READING - Students should practice orally any words on cut and paste papers
and vocabulary flash cards sent home for every story each week.
Students should review all papers sent home each night. There will also be
phonics books sent home each week with a pink slip attached.
Please fill out the slip after your child has read the book and return it to
school the next day.
Vocabulary tests are given at the end of each story. Theme Vocabulary tests
after each theme ends. Skills tests are given on Day #5 of each story.
Theme tests are given after a theme has been completed. There are 10 Themes
that will be covered in Reading this year. The students will also be
writing several writing pieces in school. Please watch your child's homework
folder for those writing pieces to be sent home.
SPELLING AND ENGLISH - This will be added to the curriculum at the beginning
of the second marking period which starts in November. Students will need to
learn 10 spelling words each week. Homework will be once a week along with a
spelling test at the end of each story. English tests will be given every
week. Mistakes will be corrected for spelling, end marks, and starting a
sentence with a capital letter.
MATH - Practice papers will be sent home marked H.W. in the corner. Please
return the completed page to school the next day.
The students have been using an iPad 2 in school to take math fact tests.
Please review all First Grade math facts on the pink paper that was sent home
in the beginning of the year.
There are 20 Topics that will be covered in Math this year. We will have
quizes and tests on each topic. Notes will go home when the class is having
a test or a quiz.
SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES - The students will enjoy several interesting
topics from Life, Physcial, and Earth Science in Science class. In Social
Studies class the students will read about jobs, rights, laws, communities,
countries, and whats happening around the world.
