December 17 - 20

Reading :  On Monday, we will be doing a readers theater. This is where they get to act out a play.  We will also be doing Christmas themed reading activities. 

Math : We will be reviewing for our Chapter 6 test on Wednesday. We will also be doing Christmas themed math activities to help reinforce the concepts we have worked on this semester! 

Writing: We will be writing about our favorite Christmas song, If we could ask Santa any question what it would be and why?, If all the reindeer disappeared on Christmas Eve and what we will do over Christmas break.

Handwriting : Nn, Mm

Phonics : J and assessment

Science : Following Directions - Shapes

Homework :  Your child will have homework Monday - Wednesday.  I have also created a homework assignment for them over break.  They have to interview a family member and ask them four questions and then write about it.  It is due January 4th - If not returned your child will get a zero!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Dec 10 - 14

Reading - We will be taking our mid-year reading assessment this week.  It will let us know what your child has learned since the beginning of the year and what we need to continue to work on. We will also be working on several skills we have learned this year; characters and setting, classify and categorize, compare and contrast, making predictions and sequencing.

Math - We will be continuing with chapter 6 with lessons on following the rule, creating addition and subtraction sentences and drawing a picture. We will then begin the process of preparing for our chapter 6 test next week.

Writing - We will be making Miss Childers a birthday book, writing about what they would do if they had an elf, writing to Mrs. Gaskill, holidays and drawing and writing a snail.

Handwriting - Practice, Application, Rr, R words

Phonics - x, y, sh

Spelling -

1. one
2. two
3. three
4. four
5. five
6. six
7. seven
8. eight
9. nine
10. ten
11. their first name
12. their last name

Social Studies - We will be picturing a place.

Homework - Your child will have homework for reading and math Monday-Thursday.

December 3 - 7

Reading: We will be reading A Perfect Lunch, One More Friend and Good Friends.  Our story begins on page 142.  We will be working on the /ur/ sound which is spelled with er, ir and ur, high frequency words (always, by, cow's, join, please, nice, room), the main idea, er and est and choosing pronouns he, she, it or they.

Math: We will be starting Chapter 6. This chapter focus on relating addition and subtraction facts.  We will do related addition and subtraction facts, and work on fact families.  Keep studying those addition facts!  This is a standard that we should know before entering second grade.

Writing: We will be making a birthday book, writing to Miss Childers, Pronouns/Invitations and writing about what we want to be when we grow up.

Handwriting: Ss words, Bb, Bb wods and Pp

Spelling:

1. her
2. fur
3. turn
4. bird
5. girl
6. first
7. quit
8. when
9. name
10. work
11. by
12. could

Pre-Test Wednesday Post-Test Friday

We will be doing our Star Literacy Test on Monday, Star Reading Test Wednesday, taking leveled tests Thursday and writing our Dear Santa letters on Tuesday! BUSY BUSY!

Homework: They will have reading and math homework Monday-Thursday.  They will bring their reader home on Tuesday-Thursday.

November 26 - 30

Mrs. Gaskill and I hope you all have a fabulous Thanksgiving! We are thankful for each and every one of you! 

For next week:

Reading - We will be reading A Quiz for Brent, Tomas Rivera and I can. We will be wokring on the digraph /kw/ and hw/, high frequency words (about, books, family, name, people, read, work, writing), sequence, and adding ed and ing with doubling the final consonants.


Math - We will be continuing with Chapter 5 by doing lesson 5.5 and then reviewing for our test on Friday.

Writing - We will be working on I and me, doing a Squiggle, writing to Mrs. Gaskill, making a birthday book.

Handwriting - We will be doing a key to legiblity, Uu, u words and Ss.

Spelling - Pre-Test on Wednesday  Post-Test on Friday

1. quit
2. quick
3. quiz
4. whiz
5. which
6. when
7. arm
8. part
9. house
10. put
11. as
12. ask

Social Studies - Parts of A Map

Word of the Day - night, saw, were, air, fly

Number of the Day - 54, 55, 56, 57 and 58

Homework - They will have their reading and math homework Monday - Thursday and bring their readers home Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Do not forget about the Thanksgiving break homework! 10 things on the calendar.

November 12 - 16

Reading: We will be reading Ann's Trip, Mark's Big Day and Putting on a Play.  We will be working on r controlled vowels, high frequency words (again, feel, house, know, loud, Mrs., put, say), Point of View, -s -ed -ing and holidays.  We will continue with centers. I think the children really enjoy these and I feel like they learn a LOT in them!

