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Week of January 26th-30th

Important Dates:

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. sounded
  2. lifted
  3. pointed
  4. parked
  5. waved
  6. grinned
  7. tripped
  8. have

 

Math: 
In Mrs. Miller's Math:
-Adding 2-digit numbers with regrouping (very hard skill, please practice at home)
-Congruent shapes
 
Core Knowledge: New Unit: Early World Civilizations 
We will be learning about the world's first civilizations, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt:
  • Early writing (Cuniform and Hieroglyphics)
  • Religion of Babylon and the hanging garden
  • Tigris and Euphrates river
  • Nile river
  • pharaohs of Egypt 
  • Pyramids
  • Great Sphinx
 
 
Specials this week: 
Monday: Spanish
Tuesday:  Character Ed.
Wednesday: Library
Thursday: P.E.
Friday: P.E.
This week's STEAM is: Art
 
 
Our Daily Schedule: 
 

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