Look at the Week April 28^th

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit nine in our Benchmark curriculum. Unit nine primarily focuses on the concept of "We Use Goods and Services". Students explore the idea of trading, and review what a community is. Unit nine builds upon the foundations established in previous units, focusing on strengthening students' decoding skills, spelling abilities, and overall reading comprehension.

This week we will learn how to write a narrative paragraph.

We will work on reading and spelling “oi & oy” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: coin, join, joint, moist, point, noise, enjoy, joy, cowboy, & destroy.  We will have 3 bonus words if students would like to try: should, would, could.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue unit nine in math using the Everyday Math curriculum.  We will focus on foundational math skills like counting, number recognition, basic addition and subtraction facts, place value, and geometry. Students learn to add and subtract numbers up to 30, solve simple word problems, and develop an understanding of shapes and fractions. We will also review measurement, time, and money.

Nightly student homework: spelling words, homework packet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

• May 9^th No School
• May 12^th-16^th end of the year testing
• Father/Daughter Dance – May 14th
• Mother/Son Dance – May 15th
• PK-5th Music Programs – May 20th
• No School – May 26th
• Book Fair – May 27th – 30th
• Field Days – May 27th – 30th
• May Madness – May 29th
• Crazy Hair Day – May 30th
• Talent Show – June 3rd

Our annual May Madness fundraiser is quickly approaching! As a reminder, this year the event will be held on Thursday, 5/29 from 4:45-7:00pm. Please donate items for the Camping /Fishing Theme.

Things such as:

• Cooler
• Tackle Box
• Bait and line
• Outdoor Games
• Camping Supplies
• Gift Cards to Outdoor Supply Stores

Free Dress/Spartan Sprit Days:

Look at the Week April 21st

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will begin unit nine in our Benchmark curriculum. Unit nine primarily focuses on the concept of "We Use Goods and Services". Students explore the idea of trading, and review what a community is. Unit nine builds upon the foundations established in previous units, focusing on strengthening students' decoding skills, spelling abilities, and overall reading comprehension.

We will work on reading and spelling “ou & ow” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: clouds, shout, about, clown, frown, how, now, brow, plow, & meow.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue unit nine in math using the Everyday Math curriculum.  We will focus on foundational math skills like counting, number recognition, basic addition and subtraction facts, place value, and geometry. Students learn to add and subtract numbers up to 30, solve simple word problems, and develop an understanding of shapes and fractions. We will also review measurement, time, and money.

Nightly student homework: spelling words, homework, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

• April 25^th: Beach Day/Free Dress Day
• May 9^th No School
• May 29^th May madness

Our annual May Madness fundraiser is quickly approaching! As a reminder, this year the event will be held on Thursday, 5/29 from 4:45-7:00pm. Please donate items for the Camping /Fishing Theme.

Things such as:

• Cooler
• Tackle Box
• Bait and line
• Outdoor Games
• Camping Supplies
• Gift Cards to Outdoor Supply Stores

Free Dress/Spartan Sprit Days:

Look at the Week April 14^th

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will complete unit eight in our benchmark curriculum.  Unit eight focuses on Earth Science, specifically exploring topics like climate, weather, natural hazards, attractions, and landforms.

We will work on reading and spelling “ur” bossy R words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: term, ferns, girl, dirt, stir, burn, surf, brother, mother, & Father.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will end unit 8 and start unit nine in math using the Everyday Math curriculum.  We will focus on foundational math skills like counting, number recognition, basic addition and subtraction facts, place value, and geometry. Students learn to add and subtract numbers up to 30, solve simple word problems, and develop an understanding of shapes and fractions. We will also review measurement, time, and money.

Nightly student homework: spelling words, homework packet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

• April 25^th: Beach Day/Free Dress Day
• May 9^th No School

Our annual May Madness fundraiser is quickly approaching! As a reminder, this year the event will be held on Thursday, 5/29 from 4:45-7:00pm. Please donate items for the Camping /Fishing Theme.

Things such as:

• Cooler
• Tackle Box
• Bait and line
• Outdoor Games
• Camping Supplies
• Gift Cards to Outdoor Supply Stores

Free Dress/Spartan Sprit Days:

Look at the Week April 7^th  

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit eight in our benchmark curriculum.  Unit eight focuses on Earth Science, specifically exploring topics like climate, weather, natural hazards, attractions, and landforms.

We will work on reading and spelling “or” bossy R words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: organ, order, storm, story, coarse, bored, core, roar, chore, store and bonus word because.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue unit eight in our everyday math curriculum. Unit eight focus on mental arithmetic, money concepts, and fractions, including practicing adding and subtracting larger numbers, working with fact families, and exploring the concepts of halves and fourths.

Social Studies: This week we will continue an economic unit focusing is on basic concepts like identifying wants vs needs, understanding the roles of producers and consumers in a community, recognizing how people earn money through jobs, and making simple choices about spending and saving to meet their needs and wants. 