Math: We are starting a new chapter on subtraction facts to 10.  Our lessons will be on counting back 1 or 2, using a number line to subtract, thinking addition to subtraction, differences from 10.  We will review on Friday.

Writing: We will be working on Holidays, Writing a friend back, writing to Miss Childers and preparing a book for Jocelynn's birthday.

Handwriting: We will learn the letter Qq and practice the letters we have been working on recently.

Spelling: Pre-Test Wednesday    Post-Test Friday

1. far
2. farm
3. arm
4. art
5. part
6. park
7. chin
8. such
9. fly
10. watch
11. an
12. any

Science: We will be doing a color, cut and paste activity.

Number of the Day: 47, 48, 49, 50, 51

Word of the Day: very, from, came, could, gold

Homework: They will have reading and math homework Monday-Thursday.  They will bring their book home Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

We will be busy preparing for the play on November 16th. I hope you can all make it! They are doing awesome.

Last week until Thanksgiving!  We can make it! Be Thankful :) 

Turkeys in disguise!

Fabulous in First (http://fabulousinfirst.blogspot.com) gave me the awesome idea to have my students camouflage a turkey! Here are the awesome turkeys!

Our door decoration!

Election

The Waynoka First Grade was busy on election day voting!  They voted on very important issues to our classroom and others.  The requirements to vote were to have your voter identification card and to be in the Waynoka First Grade.  We went to our polling location and got "I Voted" stickers.  Here are there results:

• President of the USA
• Mr. Barack Obama 9
• Mr. Mitt Romney 4
• Favorite Reward
• Extra Recess 1
• No Homework 12
• Favorite Oklahoma Team
• OU Sooners 2 
• OSU Cowboys 11
• Favorite Subject
• Reading 8
• Math 5
• Favorite Food 
• Pizza 10
• Hamburger 3

November 5-9

Reading - We are reading Rich Gets Big, A Butterfly Grows and Caterpillars.  We are learning about the digraph /ch/, high frequency words (air, fly, friends, grew, need, play, rain, watch), sequencing, adding the es and names of days and months. 

They will bring their reader home on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  They will have reading homework Monday - Thursday.

Math - We will be doing 4.7 about problem solving.  We will then begin reviewing for our chapter 4 test on Friday.

Writing - We will be writing about sequencing, days and months, Harvest Time, If I Were a Pilgrim and writing to a friend.

HW - Gg, G words, Jj, J words

Phonics - Assessment, silent e and Contractions

Spelling -

1. chip
2. chin
3. inch
4. such
5. catch
6. match
7. wish
8. shop
9. saw
10. were
11. after
12. again

Pre-Test Wednesday    Post-Test Friday

Social Studies - We will be working on using a map key.

November 7 - Our turkeys in hiding are due!  :)

1st grade has spirit!!!

We won the door contest. The kiddos came up with the reasons they shined with Rail Pride. We had really great reasons!

Skeletons and X-Rays

We read a story on x-rays and the 1st graders did an AWESOME job on making their own skeletons. 

October 29 - November 2

Reading - We will be reading Fox and His Big Wish, King Midas and His Gold, Gold and Money. These stories start on page 210.  We will be working on the digraph /sh/, high frequency words (came, could, gold, happy, made, night, saw, were), setting, initial blends with l,s and r and special names of places.

Math - We will be continuing chapter 4 with the lessons on adding doubles, doubles and near doubles and using the strategies.  We will be continuing with Math Minutes and timed tests.

Writing - We will be writing a riddle about an animal, writing Kile a birthday book, a Halloween writing prompt and writing to Mrs. Gaskill.

Handwriting - We will be practicing and applying the letters we have been working on lately and learning the letter G.

Spelling - I am having the Pre-Test on Tuesday due to Halloween.  The Post-Test will be on Friday.

1. shop
2. shot
3. shut
4. rush
5. wish
6. fish
7. for
8. more
9. form
10. very
11. oval
12. star

Your child will have homework Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Nothing on Wednesday! A treat :) 

October 22 - 25

Reading - We will be reading Sid Scores, Land of Ice and My Fathers Feet. Our story starts on page 182. Your child will be bringing it home on Tuesday and Wednesday night.
We will be working on r-controlled vowels, high frequency words (animals, their, cold, under, fish, very, from), comparing and contrasting, compound words and special names and titles for people.

Math - We will begin Chapter 4, which focus on addition facts 0-10. We will do lessons 1,2 and 3.  These lessons focus on counting on 1 or 2, using a number line and count on practice. We will continue with timed tests giving them 1:30. Some days I am nice and add 10-15 seconds.

