1 st Grade News Report Heather Perkins secondgradeperks.blogspot.com This is what we are learning: Math- Science- Social Studies- Language Arts- Spelling- Important Dates

Math- Numeration Skills 0-30 and learning how to organize data. Science- Investigating patterns in weather. Social Studies- Understanding the concepts of time including: past, present, future, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Language Arts- Alphabet order and alphabet sounds. Rhyming words and learning how to sound out CVC words. Spelling- Short A, Short I, and Short O Students should be reading on a level 4. 1 st Grade News Report Important Dates This is what we are learning: September 1 st – Field Trip Letters coming home September 7 th - No School September 18 th – Early Release for Homecoming September 22 nd -Field Trip Money due to teacher. September 24-25, st Six Weeks Testing Heather Perkins secondgradeperks.blogspot.com Remember- Reading every night helps your student learn to read. Practice sight words. Students will find the sight words in their reading. Knowing them makes reading easier and the students feel successful.

Math- Building numbers to 50, understanding greater than and less than, Addition to 20, Subtraction to 20, Place Value Science- Forms of Energy (light, heat, sound), Metals Attracted by Magnets Social Studies- Basic Needs, Goods and Services, Family Customs and Traditions, Value of Work, Technology affects daily life, past and present Language Arts- Adjectives, Sequencing (beginning, middle, end), Author’s Purpose (entertainment, inform), Plurals Spelling- Short e, Short u, Blends Students should be reading on a level 6. 1 st Grade News Report This is what we are learning: Important Dates Oct. 1-End of 1 st Six Weeks Oct. 2-No School-Fair Day Oct. 14-Early Release Oct. 16-Field Trip Oct. 29-DRA Prize Day Oct 30-Pumpkin Day-1 st Grade Remember- Reading every night helps your student learn to read. Practice sight words. Students will find the sight words in their reading. Knowing them makes reading easier and the students feel successful.

Math- generate a number that is greater than or less than a given whole number up to 120, use place value to compare Whole numbers up to 120, order whole numbers up to 120 Science- learning about rocks, soil, water, natural resources, recycling Social Studies- state and national symbols, roles of leaders and public officials, Identify good citizenship Language Arts-Respond to and use rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration in poetry, write short poems that convey sensory details, discuss plot(problem and solutions), describe characters and their feeling, Determine what words mean from how they are used in a sentence, either heard or read Spelling- Long /a/, Long /i/, Long /o/, Long /u/ 1 st Grade News Report Important Dates Heather Perkins secondgradeperks.blogspot.com This is what we are learning: Remember- Reading every night helps your student learn to read. Practice sight words. Students will find the sight words in their reading. Knowing them makes reading easier and the students feel successful. Nov. 3 – 50 th Day of School-Coke Floats Nov. 6- End of 2 nd Six Weeks Nov. 9-Pennies for Presents starts Nov. 9- Beginning of 3 rd Six Weeks Nov. 25 – 27 NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Holidays Nov. 30-Holiday Party Information coming home.

Math-generate a number that is greater than or less than a given whole number up to 120, use place value to compare Whole numbers up to 120, order whole numbers up to 120 Science- learning about rocks, soil, water, natural resources, recycling Social Studies- state and national symbols, roles of leaders and public officials, Identify good citizenship Language Arts-Respond to and use rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration in poetry, write short poems that convey sensory details, discuss plot(problem and solutions), describe characters and their feeling, Determine what words mean from how they are used in a sentence, either heard or read Spelling- Long /a/, Long /i/, Long /o/, Long /u/ Students should be reading on a level 8. Important Dates This is what we are learning: Heather Perkins secondgradeperks.blogspot.com 1 st Grade News Report Remember- Reading every night helps your student learn to read. Practice sight words. Students will find the sight words in their reading. Knowing them makes reading easier and the students feels successful. Dec. 18 – Early Release 1:30 Dec. 7-Christmas Around the World Dec. 9- Pennies for Presents Ends Dec. 11- DRA Reading Prize-Holiday Cones Dec rd Six Weeks Testing Dec. 17- Polar Express Day-Wear PJ’s Dec. 18- Class 9:00 a.m. Early Release 1:30