Nightly student homework: spelling words, homework packet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

April 25^th: Beach Day/Free Dress Day

Our annual May Madness fundraiser is quickly approaching! As a reminder, this year the event will be held on Thursday, 5/29 from 4:45-7:00pm. Please donate items for the Camping /Fishing Theme.

Things such as:

• Cooler
• Tackle Box
• Bait and line
• Outdoor Games
• Camping Supplies
• Gift Cards to Outdoor Supply Stores

Free Dress/Spartan Sprit Days:

Look at the Week March 31^st

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will begin unit eight in our benchmark curriculum.  Unit eight focuses on Earth Science, specifically exploring topics like climate, weather, natural hazards, attractions, and landforms.

We will work on reading and spelling long “a” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: chair, stair, care, scare, bear, wear, artist, garden, guitar, & radar.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will finish unit 7 and begin unit eight in our everyday math curriculum. Unit eight focus on mental arithmetic, money concepts, and fractions, including practicing adding and subtracting larger numbers, working with fact families, and exploring the concepts of halves and fourths.

Social Studies: This week we will continue an economic unit focusing is on basic concepts like identifying wants vs needs, understanding the roles of producers and consumers in a community, recognizing how people earn money through jobs, and making simple choices about spending and saving to meet their needs and wants. 

Nightly student homework: spelling words, homework packet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

Our annual May Madness fundraiser is quickly approaching! As a reminder, this year the event will be held on Thursday, 5/29 from 4:45-7:00pm.

May Madness Shirts- CLICK HERE or visit the "News & Info" section of the school website to order yours today!

 LAST DAY TO ORDER: APRIL 6

SHIRTS DELIVERED TO STUDENTS: May 1

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your yearbook today!

Last day to order is April 4^th

Free Dress/Spartan Sprit Days:

Look at the Week March 17^th

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit seven in our Benchmark curriculum. We will focus on the theme of "past, present, and future, we will learn how the past influences the present and future by reading stories about historical events and people, essentially exploring the concept of history through texts.

We will work on reading and spelling long “I” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: ice, idea, bright, night, try, why, dime, climb, inside, & find.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue unit seven in math. We will focus on geometry and attributes of shapes, where students learn to identify, classify, and compare different shapes based on their characteristics like sides, corners, and vertices. We will also continue to practice addition and subtraction facts through related fact families.

Social Studies: This week we will continue an economic unit focusing is on basic concepts like identifying wants vs needs, understanding the roles of producers and consumers in a community, recognizing how people earn money through jobs, and making simple choices about spending and saving to meet their needs and wants. 

Nightly student homework: spelling words, homework packet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

Look at the Week March 10^th

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit seven in our Benchmark curriculum. We will focus on the theme of "past, present, and future”, we will learn how the past influences the present and future by reading stories about historical events and people, essentially exploring the concept of history through texts.

We will work on reading and spelling long “e” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: eagle, eager, even, equal, field, thief, sweep, sweet, money, & happy.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue unit seven in math. We will focus on geometry and attributes of shapes, where students learn to identify, classify, and compare different shapes based on their characteristics like sides, corners, and vertices. We will also continue to practice on addition and subtraction facts through related fact families.

 This week we will complete our map unit. We have learned basic map concepts like identifying cardinal directions (north, south, east, west), using a map key to understand symbols, locating familiar places in their community on a map, distinguishing between land and water, and identifying our state and country on a simple map.

We will be starting a new unit on an economic unit focusing on basic concepts like identifying wants vs needs, understanding the roles of producers and consumers in a community, recognizing how people earn money through jobs, and making simple choices about spending and saving to meet their needs and wants. 

Nightly student homework: spelling words, homework packet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

Look at the Week March 3^rd

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will begin unit seven in LA. This unit we will focus on the theme of "past, present, and future, we will learn how the past influences the present and future by reading stories about historical events and people, essentially exploring the concept of history through age-appropriate texts.

We will work on reading and spelling long o words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: window, home, grow, slow, only, owner, ocean, roads, goal, & hope. 

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Thursday.

Math: This week we will begin unit seven in math. Unit 7 focuses primarily on "time" concepts, including telling time to the hour and half hour, understandings in the concept of "a.m." and "p.m.", and relating time to daily routines and activities, while using visual aids like clocks and timelines. We will also continue to practice addition and subtraction facts through related fact families.

Nightly student homework: spelling words, homework packet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

Week of February 24

Mary Byrne

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Look at the Week February 10^th

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit 6, titled stores teach us many lessons. We will research the lessons of different stories while describing the characters, setting and the main idea of the stories we read.

We will write complete sentences using nouns, verbs, and adjectives. We will continue writing narrative paragraphs.  

We will work on reading and spelling long e and u words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: easy, eager, teeth, sleep, read, happy, use, cute, few, & dew.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.

Math: This week we will continue unit six. Unit 6 primarily focuses on further developing addition facts, particularly strategies like "making ten" to solve more complex addition problems, applying these skills to number stories, and beginning to tell time to the hour and half hour on analog clocks; students will also continue building on place value concepts to solve 2-digit addition problems. 

Nightly student homework: spelling words, weekly homework packet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

Mary Byrne

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]