Writing - We will be working on titles for people and writing to Mrs. Gaskill.

Handwriting - Ee, e words, Ff, F words

Phonics - vowel/consonant words, consonant/vowel words, u, w

Spelling -

1. or
2. for
3. from
4. more
5. store
6. sort
7. long
8. bring
9. your
10. head
11. circle 
12. square

Pre-Test Tuesday Post-Test Thursday

Social Studies - We will be working on using a map key.

Homework - Your child will be reading their big book on Tuesday and Wednesday night.  They will have reading homework every night next week. (Includes Thursday) Math will be on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night.

October 15 - 18

Reading - We are reading Frog Gets a Song, Soccer Song and Now You Know About Soccer. They start on page 134 in their reader.  We will be working on the ng sound, the high frequency words (arms, school, every, use, feet, way, head and your), the plot and the contraction 'll.

Math - We will be reviewing for our chapter 3 test on subtraction.  We have really caught on to the idea of taking away through this chapter.  We will take the test on Thursday.

Writing - We will be making MaKinze a birthday book!  We will write to Miss Childers and talk about singular and plural nouns and dialogue.

Handwriting - We will work on tall and short letters, Cc and c words.

Phonics - We will be working on the suffix -ed, ee and then a Phonics assessment on Wednesday.

Spelling - We will have the Pre-Test on Tuesday and Post-Test on Thursday!

1. long
2. song
3. sing
4. ring
5. bring
6. thing
7. us
8. must
9. does
10. food
11. white
12. black

We will be doing a color and number words page for a Science grade.

Homework - They will have both reading and math homework on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  They will bring their reader home on Tuesday and Wednesday only.

Word of the Day - does, food, grow, live
Number of the Day - 29, 30, 31, 32

We will be celebrating October birthdays on Thursday around 2:45. Parents are welcome to attend.

October 18 - October Birthday Party

October 19 - No School

October 26 - No School

October 29,30 and 31 - October Speaking Assignment - Please be working on this!

October 31 - Halloween - The parade around the school and downtown will begin at 1:45. If your child needs help with their costume, please arrive from 1:00-1:30 to assist them. After the parade we will come back to the school for the party. 

 

October 8 - 12

Reading - We are reading A Nut Falls, Plants Can't Jump and Cornfield Leaves.  We are working on the short u, high frequency words (be,does, food, grow, live, many), details in stories, initial blends with r and nouns (animals or things). 
Your child will be bringing their reader home Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Math - We will be doing lessons 3.5 to 3.8.  These lessons include vertical subtraction, understanding equality, modeling part-part-whole and subtracting to compare.  We will review those lessons on Friday.  We will continue with timed tests this week.

Writing - We will be writing about firefighters as it is Fire Safety Week, write to Miss Childers, Nouns/Lists/Organizations and draw and write a turtle.

Handwriting - We will work on ?!, tall and short letters and Cc.

Phonics - TH, ng and ing, ed, ee

Spelling - Pre-Test Wednesday Post-Test Friday

1. us
2. bus
3. must
4. cut
5. cub
6. club
7. with
8. then
9. don't
10. says
11. brown
12. pink

We will be using directions in social studies and studying x-rays and skeletons!

I will be gone on Friday and Mrs. Gaskill will be in charge.  She will send home everything she can but the tests will not go home as normal.

Keep reading :) Some of us are on track while others need to be reading!

4 points by October 31.

October 1 - 5

Here is the schedule for this week and what we will be learning:

Reading - We are reading Thanks, Seth, Beth's Job and Flowers Grow. Your child will bring a reading slip home on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. We will be working on the /th/ sound, high frequency words, details in a story, blends with s and nouns (people or places)

Math - We are beginning our chapter on subtraction.  We will do model subtraction, using symbols to subtract, subtracting all or 0 and taking numbers apart from 8 or less. On Friday, we will review those lessons.  We will be continuing with fast facts.

Writing - We started off the week drawing a real or pretend animal and then writing questions we would ask it.  We will continue with talking about seasons, writing to Mrs. Gaskill, drawing and writing a mouse and nouns.

Handwriting - O words, Aa, a words, Dd and Practice.

Phonics - We will introduce the following letters and sounds: m, e, ck and the final k spelling.

Spelling -  Pre-test on Wednesday and Post-Test Friday.

