1 / 24 / 2025




📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
    💡DATES TO REMEMBER
  • February 7th: Half Day Dismissal (GHA In-Service)
  • February 17th: NO SCHOOL (President's Day) R&R weekend
  • March 5th: Kindergarten/First grade Athletic Field Day - Half Day Dismissal
  • March 7th: Half Day Dismissal (12:30pm)
  • March 10th - 14th: Spring Break - No School

    • 💡REMINDERS:
    1. Please double check your child's uniform to make sure they still have the right length.

    2. The scholars should bring the following daily:
    • Water bottle with name
    • Healthy and dry snacks in front pocket
    • Take Home folder (please make sure it is emptied out at home)
    *Your child may use the small backpack-shaped checklist of the things they need to bring to help them pack their things. 

    3. Please review the Driveline procedure here: directionsforparentsdrivelin.docx We have also attached the file in the resources on the right side of this webpage. 

💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK 

📕 LITERATURE: We finished reading Bedtime for Frances this week. We also started our Beatrix Potter tales this week, particularly The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. The scholars have been working on reading aloud with the class. 

📕 SPALDING: Continue practicing at home the phonograms they haven't mastered yet. Check out the Spalding resources on this website to review letter formations, spelling/Spalding rules and phonogram list.

               Jobs of silent final e:

                Job 1: Silent final e jumps over the consonant and makes the vowel say its name.

                Job 2: English words don't end in u or v.

                Job 3: c and g will say their second sound.

                Job 4: Every syllable needs a vowel.

                Job 5: No job (silent final e does not do anything, it just has to be there).

                  rule 2: c before e, i, or y says /s/. (cent, city, cycle)

         rule 4: Vowels say their name at the end of a syllablle

rule 5: I and y may say /i/ (si lent, my)                                           

rule 6: y, not i, is used at the end of an English word. (try, fly)                  

rule 8:  /er/ can be found in "Her first nurse works early".                        

                   rule 13: sh is used at the beginning or end of a base word 

                  rule 17: Double f, l, s after a single vowel that says its short sound 

rule 18: "ay" is used to say a at the end of a base word 

rule 19: i and o will say their name if followed by two consonants

         rule 25:  ck is used after a single vowel that says its short sound.

sick

block 

rock, back, neck

rule 26:  Capitalize proper nouns.                                                      

                rule 27: Words beginning with the sound /z/ are always spelled with z never s. (zoo)

                rule 28: ed has three sounds and is added to form the past tense of regular verbs.


                 rule 29:  divide words between double consonants



📕 SAYINGS: 

  •  The more the merrier. 
  • Land of Nod
  • An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
  • Sour grapes 
  • Do unto others what you would have them do unto you. 
  • It could always be worse. 
  • Let the cat out of the bag. 
  • Wolf in sheep's clothing   
  • Practice makes perfect.
  • If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
  • Fish out of water

📕 POETRY: 
There Once Was a Puffin 
by Florence Page Jacques

Oh, there once was a Puffin 
Just the shape of a muffin, 
And he lived on an island
In the bright blue sea!

He ate little fishes,
That were most delicious, 
And he had them for supper 
And he had them for tea.

But this poor little Puffin, 
He couldn’t play nothin’, 
For he hadn’t anybody 
To play with at all.

So he sat on his island,
And he cried for awhile, 
and He felt very lonely,
And he felt very small.

Then along came the fishes, 
And they said, “If you wishes, 
You can have us for playmates, 
Instead of for tea!”

So they now play together,
In all sorts of weather,
And the Puffin eats pancakes, 
Like you and like me.



📕 READING: Thank you to our parent reading volunteers! We still have slots for the month. We need volunteers every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 12:30-1:00. Check your teacher's page on top for the reading volunteer signup. 

Sight Word Bookmarks will be on a ring in your child's reading bag or in a binder sleeve. We will be testing for sight word knowledge once a week. During this time, we will be moving students to the next sight word list if they have mastered the previous one. (Please do not mark off sight words at home- we will do this in class). 

📕 MATH: We learned more about numbers to 120 such as identifying the place value of the digits, comparing, ordering, and solving more or less of a number. 


📕 HISTORY: This week, students learned about the slavery in the colonies and the pilgrims who sailed in the Mayflower. The scholars started to create a mini book to outline the main ideas of their journeys.

📕 SCIENCE: Students started to make their ocean foldable this week. We talked about high and low tides, and how gravitational attractions work on the oceans. They continued learning about currents, waves, and the underwater landscapes that include deep trenches! Next week, the students continue working on their ocean foldable. They will also learn about coral reefs, where they can be found in the ocean, and the many different types that exist.

Have a great weekend!

1st Grade Teachers