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April 3-7

April 3rd-7th

 

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!

Math: We will be wrapping up Unit 7 with a test at the end of the week. Please continue to practice fact families, function machines, and review shapes. 

Remember: Homework is mandatory.

Language Arts: We will be reviewing main idea and key details. Our assessment will be on Wednesday.

THERE IS NO SPELLING THIS WEEK.

Grammar: We will be working on adjectives and parts of speech.

Social Studies: For the rest of the social studies unit, we will be focusing on comparing things from long ago compared to today.

 

Upcoming School events:

APRIL 7: No School

APRIL 21: Dress up day

APRIL 24: No School

Let me know if you have any questions.

Ms Fowell

Week of March 20-24th

 

Upcoming School events:

MAR. 27-31: SPRING BREAK

APRIL 7: No School

APRIL 21: Dress up day

APRIL 24: No School

 

This week in first grade...

Math: We will be continuing Unit 7 focusing on find the rule using functions machines and learning about shape attributes. 

Language Arts: We will continue learning about Americans from our history and why they are considered great Americans. As students learn about these historical people we will also discuss the main idea in a story as well as compare their lives to our own. 

Spelling: love, then, house, year, to, I, as, send, alone, lone

Please make sure students are completing their homework daily. This includes books that may be sent home with students to read. 

March 13th-17th

 

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!

Math: We will be learning about fact families/triangles. We will be practicing different strategies to subtract and different attributes of shapes. 

Remember: Homework is mandatory. If your student does not complete missing homework, they will need to complete it during fitness time. 

Language Arts: We will be learning about historical figures in our upcoming unit such Benjamin Franklin, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Jackie Robinson.

Spelling Words: ball, law, just, ask, way, get, home, much, call, long

 

Upcoming School events:

MAR. 14: 1st/2nd Music Program from 11-11:30

MAR. 17: Hat day

MAR. 27-31: SPRING BREAK!.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Contact info: [email protected]
763-777-8942 ext:8810

Week of March 6-9

March 6-10th

 

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!

Math: We will be starting unit 7. We will be practicing different strategies to subtract and different attributes of shapes. 

Remember: Homework is mandatory. If your student does not complete missing homework, they will need to complete it during fitness time. 

Language Arts: We will be publishing our animal paragraphs and sharing them with the class. 

There is no spelling this week-- practice sight words!!

Grammar: We will be learning about commas in a series. 

Science: We will be finishing up our paragraphs.

 

Upcoming School events:

MAR. 10: NO SCHOOL

MAR. 14: 11:00am 1st/2nd Music Program FREE DRESS DAY!

Parents can attend.  More info to come this week!

MAR. 17: Hat day

MAR. 27th-31st: SPRING BREAK!

Week of Feb 27th- March 3rd

Hello!
 
I hope every one enjoyed the past few snow days and stayed safe and warm. Here is an overview for the week of February 27th.
 
Math: Review Monday and Tuesday with a test on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday we will be reviewing graphs.
 
ELA: We are going to be researching about an animal and then using our research reports to form an informative paragraph. 
 
Science: We will be wrapping up our animal unit with a test early/mid week. 
 
Language: We will be learning about suffixes.
 
Spelling: Here are our week 13 words: floor, yes, low, soft, stands, stand, yard, bring, tell, five.
 
**The end of Trimester II is on 3/9. Please make sure any missing math homework is completed and returned. Please also be reading and practicing sight words at home with your student. Thanks!
 
Please let me know if you have any questions!
 
Contact info: [email protected] 
763-777-8942 ext:8810
 

Week of Feb. 7-10

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!

 

Math: We will be starting unit 6. This week we will be focusing on telling time. 

Homework:  Please continue to practice the addition flash cards for addition fluency. This week, I will be assigning home links 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, and 6-4.

Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways. If your student does not complete missing homework, they will be doing it during fitness or recess time. 

Language Arts: We will be reviewing character, setting, beginning, middle and end, cause and effect and main idea.

We will be having our spelling test from last week on Thursday so keep practicing!  NO NEW WORDS FOR THIS WEEK!