1. then
2. them
3. this
4. that
5. path
6. with
7. ten
8. get
9. said
10. was
11. orange 
12. purple

October Decorations

They will be sooo excited when they walk into the room tomorrow. New decorations AND new seating arrangements! They won't know what to do!

Apple Art

We decorated some apples for Johnny Appleseed!  We made them out of tissue paper. They did a great job!

Football Placemats

Mrs. Crissup asked us to make placemats for carb night for the high school football boys.  We gladly accepted and the kiddos loved making them for the big kids.  They sure do look up to them!

Our Room

August - September Pictures

Sept 24 - 28

In Reading, we will be reading "Ten Eggs," "Little Red Hen Gets Help" and "Let's Make Tortillas." The stories start on page 16.  We will be working on the short vowel e, the high frequency words, compare and contrast, initial blends with l and exclamations!  They will be bringing their reader home on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

In math, we will be working on exploring equality and making a model.  We will then review for our chapter 2 test on Friday.  Addition, addition, addition!

Writing will consist of writing to Johnny Appleseed, write to Miss Childers, draw and write a mouse and exclamations!

We will continue to work on handwriting with the letter t and reviewing the letter l, i and t. 

Our spelling words are:

1. set
2. sent
3. ten
4. tell
5. let
6. get
7. all
8. call
9. make
10. of
11. yellow
12. green

Pre-Test on Wednesday with post-test on Friday!

We are all checking out tests and reading books!  This is a huge accomplishment and I am very proud of them for being responsible and doing their very best! 

October is just around the corner and with it comes new ways to write spelling words, Scholastic book orders, a new speaking task and Book it and AR goals!

Sept 17 - 21

I apologize for being late on posting this week! It just slipped my mind.

In reading, we are reading "A Tall, Tall Wall", "All on the Map" and "Roads."  Our story this week starts on page 200.  The kiddos will be bringing their reader home on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. You will see a new reader starting next week! 

We will be working on the -all sound this week. We will be doing our high frequency words, classifying and categorizing, contractions and asking questions.

In math, we will continue to work on addition with lessons 2.5 to 2.8. These lessons include adding in any order, ways to make the number 8, vertical addition sentences and ways to make numbers to 10. On Friday, we will review those lessons so I can see who is grasping it and who is not.  We will continue with timed tests and centers through this week.

In writing we wrote about some of our favorite places.  They were sooo cute! We are going to draw and write about a frog, write to Mrs. Gaskill, write about our favorite thing to do on recess and talk about questions.

Handwriting begins with the letter L, l words, I, I i, i words and finishing out with the letter T t.  We are really trying to be as good as we can in handwriting. I believe everyone is capable of good handwriting it just takes time and persistence.

Phonics we are talking about the H, G, R, assessments and K.

Our spelling words this week include: 

1. all
2. call
3. fall
4. wall
5. ball
6. tall
7. not
8. top
9. much
10. thank
11. red
12. blue

Pre-Test on Wednesday and Post-Test on Friday.

We will be introducing our theme of Johnny Appleseed as next weekend is his birthday!  We will be doing art and talking about his contributions to us today. Apples :)

Friday we will celebrate both Mrs. Gaskill and Kresta as their birthdays are in September.  We will begin at around 2:45.  If weather permits we will go out by the softball field tables to enjoy our treats.  Anyone is welcome to attend.

Have a great week!

Sept 10th - 14th

In reading, we will be reading "Jobs", "Dot and Bob" and "Trees Help." They start on page 152. I will be sending their readers home on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  We will be working on the short vowel o, high frequency words (find, much and thank), characters, inflections -ed and -ing and continuing with the telling part of a sentence.

Our words of the day include his, it, what, where and get.
Our numbers we will focus on are 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

We will continue working on different activities and topics through centers.  I feel like the children are really enjoying this time to work on different tasks and it is helping us work on a wide range of topics individually and in groups.

In math, we are starting chapter 2.  This chapter is focused completely on addition.  We will talk about model addition, using symbols to add, part-part-whole and using dominoes with addition.  On Friday, we will review each of the lessons to see if we fully grasped what was taught this week. 

We are starting addition timed tests this week.  Everyone will start with adding zero to a number. As soon as your child passes that they move on to the next addition fast fact.  Happy adding :) 

In writing, we will be continuing working on sentences, we will do a hero activity pertaining to September 11th, we will write to Miss Childers, make a birthday book for Kresta and talk about the telling parts of a sentence.

In handwriting, we will practice our numbers 1-5 and 6 - 10 and write number sentences. 

