First Grade News Week of April 14, 2025
ELA & Reading: Students will be reading a passage called Signs of Winter, as we continue to study seasons.
Spelling: Our words are open and closed syllable words with 5 letters: cabin vs. hotel
Phonics: Review of oo sounds, like goose and book
Grammar: Prepositional phrases and writing complete sentences.
Math: Unit 12 involves using numbers to 120 in various ways of counting.
Mobymax Challenge: Congratulations to our students who received their certificates already for math facts! Our goal is to make 100% on Mobymax fact fluency for BOTH addition & subtraction by the end of the year. Reach out to me if you need to borrow some flash cards.
Remember you can always order from Scholastic Book Club using the first-grade class code: YRWZB
Important Dates:
Earth Day is April 22nd.
The Earth Day Balloon visit is April 24th.
REAL meets each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 3:35 - 5:00.
Please notify the office by 3:15 if you have a change in transportation for your child.
Spelling List - Unit 5-5 Open and closed syllables
begin
label
hotel
robot
cabin
melon
seven
topic
High Frequency words to spell:
today
should
High Frequency Words:
years
warm
world
today
should
Week 5-4
only
learn
move
house
eight
Week 5-3 review
sentence
off
open
because
laugh
Week 5-2 review
once
done
water
wash
upon
Week 5-1 to review:
people
would
write
about
buy