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1st Grade Overview

March 14 - 20

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will work on using digraphs au and aw as well as “wild colt” words (words with irregular long vowels). We’ll also review previous phonics concepts using St. Patrick’s Day activities.

Assessment: There will be a phonics assessment on Thursday, March 26th.

Spelling: Spelling list 18 test will be on Thursday, March 26th.

grow, open, away, started, passing, table, invite, crispy, she’ll, wisely, *give, *people

  1. The store will open for the sale at ten.

  2. Many people will be there.


Foundations and Frameworks: 

We will be in the Predict & Justify unit throughout March.

MATH: 

We will be studying three-dimensional shapes. 

Assessment: Unit 5 shapes checkpoint quiz on March 19th. Unit 5 test will be on April 9th & 10th.

SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: 

We will continue our study on the Survival of Living Things in science. In social studies, we will continue our unit on North America and our mini-unit on America.

Weekly Memory Work: Genesis 9:13 and The Lively Leprechaun poem

Genesis 9:13

I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

Lively Leprechaun

I caught a lively leprechaun

with stubble on his face.

He promised loads of buried gold

and led me to the place.

But when I let him loose to dig,

he leaped and led a chase.

That lively, laughing leprechaun

had left without a trace!

REMINDERS: 

  1. March 17-20- Book Fair & Art Show

  2. March 20- Grandparents’ Day - ½ day

  3. March 23-27- Hats off to Good Books Reader Presentations

  4. March 24- 3rd Quarter Report Cards

  5. March 25- Spring Class Pictures

  6. March 27- Hat Parade & Easter Party

  7. March 30-April 6- Spring Break

  8. SAVE THE DATE for this field trip: April 17th to the Knoxville Zoo (all day, siblings, extra family may attend) - parent drivers. 

  9. As a reminder, handwriting, SPECS log entries, reading comprehension and reading fluency are all additional skills which will be assessed and recorded on your student’s report card beginning this quarter. Neatness and returning homework on time are also still paramount and noted on report cards.

  10. 10.Please help your child unload their homework folder and read to you each night for 10-15 minutes. 

  11. 11.Snacks: A healthy snack may be sent each day. No cookies, potato chips, or candy, please!