Language Arts

Practice reading with your child for ten minutes everyday. Choose a place where you will both feel relaxed. Take turns reading, help them with 'sounds' , picture clues and what makes sense. Also practice the sight word lists that I have sent home. Look for a new list every two weeks.

Spelling will start towards the end of December. Look for the spelling list to come home on Mondays.
            

Throughout the year students will learn about our community. ... city, state, country, ... how communities began long ago, comparing them to today. Leadership, responsibility, belonging, laws (rules) and why we have them. November will bring discussion about Early Americans and Native Americans. January, students will learn about presidents and those who played an important role in changing our country. February will be focused on Black History. ... Please help your child to learn his/her address and phone number.

Math

First Semester .... counting forward and backward. Students should be able to recognize and write numbers up to 100.
-- counting by fives and tens
-- recognizing and counting pennies, nickels, and dimes
-- telling time by the hour and half hour
-- simple addition

Second Semester .... counting by fives and tens forward and backward
-- telling time
-- counting money .... quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies, Students should be able to count a handful of change.
-- addition and subtraction with single and double digit numbers.

First Quarter:
-- Amazing water ... Water as a solid, liquid and gas.
-- mixtures and solution
-- what is waterproof, what can float or sink
-- building boats

Second Quarter:
-- Continuation of water
-- mountains, plains and valleys
-- ground water, lakes and rivers

Third Quarter:
-- measuring
-- weighing
-- temperature and thermometers
-- sorting

Fourth Quarter:
-- Life Cycles
-- plants, guppies, insects

Every student must go outside for recess after lunch unless they have a written note from a parent. Make sure your child is dressed appropriately to play outside for thirty minutes. Please put names on coats, boots, hats, etc. With fifty two first graders in the same hall, many things get lost!!!