students to back down on their level because their % correct was falling below the goal level. I am trying to keep them on target so that they aren't below at the end of the nine weeks.
Spelling
This week I am going to start doing sound test each week. The students need to know all the alphabet sounds and the digraph sounds before they leave first grade. I feel that if we keep reviewing and testing on them, they will know them without having to think about it. I will test next Tuesday on these sounds aw, c, o, m, th, e, ou, i, ng, a, l, y, n, r, p, u, t, s, b, and ay.
The spelling words for this week are they, come, our, put, coming, call, saw, crawl, yawn, and small. This test will be next Wednesday.
Grammar
We will be working on adjectives this week. We will also be working on the writing process. We will be working on adding details to sentences.
Reminders
Tomorrow is the 100th Day of School Fashion Show. You are welcome to join us in Kilbourne Hall at 1:00.
Special Note
I decided to start sending out my weekly note on Thursday, since that is when our new units start. Homework packets go home on Thursday and are due back the next Wednesday. Test days are usually always on Wednesday unless the school schedule changes due to weather or holidays.