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Amy Stokes
GRANITE QUARRY ELEMENTARY
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FIRST GRADE HAPPENINGS

Welcome to the Fall and Spring Happenings in Mrs. Stokes' class. Mrs. Cameron and I have many exciting things planned. From animals to the Lazy 5 Ranch to  Log Cabins. We have an action packed year ahead !

Homework:

Monday Night: Read the assigned story and complete the Spelling sheet( refer to Master Spelling List for questions about words)
Tuesday Night: Math sheet
Wednesday Night: Read the assigned story and write spelling words 3 times each
Thursday Night: Math sheet and study for the Spelling Test
No homework on weekends!
* After reading levels are determined through assessment, some students will be placed on an Individual Assignment Plan for homework instead of the assigned story.
* Return Library Books every THURSDAY please!
September
Start SRA Individualized Reading Groups
Review all letters and sounds in Zoophonics
Reading selections in the new series
Introduction of the new Math program: Envision
Numberlines and counting routines
Computation using addition and subtraction
Working with parts of a story
Sentence structure and writing narratives
Dan Nicholas Park Trip- Wild Animal Adventure Sept. 29th
No school Sept. 7th or 28th

October
Seasonal Literature Centers on Animals and Legends
Memorizing addition/subtraction facts
Simple Graphing
Introduction of imaginative and personal narratives
Word attack skills
Comprehension attack skills
Lazy 5 trip October 28th
October 29th Early Release Day
October 30th No school /Report Card Conferences
November
Long and ShortVowel/Consonant/e pattern words
number patterns
Memorizing addition/subtraction facts
Data, Graphing, Predictions
Geometry
Computaton
Spelling: Start beginning and ending phonemes
Seasonal stories/legends
Literacy centers around current themes of culture and celebrations

Native American Pow-Wow-Nov. 24th in the auditorium
No school Nov. 11, 25 or Nov. 26 or Nov. 27
Early Release Day Nov. 24th

December
Cultural Celebration Studies
Measurement
Using larger numbers with mixed applications
December 22nd- Christmas Party 1:00
Spelling Words week of Dec.:
mess, spill, tell, grass, moss, boss, off, add
Work on addition and subtraction facts to 10 over the Holidays  1+5=6  10-6=4
Review 2nd row of 100 high frequency words over the break for assessment and DRA during the week of Jan. 5th! 
Christmas Holidays Dec. 23rd-Jan.5th
Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!

SPRING HAPPENINGS

January
Consonant clusters/Sparkle Words
Reading in the content areas(Science/Soc. Studies)
review of all math skills, problem solving with all applications
Addition/Subtraction facts- buy flash cards and use them!
Spelling Words Unit 17 week of Jan. :
kind  I  hind  find  mind  wind  blind  grind
Spelling Words Unit 18 week of Jan. :
both  told  so  fold  mold  cold  gold  hold  go  no  old
No Spelling list for week of Jan. 19th- 2 day week
Spelling Words Unit 19 week of Jan. :
made  bake  shade  cake  blade  late  skate  date  

Social Studies focus: geography/map skills
Thematic focus: snowmen across the curriculum
No school MLK Day Jan. 18th, 21st, or 22nd!
Work on 2nd row of 100 high frequency words for assessment and DRA week of Jan. 5th
Check back frequently as all this can change due to snow, if we get some!

February

Personal and imaginative narratives
Multicultural studies
Space and Stars
Fractions


March
Parade of Countries-
Pushes and Pulls
Reading for fluency and comprehension
Spelling words with patterns 
Polygons and geometry
Salisbury Fire Department Trip?
Egg Hunt and Easter Party March 31st
Week of March  Spelling Unit 24: paw, crawl, saw, law, draw, lawn, claw, sawing, drawing
Week of March : Spelling Unit 26: read, great, please, eat, clean, bean, mean, deal, steam, seat, dream, meat
Week of March : Spelling Unit 27: three, street, jeep, cheap,meet, weep, tree, see, sleep, keep, been, green
Week of March : Spelling Unit 28: sister, her, herd, shiver, silver, clever, river, different, never, number, over

April

Spring Break April 1-9

People and Jobs

Measurement in inches and centimeters

Review in the traditional Math text book for probability and math facts

Spelling of the 100 required high frequency words

Time to the hour and half hour



May-June

Rocks and soil

Reading for information

Spelling will change after Unit 32(ow words). We will next take 25 high frequency words a week until we have covered all the ones on their required test card. You have been given copies throughout the year. They are short little words that they already know how to read. We will now focus on their spelling for mastery. We will make flash cards each week to bring home for practice. Please work with your child each night!

No school May 4th and May 31st

Field Day June TBD

Spring Literacy centers: Worms, Rocks, Ecology, Friends, Parts

 Gem Mine trip @ Dan Nicholas Park- canceled due to budget!


End of the Year Party at Granite -Jun 10th 8-10:30 am

*Students can be dismissed from the park on the last day of school. Please sign your student out with the teacher before leaving the playground

Please check back for changes!

Use school log in and passwords for PI and Envision Math at home!




 

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