Spelling

The words for this week are:

blush, sunk, trunk, skunk, crush, their, does, very, why, use

Phonics Work

The focus this week is the unk/ush ending. This is good review with short u as well. I also added some common sight words that students often misspell.

Guided Reading

Our book this week is The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen.

Writing

We are working on informational writings and some personal narratives.

Math

We are learning about place value and number sense.

Science

We will discover and learn more about light.

First Grade Picnic

Mrs. Maynard and I are planning an end of the year picnic for Friday, June 9th in the Bennie courtyard from 11:50-12:30. Keep an eye out for a Sign Up Genius to help with donations.

Hoping your holiday weekend was restful and relaxing. 🙂

 

 

Next Week

Spelling

The words for next week are:

called, thinking, asked, stopping, pulled, walked, living, running, hopped, riding

Please find time to practice these words.

Phonics/Word Work

This week the focus will be using the ed and ing endings. We will discuss how sometimes the ed sounds like a t at the end of a word. We will also learn when adding ing we need to leave off the e at the end or doubling the consonant before adding ing.

Guided Reading

This week we are reading the book One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies.

Writing

We are finishing up an opinion writing from last week and doing more with informational writing.

Math

We will finish up time this week and move into place value. We will do some addition and subtraction timed tests too.

Book Orders

The final Scholastic book order came home today in your child’s yellow folder. I happened to find coupons for a free book when you purchase at least $5 . I will send those home on Monday in case you are interested. I will send the order out next Friday.

Have a wonderful weekend!! 🙂

The kids had a great time at the butterfly festival and exploring the wonderful museum!! The weather was great to have our lunch outside. It was an AWESOME day!! Thank you so much for your support!!

Thanks so much to Mr. Bearden, Mrs. Noe, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Sackrison for all your help today!! You made the day more fun!!

Next Week

Spelling

The words for next week are:

girls, boxes, houses, boys, lunches, wishes, foxes, always, coaches, asks

Phonics/Word Work

Our concentration this week is working with plurals. Adding s or es to words.

Guided Reading

We are reading the book, My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray.

In this text, the author uses a lot of figurative language.

Writing

We are reviewing the various types of writing we have learned this year.

Math

We have finished up with measurement and will be learning more about time this week.

Social Studies

May is Michigan month so we will be learning more about our state.

 

Happy Mother’s Day!! 

Thank you so much for the lovely surprises this past week for Teacher Appreciation Week. You sure made me feel special!! THANK YOU so much for your thoughtfulness!!

Next Week

Spelling

The words for next week are:

cool, chew, blue, soon, new, true, blew, tooth, due, pool

Phonics/Word Work

This week we are working with the vowel teams of ew (chew), oo (cool), and ue, (true).

Make extra time to practice these during the week. These vowel teams can be very tricky.

Guided Reading

We will be reading the book The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli.

Reading

Just a reminder to make sure to take time to read the leveled books that come home in your child’s guided reading bag. The next DRA testing is scheduled at the end of the month. Students are expected to be at a DRA level 18. At this level they are timed. This is why fluency is so important. They need to read quickly, yet be able to comprehend what they are reading. During testing they are asked to make a connection to the text or what they think the author’s purpose was for writing the book. This can be difficult for many good readers, because the purpose is not always stated. The reader needs to “read between the lines”  to understand what it is.

Writing

The boys and girls are finishing up their All About Insects book and we will work more with narrative writing this week.

Math

We have started working with Chapter 9 which is measurement.

Science

Our butterflies emerged from their chrysalis and we released them in the cold rain today. It is always a wonderful learning experience.

Field Trip

Don’t forget our field trip is next Friday, May 12th. If you haven’t turned in your permission slip and payment for the ticket and bus, please turn it in by Monday. Thank You 🙂