December 13th-17th

Language Arts: This weeks theme is all about being creative!

Spelling: Words with -ope, -ose, -ote, -ute, -ube, and sight words. (hope, nose, note, rope, cute, cube, chop, whale, old, new)

Math: This week in math we are wrapping up learning about place value and numbers to 100. A practice test will come home Wednesday and we will have a math test on Thursday!

Rotations: Christmas Around The World
Mrs. Bluemel: Christmas in France
Mrs. Bennett: Christmas in Mexico
Mrs. Mace: Christmas in Ireland
Mrs. Nielsen:
Mrs. Anderson & Mrs. Barton: Math Remediation

* We will be having a Christmas Party on Thursday the 16th from 11:00-12:00.
* Friday the 17th is an early out day at 1:15 and school does not resume until January, 4th!
* Have a safe and happy Holiday Season!

December 6th-10th

Language Arts: Our theme for this week is "Making Art"

Spelling: Words with ch, tch, wh, ph, and sight words. (whip, whale, catch, match, chin, chop, like, ride, your, from)

Math: We have begun a new unit in math which focuses on place value and numbers to 100. This week we are learning about multiples of ten, and reading and writing numerals.

Rotations: Christmas around the World!
Mrs. Bluemel: Christmas in Holland
Mrs. Bennett: Christmas in Israel
Mrs. Anderson: Christmas Music
Mrs.Nielsen: Christmas in Germany
Mrs. Barton & Mrs. Mace: Math Remediation

November 29th-December 3rd

Language Arts: This weeks Unit is all about Family Fun!

Spelling: Words with -ide, -ike, -ine, & sight words (like, spike, ride, hide, bike, mine, make, came, how, there)

Math: This week in math we are continuing to learn and review addition and subtraction. We will have a math test on Thursday.

Rotations:

Mrs. Bluemel: Christmas Pointillism

Mrs. Anderson: Christmas Songs

Mrs. Barton:

Mrs. Bennett: Introduction to Christmas around the World

Mrs. Mace & Mrs. Nielsen: Math Remediation

Week of November 22nd-26th

Language Arts: Because of the short week we will be reviewing previous concepts learned in Language Arts.

Spelling: There will be no spelling this week.

Math: We will continue to learn about and relate addition and subtraction.

Rotations: There will be no rotations this week.

Tuesday: 1st Grade Thanksgiving Feast! The Feast will be held in the cafeteria from 9:30am-11:30am. If possible please send your child with a can of cranberries or a jug of apple juice on Monday.

Wednesday 24th- Friday 26th: No School, Thanksgiving Break!

Week of November 15th-19th

Language Arts: This weeks theme is Let's Laugh!

Spelling: Words with -ake, -ame, -ate, & sight words (make, take, came, game, gate, late, shop, with, why, school)

Math: This week in math we are learning about subtraction, creating addition stories, and relating addition and subtraction.

Rotations: There will be no rotations this week because of SEP's. We will be going into Mrs. Anderson's room a couple days after lunch to learn and sing some Thanksgiving songs.

Book Fair: Please take the time to visit the book fair in the library with your child. There are so many great books to choose from!
* Monday, November 15th- Family hour from 4:00-5:00 pm @ the Book Fair.
* Wednesday, November 17th- Grandparents & Goodies Book Fair Event from 1:15- 3:00 in the Cafeteria.

Week of November 8th-12th

Language Arts: This week in Language Arts we are having a comprehensive review of what we have learned over the past 5 weeks.

Spelling: Because this is a review week for Language Arts there is not a spelling list for this week.

Math: This week in math we are working on different ways to build, represent, and solve addition problems.

Rotations:

Mrs. Mace & Mrs. Nielsen: Math Remediation

Mrs. Bluemel: Watercolor

Mrs. Barton: Thanksgiving

Mrs. Bennett: Native Americans

Mrs. Anderson: The Moon

Week of November 1st-5th

Red Ribbon Week: We are doing some fun things this week to celebrate saying NO to drugs! On Monday a note will come home letting you know what will be going on each day.

Tuesday: Wear red! Magician Assembly @ 2:30pm. Come to Red Robin between 4-8pm and have a teacher serve you dinner!

Wednesday:Dress in the colors of your favorite superhero. (Return decorated paper doll)

Thursday: Wear purple!

Friday: Wear your school shirt or school colors (orange & blue)

Language Arts: This weeks theme is Neighborhood Fun!

Spelling: Words that contain sh & th (fish, shop, ship, with, thin, thank)

Math: This week in math we are focusing on skip counting by twos, exploring place-value patterns, using number patterns to help add, and working with doubles. We will have a math test on Thursday!

