St. Louis County Library This is a great website. Go to emedia and find Tumblebooks.com. The children will see the story as it is read aloud to them. They just love reading these books!
Tumble Books These are terrific books that are read aloud while providing the visual. Children love to read the books and see the actual words highlighted along.
Welcome to Seussville This will enhance our field trip to the Florissant Family Theater for
Dr. Seuss National Memorial This is another source for Dr. Seuss. Our January 21 live theater production will be
Make a Cat-in-the-Hat This provides a wonderful craft to coordinate with your family readings of Dr. Seuss books during the month of January!
November 19,2009
Dear Parents and Students,
Email: Please check your email each day for important school communications. Thank you!
Thank you to each of you who attended the Mass for our class yesterday. It was wonderful to have you join us. The children did a fabulous job! I am very proud of them.
Thanksgiving collection - the first grade are asked to bring in pasta, sauce, any kind of noodles for the offering. Each child will carry up his/her donation at church on Wednedsay, November 25.
We have exhausted the class supply of tissues already. Please send in a box for the students to use in this cold and flu season! Thank you to the Lang and Lawrence families who did donate to our cause yesterday!
Please look in book bags for the 5 Book Reports for Novemeber. Today, at least 2 November Book Reports should have been completed and turned in. Book report due Friday, November 20.
Each Friday the First Grade will have a spelling test and a reading test.
Please practice our list of sight words at home each night. Your child should practice words in his/her vocabulary folder EACH day. Please review and practice these words daily. Also, please return the "Vocabulary Folder" each day. I have noticed some improvement by those students working hard at home! Thank you.
We are Catholic Christians. This should be lived by daily classroom behavior. Christian behavior is expected at all times in a Catholic school. Please discuss with your child the expectations of Christianity. We should show kindness towards our fellow students at all times.
Religion:
Penmanship: Keep practicing good letter formation at home!
Phonics: Short o
We have introduced our fourth short vowel sound. It is the short o sound heard in dog, jog, hog.
Reading: Reading test on Friday. It will be on Friday,November 20.
long found that he when again all beanstalk
planted Jasper
Reading test on Friday, November 20. Know words.
Book Report due Thursday, November 20. Book reports may be turned in earlier than due. Your child may complete and turn in book reports in class each day. Five book reports will be due per month.
Math:
Fact
Practice 41B
Penmanship:
Spelling: Test
Words:
trick chick stick kick brick
we some
The next spelling test is on Friday, November 20, 2009.Each word will be said, used in a sentence, and said again. Students need to memorize the spelling words for tests. Sentences will be part of the back of the test.
Reading: Book in a Bag.
Read this book multiple times at home today. Parents please sign that you have listened while your First Grader read it aloud.
Practice vocabulary words
always baby things
hatch egg we
then never some
many Jasper beanstalk planted
all when again
he that found
long down bay where
do by watermelon
ever go did
grow with one very
much here no
Coco Grandma mountain
minute frightened gold Spain
ocean compass spice brave Christopher Columbus
sailors ships here can you clean
toys why away
me see lift
basket are why away
study play run jump
my walk from
learned friend explore
else good table
bad so on
across under game
going found am
for too not
duckling chick caught
swim hills duck quack
over went out
and said little
far road rainbow black
red white yellow
fence green blue
brown walking I went
you did see
me what at
saw horse dog
red pink blue
green yellow brown
white black purple
ten one three
four two five
eight seven six
nine
Please read aloud at home. Read books please and other reading sources. A First Grade student should be reading aloud at least 20 minutes a day to an adult.
Read full word list.
Please practice reading sight word list each day.
Word cards - practice and RETURN.
Friday Special: Art
Have a good week!
Regards,
Miss Clarkson
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