Math- Math-generate a number that is greater than or less than a given whole number up to 120, use place value to compare Whole numbers up to 120, order whole numbers up to 120, identify coins, their values, and the relationships among them in order to recognize the need for monetary transactions. Science-exploring weather, the seasons, day and night, and moon, sun, and stars. Social Studies-explore physical characteristics in our environment, exploring maps and globes, why maps are Important. Language Arts-main idea, important facts or details, adverbs, Prepositions, writing letters, alphabetize words. Spelling- /ar/, /ir/, /es/, /ed/, /ing/, /ank/, /unk/ 1 st Grade News Report Important Dates This is what we are learning: Heather Perkins secondgradeperks.blogspot.com Remember- Reading every night helps your student learn to read. Practice sight words. Students will find the sight words in their reading. Knowing them makes reading easier and the students feel successful. Jan. 18 – NO SCHOOL Jan. 5 – Six Weeks Starts Jan. 18 – No School- Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Math- Math-generate a number that is greater than or less than a given whole number up to 120, use place value to Compare Whole numbers up to 120, order whole numbers up to 120, identify coins, their values, and the relationships among them in order to recognize the need for monetary transactions Science-exploring weather, the seasons, day and night, and moon, sun, and stars. Social Studies-explore physical characteristics in our environment, exploring maps and globes, why maps are Important. Language Arts-Arts-main idea, important facts or details, adverbs, Prepositions, writing letters, alphabetize words. Spelling- /ed/, /ing/, /ank/, /unk/ Students should be reading on a level st Grade News Report Important Dates This is what we are learning: Heather Perkins secondgradeperks.blogspot.com Feb. 2 – 100 th Day of School Feb. 12 – Valentines Day 2:45 Feb. 19 – UIL End of 4 th Six Weeks DRA Prize Day- Snow Feb th Six Weeks Testing Feb. 22 – 5 th Six Weeks Begins Remember- Reading every night helps your student learn to read. Practice sight words. Students will find the sight words in their reading. Knowing them makes reading easier and the students feel successful.

Math- 2D shapes, edges, vertices, combining shapes to make another shape, 3D shapes, flat faces, curved faces, number of faces, fractions, equal parts, time to the half hour. Science- living and nonliving, plants, parts of a plant Social Studies- needs and wants, family buying choices, goods and services Language Arts- Read vowel digraphs vowel digraphs including -ea as in eat, ay,ai, ie, igh, and oa, vowel diphthongs including oi, oy, Identify and read contractions (e.g., isn't, can't), compound words, pronouns, purpose and techniques of different types of media, start basics of research using different age appropriate sources, write a composition from information. Spelling- /ai/, /ay/, /ea/, /ie/, /igh/, /oa/, /ow/ 1 st Grade News Report Important Dates This is what we are learning: Heather Perkins secondgradeperks.blogspot.com March 4- Dr. Seuss Day March Spring Break March 17-St. Patrick’s Day March 25- No School Remember- Reading every night helps your student learn to read. Practice sight words. Students will find the sight words in their reading. Knowing them makes reading easier and the students feel successful.

Math-2D shapes, edges, vertices, combining shapes to make another shape, 3D shapes, flat faces, curved faces, number of faces, fractions, equal parts, time to the half hour. Science- living and nonliving, plants, parts of a plant Social Studies- needs and wants, family buying choices, goods and services Language Arts- Read vowel digraphs vowel digraphs including -ea as in eat, ay,ai, ie, igh, and oa, vowel diphthongs including oi, oy, Identify and read contractions (e.g., isn't, can't), compound words, pronouns, purpose and techniques of different types of media, start basics of research using different age appropriate sources, write a composition from information. Spelling- /ai/, /ay/, /ea/, /ie/, /igh/, /oa/, /ow/ Students should be reading on a level st Grade News Report Important Dates This is what we are learning: Heather Perkins secondgradeperks.blogspot.com April th Six Weeks Testing April 15-DRA Prize 3D Hand End of 5 th Six Weeks April 18-Beginning of 6 th Six Weeks April 29-Field Day Remember- Reading every night helps your student learn to read. Practice sight words. Students will find the sight words in their reading. Knowing them makes reading easier and the students feel successful.

1 st Grade News Report This is what we are learning: Math-non standard units of measurement, defining money as income, addition, subtraction Science-life cycles of a chicken, frog, and fish, exploring animals Social Studies-Thomas Edition, Alexander Bell, inventions, good citizens Language Arts- vowel digraphs oo as in foot, oo as in moon, ea as in eat, ea as in bread, ee, ow as in how, ow as in snow, ou as in out, ay,ai, aw, au, ew, oa, ie as in chief, ie as in pie, and – igh, determine whether a story is true or a fantasy and explain why, restate the main idea, Plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing, Develop drafts by sequencing ideas through writing sentences, Publish and share writing with others Spelling- /ow/,/aw/, /oo/ Students should be reading on a level 14. Heather Perkins secondgradeperks.blogspot.com May 13-Watermelon Day May 20- No School May 25- No School-Bad Weather Day May th Weeks Testing May 26-DRA Prize Day May 27- No School-Bad Weather Day May 30- No School- Memorial Day June 2-Last Day of School— EARLY RELEASE Remember- Reading every night helps your student learn to read. Practice sight words. Students will find the sight words in their reading. Knowing them makes reading easier and the students feel successful.