 

Grammar: We will be talking about prefixes, suffixes, and base words. We will be having two assessments on Thursday and Friday. Then, we will be practicing writing sentences and paragraphs. 

 

Science: We will be starting life science unit. 

 

Upcoming School events:

FRIDAY FEB. 10th:  Stuffed animal/blanket day!!

FEB. 7-10: I love to read- parent readers

FEB. 14: Valentines Day and flower delivery

FEB. 20: NO SCHOOL

FEB. 21: World culture fair

 

Other reminders and notes:

On February 14th, we will be having a Valentine's day exchange. We will be decorating bags in class and we will be passing around Valentines. If your student would like to bring in a treat to share with everyone, or a little toy, they are welcome! If your child would like to bring in candy, that is fine. However, we will not be eating any here at school. It all has to be eaten at home. 

 

Ms Fowell

[email protected]

1st Grade Rm. 230

Conference sign up and Stuffed animal/Blanket day!!

Hello 1st grade families,
Our class has worked hard to get 75 class shout outs and we want to CELEBRATE!  On Friday, February 3rd, your child my bring a small stuffed animal or blanket to school!  Please make sure it can fit inside their backpack.
 
If you have not yet done so schedule your students conference ASAP!!!
 

pickAtime: https://pickatime.com/athlosbrooklynpark/client?event=353746

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Ms Fowell

[email protected] 
763-777-8942 ext:8810

 

Week of Jan 30-Feb3

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!

 

Math: We will be reviewing place value and adding and subtraction strategies.

Homework:  Please continue to practice the addition flash cards for addition fluency. On MON, your child will have homework for you!!  Please complete it and send it back to school.

Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways. If your student does not complete missing homework, they will be doing it during fitness or recess time. 

 

Language Arts: We will be reviewing cause and effect. We have a cause and effect assessment on Wednesday. 

Here are our spelling words for this week:

pool

green

oil

earth

paint

fur

feed

cool

tooth

teeth

 

Grammar: We will be talking about prefixes, suffixes, and base words. We will be learning more about comas in a series and when to use them in the date.

 

Social Studies: We will be working on things for conferences. 

 

Upcoming School events:

JAN. 31: Valentine's Flower and Card Fundraiser- ends January 31st 

FEB. 6: No school- Parent Teacher Conferences

FEB. 7-10: I love to read- parent readers

FEB. 14: Valentines Day and flower delivery

FEB. 21: World culture fair

 

Other reminders and notes:

Please sign up for parent-teacher conferences!!!!

 

On February 14th, we will be having a Valentine's day exchange. We will be decorating bags in class and we will be passing around Valentines. If your student would like to bring in a treat to share with everyone, or a little toy, they are welcome! If your child would like to bring in candy, that is fine. However, we will not be eating any here at school. It all has to be eaten at home. 

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Ms Fowell

[email protected]
763-777-8942 ext:8810

 

Jan 23-27

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!

 

Math: We will be wrapping up unit 5. We will be covering number charts, measuring, and place value this week. Test review on Wed and test on Thurs.

Homework:  Please continue to practice the addition flash cards for addition fluency. This week, I will be sending all review homework!

Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways.

Language Arts: We will be reviewing cause and effect. 

 

Here are our spelling words for this week:

land, cold, hot, hat, child, ice, play, sea, see, bird

 

Grammar: We will be talking about suffixes and base words. 

 

Social Studies: We will be continuing our work with geography. It would be great practice for your child to make a map at home!

 

Upcoming School events:

JAN. 3: Valentine's Flower and Card Fundraiser- ends January 31st

FEB. 6: No school- Parent Teacher Conferences

 

Other reminders and notes:

Please sign up for parent-teacher conferences

Contact info:

[email protected]
763-777-8942 ext:8810

Jan 17th-20th

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!

Math: We will be continuing unit 5. We will be covering number charts, measuring, and place value this week. 

Language Arts: We will be reviewing beginning, middle and end. We will also be reviewing character and setting, and cause and effect. We will be having a comprehension test as well. 

