I hope everyone is enjoying First Grade as much as I am!!!  I will post on my blog every two weeks to keep you guys posted on what we are learning in all subject areas.  As soon as I can get our class photos up and running you will also get a chance to see pictures of your kiddos during the day.

Spelling words for the next two weeks are; he, for, was, on, are, as, with, his, they, at.  Again, please try to have fun with these words.  Let them locate them in other words, locate them in their books, write them in the sand with a stick, make it a game of some sort.  We practice them here at school but they love to show you what they know.

Phonics:  We are focusing on long and short vowels.

Math:  We are learning how to join sets of numbers (3+5=8).  We have learned how to use a number path, cubes, and pictures so far.  We are also learning greater than and less than and number orders.

Science/Social Studies:  This week and next week we are learning about primary colors and mixing them to make other colors in our research/science center and in Science we are learning about our 5 senses.

Writing:  We have started writers workshop and the kids love it.  We are practicing starting our letters from top to bottom and how to form them correctly.  We have talked about complete sentences and what makes a story (beg, middle, and end).

Thank you for being patient with us while we finish testing and begin guided reading.  I should be able to begin guided reading no later than Thursday of this week and your child will bring a new book home on his/her level each night.  Please make sure you are listening to your child read and not giving them the word but telling them to get it started, what could make sense here, look at the picture for clues, etc…

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  Thanks for letting me love your child this year!!!