Weekly News
Miss Slaton's 1st Grade class October 17th
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
Writing: write stories about family activities, practice retelling story orally, using the word wall, and labeling their pictures
Spelling: short "o" words and clusters with "l"
Math: counting backwards, adding 1 to a number, addition facts adding 1
Science/Social Studes: bats and owls
WEEKLY WORDS
Words to Know
her
how
our
she
today
would
Spelling words
fox
got
on
pop
not
hop
block
clock
2 additional words with "l" clusters/blends
HOMEWORK
Monday- short "o" and cluster with "l" sheet page 23
Tuesday- "l" cluster sheet and circle all words with "l" cluster
Wednesday- Read your library book or a book of your coice and fill out "reading reponse" sheet
Thursday- Practice Spelling Words and words to know
***Please make sure that your child is reading at least 10 minutes every night!
Looking Forward
- October 20th: In Uniform School Pictures
- October 21st: Reading and Spelling Tests
- October 26th: Pumpkin Characters Due
- October 31st: Halloween Carnival 12:30-1:30
- October 31st - November 4th: Lower School Bookfair
- November 2: NO SCHOOL - Lower School Conference Day
- November 13th: Bulldog Run
WEEKLY TEST
We will not be using the Journey's textbook this week. Instead, we will use a story to practice the following skills:
- Sequencing (first, next, then last)
- Statements (a complete sentence with a period at the end)
- Verbs
- "l" blends
- Words to know
- Your child will be tested Friday on the skills above on a story that they haven't read. (cold read)