Week of January 12th-16th

Jan. 9th: End of Quarter 2

Jan. 19th: No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)

Jan. 30th: Dress of Choice

Feb. 3rd: 100th day of school (more to come)

Feb. 12th: Spirit Wear (Pink, white, and Red)

Feb. 13th: No School (Professional Development day) 

Feb. 16th: No School (President's Day)

Feb. 27th: Dress of Choice

 

 

Knowledge/Skills (Reading and Writing): Skills Unit 4

Our class is starting Unit 4 of the Core Knowledge Language Arts program. The Reader for
this unit is called The Green Fern Zoo. Your child will bring home stories you can read together
about zoo keeper Vern and the different types of animals he cares for at the Green Fern Zoo.
Remember that reading at home with your child is important for his or her success as a reader.

This week in skills we are learning about final e to make long vowel sounds, contractions, and r-controlled words, er, ar, and two syllable words with or. 

Spelling Words: 

1. sharp
2. start
3. fern
4. because
5. spoil
6. verb
7. crawl
8. shark

 

In Mrs. Miller's Math:

- Counting dimes, nickels, and pennies

- Lines of Symmetry

- Adding two-digit numbers using dimes and pennies

Core Knowledge: New Unit: Early World Civilizations 

We will be learning about the world's first civilizations, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt:

 

 

 

 

 

_{First Grade Daily Schedule} 

8:15-9:10	CKLA/Writing
9:00-9:55	Specials
9:55-10:45	CKLA Skills
10:50-11:30	Lunch/Recess
11:35-12:35	Math
12:40-1:25	STEAM
1:30-2:00	Snack/WIN
2:00-2:40	Knowledge/Core
2:40-3:00	Recess
3:00-3:25	Wrap up/Pack up
3:30	Dismissal