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