The Week of June 3rd

Each morning of this week the students will be taking a portion of the Oxford Test.  There will be 3 days for language arts and 2 days for math.  The scores will come home with their report cards.

If you haven't returned your child's library book please do so this week.  The library is closed for the rest of the year.

Reminder that your child's project is due on Friday.

Spelling words for the week are: cannot, popcorn, outside, school, grandma, always, something, boy, tiptoe, toy  Bonus words are: vacation, second grade and graduate

The Week of May 27th

This week we will be finishing up our Everyday Math Journals and will take an end of the year test.  We will also be reviewing for our Oxford Test in both language arts and math.  We will be taking this test next week.

Our dog friends will be visiting us on Wednesday.  Mrs. Edkins always tells me what a pleasure it is to visit our school.  She says that the dogs look forward to it too!

We will continue with our ocean unit.  The class is very interested in all the sea creatures we have been learning about.  They are busy putting together an ocean book.

Our last set of word wall words will be added to our board this week.  It seems like only yesterday the board only had 20 words on it!  Our final words are: almost, knew, thought, took, picture, open, boy, always, move and school.

Our spelling words for the week are: pretty, happy, little, kitten, puppy, better, took, almost, about, round.  Bonus words are: sea anemone, horseshoe crab, oyster

The Week of May 20th

This will be a busy week in first grade.  We will have our pictures taken on Monday, attend the book fair on Tuesday, and be a part of the spring concert on Wednesday!  We will be finishing our Everyday Math books and taking an end of the year test.

We will continue to study the creatures that live in a tide pool habitat.  We will also learn about Memorial Day on Friday.

Our spelling words for this week are: how, now, town, brown, down, clown, pull, goes, paper, seven.
Bonus Words are: dolphin, barnacle and Memorial Day

The Week of May 13th

This week we will continue our study of the Rocky Seashore.  We will study different animals and learn how they have made adaptations to survive in this harsh habitat.

As we are entering our last unit in math we will be reviewing different concepts that we have learned throughout the year.  We'll continue to review math facts up to 18.

We will be cleaning out our writing folders.  Have your child share different writing pieces with you that they have written throughout the year.

New word wall words are: each, once, other, under, which, along, goes, great, idea and pull

Spelling words are: her, turn, hurt, girl, first, bird, which, slower, slowest.  Bonus Words: hermit crab, seastar and octopus

The Week of May 6th

This week will be a busy one!  We are starting a new unit on the Rocky Seashore. (watch for notes about a special project coming home soon) Our trip is Tuesday.  We will be leaving around 9:15 and arriving back to school around 12:30.  We will have lunch when we get back.  We will not be able to have snack so please make sure your child has eaten breakfast since we won't have lunch until we get back. Our dog friends will be visiting us on Wednesday.  Progress reports will be going home at the end of the week.

Spelling words for the week are: born, for, fork, or, short, torn, cold, would walked, sleeping.  Bonus words are: ocean, seashore, and seahorse