Rotations:

Mrs. Barton & Mrs. Neilsen: Math Remidiation

Mrs. Bluemel: Watercolor

Mrs. Mace: Mapping

Mrs. Bennett: Native Americans

Mrs. Anderson: The Moon

Giveaway!!!

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Week of October 25th-29th

Language Arts: This weeks theme is titled At Home.

Spelling: Short U words (run, fun, nut, cut, bug, rug)

Math: This week in math we are learning about growing patterns, odd and even numbers, and how to skip count by twos.

Rotations: This week for rotations a few of the teachers will be reading a story that relates to what they are going to dress up as for Halloween. After each story the students will then do an activity that is aligned with the story.

Mrs. Barton & Mrs. Nielsen: Math Remediation

Mrs. Bluemel: How I Became A Pirate & A Treasure Hunt

Mrs. Anderson: Halloween Songs

Mrs. Bennett: Viola Swamp &

Mrs. Mace: Little Miss Muffet & Spider Web Art

Halloween Party: Friday the 29th we will be celebrating Halloween. Please send your child to school in their regular clothes with their costumes in their backpacks. Lunch is at 11:00 am and students will change into their costumes after they eat. Our classroom party will be from 11:20-12:00. The Halloween Parade will be on the outside track from 12:10-12:40.

Week of October 19th-22nd

Language Arts: This weeks theme focuses on neighborhoods and maps.

Spelling: S Blends and R Blends (spill, spin, grab, grass, drip, drop)

Math: We are working on comparing and ordering numbers. We are also learning about how to describe and extend patterns.

Rotations:

Mrs. Bluemel: Art

Mrs. Anderson: Music

Mrs. Bennett: Seasons

Mrs. Mace: Mapping

Mrs. Neilsen & Mrs. Barton: Math Remidiation

Week of October 11th-14th

Language Arts: This weeks theme is all about helping out.

Math: A chapter 3 review test will be sent home to do as homework Monday the 11th. We will have our chapter 3 test on Tuesday. Please work with your child on skills such as telling time to the hour, and counting, recognizing and exchanging pennies and nickels for additional review at home.

Spelling: Words that end in eg, en, and et. The spelling test will be given on Thursday the 14th, since there is no school on Friday.

Rotations:

Mrs. Bluemel & Mrs. Bennett: Math Remediation

Mrs. Barton: Human Body

Mrs. Mace: Mapping

Mrs. Anderson: Music (Christopher Columbus)

Mrs. Nielsen: Character Education

Week of October 4th-8th

Language Arts: This weeks theme is all about animal families.

Math: In math we are learning about basic bar graphs, working with simple story problems that involve money, and measuring with non-standard units.

Spelling: Short O words (hop, top, log, hog, hot, lot, etc.)

Rotations:

Mrs. Bluemel & Mrs. Bennett: Math Remediation

Mrs. Barton: Human Body

Mrs. Anderson: Music

Mrs. Mace: Mapping

Mrs. Nielsen: Character Education (Stress)

Happy Halloween!

To celebrate the month of October we made a Halloween themed bulletin board. We learned a fun song by the name of Witches' Brew. Then each student wrote a list of ingredients to put in their own Witches' Brews. In the Art center this week students were also able to make a craft stick Jack-O-Lantern to go along with their Witch Cauldrons.

Week of September 27th - October 1st

Language Arts: This weeks theme is all about Teamwork!

Spelling: Words that end in nd, st, & nk

Math: This week in math we are working on telling time to the hour as well as relating pennies, nickels, and dimes.

Rotations: The last 30min of every day excluding Fridays, the 1st grade teachers rotate classrooms and teach science, social studies, character education, etc. Along with what we are doing in our classroom each week I will also post what we are learning in rotations.
Mrs. Barton: Human Body
Mrs. Anderson: Apple Songs, A-M-E-R-I-C-A Song
Mrs. Nielsen: Feelings
Mrs. Mace: Mapping
Mrs. Bluemel & Mrs. Bennett: Math Remediation

Week of September 20th-24th

Language Arts: The theme for this weeks Language Arts unit is Pets!

Spelling: L Blends (cl, fl, sl, fl, bl, and pl)

Math: We are wrapping up Topic 2 in Math which focuses on Understanding Addition & Subtraction. Our Topic 2 Test is this Friday, September 24th!

* Please remember to sign your child's homework chart and take home book list every night!

Welcome!

I am really excited about starting a classroom blog. I believe it will be a great tool, not only for myself but for you as a parent to become even more of a part of our classroom community. Each week I will update our blog with what we have been working on and what we will be doing the next week. I will also provide you with information on upcoming school/classroom events.