First Grade News
Week of January 16 - 20
Reading
We are reading the story The Wish in Unit 2.2 of More Adventures of the Superkids. This test will be tomorrow. We will begin Unit 2.3 on Thursday.
Please continue to practice Sight Words. I your child is still on the Dolch list or Dolch Nouns, I will test every day until he/she is caught up. I only test on the Fry list on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
We have started AR testing for this nine weeks. I have a few more STAR test to give. I did send home reports today for those students that have completed their test.
Spelling
The words for Unit 2.2 are been, always, because, now, their, funnier, sunnier, happier, happiest, and angriest. The test is tomorrow. Also homework packets are due tomorrow.I will send home the spelling homework packets and new words on Thursday.
Grammar
We are reviewing nouns and pronouns this week. We are also working on adjectives with er and est endings. We will have a little assessment on Thursday for comparative (er) and superlative endings (est).
Upcoming Events
Friday, January 27 is the 100th day of School Fashion Show. Please return the sheet with the description by Wednesday, January 25. If you have any questions about an outfit, please ask. This is for a grade and it helps prepare students for future grades. I will be reading the sheets as the students go across the stage. They really have fun with this activity.
Friday, February 10 -- Gala
Tuesday, February 14 will be our Valentine's Party. Students will need to create a Valentine box. You may use any size or bag for this project.