Here are our spelling words for this week:

hill, late, let, big, bag, beg, bog, bug, mother, three

Grammar: We will be continuing to work on commas in dates and in sentence sequences. We will also continue to practice root words and suffixes.

Social Studies: We will be continuing our work with geography as we prepare for our location words map assessment.

Upcoming School events:

JAN. 3: Valentine's Flower and Card Fundraiser- ends January 31st (your student received a flyer about this on Friday) 

FEB. 6: No school- Parent Teacher Conferences

FEB. 20: No School- President's Day

Have a great week and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

Ms Fowell

Contact info: [email protected]
763-777-8942 ext:8810

 

 

Jan 9-13

Look at the Week 1-9-23

 
Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!

 

Math: We are just starting our new math unit-- unit 5, all about place value. 

Homework: We will have math homework every night this week. 

Language Arts: We will be starting a new unit that focuses a lot on our feelings and how we can use Athlos Character traits to handle those feelings well. We will find cause and effects in the stories we read this week.

Here are our spelling words for this week:

over

which

what

must

been

make

sleep 

had

say

would

Spelling test will be on Friday, please study these words a few minutes each night. 

 

Upcoming School events:

JAN. 3: Valentine's Flower and Card Fundraiser- ends January 31st (your student received a flyer about this Today!) 

JAN. 16: No school- Martin Luther King Jr. Day

FEB. 6: No school- Parent Teacher Conferences

 

Other reminders and notes:

Make sure your student is reading and working on sight words for at least 20 minutes each night. 

 

G1 eLearning Packet/Snow day work!!

Students should work on this packet when school is closed. A hard copy of this packet was sent home in November.

Please remember to read 20 min/day and practice sight words!

 

Sight Word Links

 

Sight Word links for students daily use.
 

 

Yellow Sight Words: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KQOn0GUwhuolejwEvm4M-W2q2sX-87F0/view?usp=sharing

 

Yellow Sight Words (2): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nUew7HGHgFcjv60r1yqDj7I3fj_6vSga/view?usp=sharing

 

Purple Sight Words: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WvvJOXxxWSsoWdhSzx_CGToVX4qEoLQ5/view?usp=sharing

 

Pink Sight Words: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cVs7uYt1hrFB64GueG8ayuG0VbujwG8y/view?usp=sharing

 

Orange Sight Words: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_YFDkCwIJp3JR09PS9JoI7-xFvMa2M6L/view?usp=sharing

 

Number Sight Words: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vaYHk2LE7dxf1e74IIHruPx-k_E48nI-/view?usp=sharing

 

Blue Sight Words: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19QrFL3sKzSGFv5JeWqczCBk_rcFJ624d/view?usp=sharing

 

Green Sight Words: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G2brmP4VbjrAcAj0PwM_h_hbKGy3n-eu/view?usp=sharing

 

Red Sight Words: https://drive.google.com/file/d/121NePXct9yol2PDTlqy0ZREo0sZz-q7X/view?usp=sharing

Dec 12-16

December 12-16th

 

This week...

Math: We will be continuing Unit 4 this week with our Unit 4 assessment on Thursday. 

Homework:  Please complete the daily homework.

Language Arts: We will be focusing a lot on our feelings and how feelings relate to cause and effect.

Social Studies: We will begin learning about maps.

 

There is NO spelling this week! 

 

Upcoming School events:

Winter Tree Parade! December 16th

Dress like an animal day Friday, Dec. 16th

No school Dec 19- Jan 2. A FUN winter packet will be sent home on Fri.

KEEP Reading and practicing sight words every day!!  Remember the more you practice the better you get!

HAVE A WONDERFUL BREAK!!

Contact info: [email protected] 
763-777-8942 ext:8810

Dec 5th-8th

Math: We will be starting unit 4 Measurement. 

Remember to remind your child to finish and return Homework each day.

ELA: We will be starting a new unit about Cause and Effect.

 

This week's spelling words are: 

today, six ,have, look, boy, are, did, book, like, by

 

Upcoming School events:

Dress like an animal day Friday, Dec. 16

No school Dec 19- Jan 2.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns,

Ms Fowell

[email protected] 
763-777-8942 ext:8810

Room 230