This will be our first week of spelling words. Students will have a test each Friday on the ten words that they get on Monday. There will also be 3 Bonus words each week. On Mondays and Thursdays we will have spelling homework. On Monday students will write words three times each and on Thursdays they will write 5 sentences that contain spelling words.
Our therapy dogs will be visiting for the first time on Wednesday. Each student will get a chance to read to one of the dogs. We will be writing welcome letters on Monday.
We will be finishing up our unit on bears and begin learning about squirrels, trees and nocturnal animals.
The spelling words for this week are: log, dot, tip, hot, ox, lot, man, dad, if, him. Bonus words are: bear, autumn and forest
Friday, September 26, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
The Week of September 23rd
Autumn is right around the corner! We have had some chilly mornings. We try and go out each day around 12:30. It would be helpful to make sure your child has a light jacket or sweatshirt in case it's still cool at that time.
This week we will have our pictures taken on Tuesday. Please send in your photo form for the photographer to collect. If you haven't sent in the school forms from the OCS website please remember to do this too. I have a few permission slips still out for reading to our therapy dogs. They will be here Oct. 1 so in order for your child to participate, I need to have your permission.
On Tuesday we will take an addition quiz for facts up to 5. We will also take the unit 1 test from our Go Math Books.
Thank you so much for making sure your child returns his/her homework each day. Remember to send back the reading book each day too with the signed log so we have enough books for our reading groups.
Thank you to those who ordered Scholastic Books. I receive bonus points with which I purchase things for our class. I'm sending home our second order on Monday. If you would like to order please return the form with payment on Friday.
This week we will have our pictures taken on Tuesday. Please send in your photo form for the photographer to collect. If you haven't sent in the school forms from the OCS website please remember to do this too. I have a few permission slips still out for reading to our therapy dogs. They will be here Oct. 1 so in order for your child to participate, I need to have your permission.
On Tuesday we will take an addition quiz for facts up to 5. We will also take the unit 1 test from our Go Math Books.
Thank you so much for making sure your child returns his/her homework each day. Remember to send back the reading book each day too with the signed log so we have enough books for our reading groups.
Thank you to those who ordered Scholastic Books. I receive bonus points with which I purchase things for our class. I'm sending home our second order on Monday. If you would like to order please return the form with payment on Friday.
Friday, September 12, 2014
The Week of September 15th
It was so nice meeting many of you last week. Thank you for filling out the ROCK Dog permission slips. If you haven't sent it in yet please do so. The dogs are scheduled to visit on October 1st. Thank you for also making sure your child's homework was complete and returned.
The week we have been learning about addition number sentences. We have been finding the missing sums and also the missing addends. We will continue working on that this week.
This week we will start bringing home a book most nights. Please make sure the book is returned each day. Students will need them for their reading group. We will also be starting our Journeys whole group reading.
Students will begin a unit on bears this week. We will learn about the black bears that live in Oxford and also about out types of bears and where they live.
On Friday we will have an assembly call the Brain Show. There will be a Family Fun Night at 6:30.
The week we have been learning about addition number sentences. We have been finding the missing sums and also the missing addends. We will continue working on that this week.
This week we will start bringing home a book most nights. Please make sure the book is returned each day. Students will need them for their reading group. We will also be starting our Journeys whole group reading.
Students will begin a unit on bears this week. We will learn about the black bears that live in Oxford and also about out types of bears and where they live.
On Friday we will have an assembly call the Brain Show. There will be a Family Fun Night at 6:30.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
The Week of September 8th
We have had a wonderful first week of school. This week the class will start getting homework each night. The goal during the first few weeks of homework is to develop responsibility. Please help your child to remember to send back their completed assignments each day.
Tuesday night is our Back to School Night. I am looking forward to meeting you. This gives you a chance to get an overview of first grade and to look over the materials that your child will be using this year.
We will be starting 2 new series this year. Our math program is Go Math and our whole group reading program is Journeys. We will begin both this week.
Tuesday is Spirit Day. Students should wear Oxford shirts or school colors if possible.
A reminder that our school collects Box Tops, Tyson and Campbell's Soup Labels. Our PTA can trade these in for cash or merchandise for the school.
Tuesday night is our Back to School Night. I am looking forward to meeting you. This gives you a chance to get an overview of first grade and to look over the materials that your child will be using this year.
We will be starting 2 new series this year. Our math program is Go Math and our whole group reading program is Journeys. We will begin both this week.
Tuesday is Spirit Day. Students should wear Oxford shirts or school colors if possible.
A reminder that our school collects Box Tops, Tyson and Campbell's Soup Labels. Our PTA can trade these in for cash or merchandise for the school.
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