We will continue to go through the phonics lessons and work on different sounds, blends and digraphs. 

Here our are spelling words for the week. We are working on the short o sound:

1. top
2. hop
3. hot
4. not
5. dot
6. lot
7. back
8. pick
9. oh
10. yes
11. nine
12. ten

Pre-Test will be on Wednesday and the Post-Test on Friday.

We will be continuing to work on social studies by talking more about maps and what we use them for in our lives.  We will also be making football place mats for the boys to use at carb night next week.  I will assign each child a football player/coach and they will get to make them a fun eating area! 

I promise to post pictures this week!

Your child will have homework in both reading and math Monday-Thursday this week.

Miss Childers

Sept 3 -7

In reading, this week we will be reading a fun story.  We will read "Pick a Sack" on page 116, "Get up, Rick" and "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo".  Your child will bring their readers home on Wednesday and Thursday.  Please help them read the story and return the signed slip on Friday.

We will be working on the digraph /k/ ck, our high frequency words, the beginning, middle and end of stories, the ill and it and telling parts of a sentence.

In math, we will be preparing for our test at the end of the week. We will be reviewing chapter 1 by doing the extra practice, standard quick check and looking ahead. 

Writing will be another top priority as we are continuing to work on sentences, writing to Mrs. Gaskill, the telling parts of a sentence and finishing out the week with drawing and writing about a bird.

In handwriting, we will work on the rest of the numbers and review the numerals we worked on last week.

Phonics we are working on suffixes, blends, the letter D and finishing up the week with an assessment over the first 15 lessons. 

Our spelling words this week focus on the /k/ ck sound:

1. pick
2. pack
3. tack
4. back
5. sack
6. sick
7. big
8. in 
9. hold
10. so
11. seven
12. eight

Pre-Test on Wednesday and Post-Test on Friday.  I will be sending home a fun page that I found with new and different ways to work on spelling words at home.  We will try out some of them at school as well.

We will be working on our fair project for the week.  We are entering the poster contest.  I am letting the children choose between "Be Smart and Don't Start!" or "How I Exercise."  I will be sending a note home just letting you know we are entering something.  If this is NOT something you would like I will not send your child's poster.  I am sure your child will want to check out their poster sometime next weekend.

This week we are starting to do centers.  We will have math and reading centers.  We are also adding a word of the day.  This week they include: an, as, by and let.  We also are adding a number of the day, 0,1, 2 and 3 will be on the agenda for this week.

Your child will have reading homework every day this week : )

August 27 - 30

This week we will be reading "Big Rigs" starting on page 94 in our books.  Please help your child read this story on Tuesday and Wednesday night.  In reading we will be working on short i words, high frequency words, classifying words and contractions.  Your child will have homework in reading every night this week. 

In math we will be working on Ordering Numbers to 20, Ordinal Numbers and Using Data from a graph.  Your child will have homework on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday regarding these different topics. 

We will continue to work on writing sentences.  On Wednesday they get to write a letter to either Mrs. Gaskill or myself.  This teaches us the proper techniques of writing a letter. 

In handwriting we will be working on slant lines and numerals.

We will continue to work on phonics by coding words and learning a different letter each and every day. 

Our spelling words this week include:

1. in
2. pin
3. pig
4. big
5. dig
6. did
7. had
8. sat
9. no
10. too
11. five
12. six

Our pre-test this week will be Tuesday and the post-test will be Thursday.  Please help your child by studying :)

In social studies we are using a map and making some football art.  GO RAILS!! Football season is quickly approaching and I couldn't be more excited.  Try to come out and support our team.

REMEMBER:
Parent Teacher Conferences Tuesday and Thursday from 4-7.  I hope to see all of you popping in!

School Picnic Thursday at the softball field - We will be arriving shortly after 11.  Feel free to bring a blanket or chairs.  I know the children are really looking forward to this fun day!

Book orders due Thursday!  

The World of 1st Graders

Welcome to our classroom blog! I am hoping this is a place that parents and friends can come and see what is going on in our world in Room 112.  We are working hard and after 8 days of school I am already seeing children working hard and accomplishing so much.  It is awesome that I get to watch these kids the whole year and not have to leave them to move on to another job.  This is my job and I am loving it!

I will be posting spelling words, class projects and any other information that I find interesting.  Please keep your eye on the page and I will try to keep it updated as much as possible.  :)  Please feel free to leave any comments or questions down below.  Happy following. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy entering 1st grade through our blog!

Miss Childers