1 / 31 / 2025



📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
    💡DATES TO REMEMBER
  • February 5th: Kingdom Meeting Day - remember to wear your kingdom color shirts
  • 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 continued our Beatrix Potter tales this week, particularly The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy Winkle, The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck, and The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. We are learning that these fun stories can teach us life lessons.

    • 📕 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.



    📕 MATH: This week, we learned how to count coins (penny, nickel, dime and quarter). They practiced different ways to use coins to come up with a certain amount. We will have a test next week. 

    📕 HISTORY: We reviewed our unit on the Early Explorers, and started our next unit on how these colonies will fight for their independence from Great Britain. 

    📕 SCIENCE:   Students finished their "All About Oceans" foldable. They had fun reviewing what has been learned about the ocean so far. Students were introduced to the landforms: bay, harbor, island, and peninsula.   

    Have a great weekend!
    1st Grade Teachers


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