Welcome to Mrs. Abele's First Grade Class News and  Information Page

Read every day and score a touchdown in reading!

 Spelling Words for the week of

February 13 - 17

day

been

way

as

be

rain

wait

evening

hungry

far

 Homework for the week of

February 13 - 17

Monday - Fill in the blank with a spelling word. Read for 15 minutes and record it in your reading log.

Tuesday - Pick 3 words and write 3 sentences with at least 6 words in each sentence. Read for 15 minutes and record it in your reading log.

Wednesday - Complete the math sheet sent home. Read for 15 minutes and record in your reading log.

Thursday - Write each spelling word 5 times. Read for 15 minutes and record it in your reading log.

Friday - Book report is due today.

*Students should also review the First Grade 100 words at home. Practice addition and subtraction math facts, too.

Enhancements and Special Events

Monday- P.E.

Tuesday- Guidance/Valentine's Day  :)

Wednesday -Mrs. Nelson/Swish

Thursday  -  Art/Second Step

Friday - Fun Friday!/Gameroom/Awards/Reading Buddies/Jean's Day

Language Arts

(The Four Blocks Method is used which includes Guided/Shared Reading, Working with Words, Writing, and Self-Selected Reading.)

Story of the week - The Red-Eyed Tree Frog/long vowel /a/-ay word family/Predicting Outcomes/Before, during, and after reading strategies/writing about a topic

We think about "The Twelve Powerful Words" (Larry Bell) to help us with our reading.

Trace

Analyze

Infer

Evaluate

Formulate

Describe

Support

Explain

Summarize

Compare

Contrast

Predict

Math

(Small Groups, Use of Manipulatives, Math Essentials, Envision Math, Technology,  "Calendar Math" and Hands-On learning are used every day to help students become successful in math) 

2 digit addition and subtraction/Line Plots/Graphs/Using "UNRAAVEL" to help solve word problems

We "UNRAAVEL" (Larry Bell) our math word problems to help us every day!

U nderline the question

N ow predict what you think you need to do to solve the problem

R ead the word problem

A re the important words circled? (especially clue words)

A pply the step(s) you chose to solve the problem

V erify your answer (is it reasonable; does it make sense?)

E liminate wrong answers

L et the answer stay or rework the problem

Double check your work!

 Social Studies/Science

President imovie research projects/Dental Health

   Parents are welcome to eat lunch with your child here at school. We eat at 12:05 p.m. each day in the cafeteria.

T hank you for your support each day with agendas and homework and hugs!