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Apparently there was a glitch when I posted the homework links this week. You should be able to print off all the homework now. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. THANKS!!! Andrea for letting me know so I could get it taken care of.
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Homework for January 9th-13th
*ALL MATH, SPELLING AND TIMED READING FLUENCY HOMEWORK IS DUE THURSDAY, JANUARY 12TH.
***BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF THE 2ND QUARTER, I WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ANY LATE WORK THE WEEK OF JANUARY 17TH- 20TH. AGAIN, THE QUARTER WILL HAVE ENDED AND ALL GRADES FOR THE 2ND QUARTER WILL HAVE BEEN ENTERED.
**ALL READING MINUTES NEED TO BE RECORDED ON YOUR STUDENTS READING LOG SUNDAY JANUARY 15TH, but will NOT be recorded until Tuesday, January 17th due to the school being closed Monday for Martin Luther King Day.
There are 7 components to this weeks homework:
1- My Math Worksheets: 5-7
***Last chance to turn in My Math Homework: 1-4
2-Math Timings: Subtracting from 6
3- Reading Fluency: Story #6
4-Reading Minutes: (20 minutes/day or a total of 100 minutes/week)
***WEEKLY READING MINUTES MUST BE RECORDED BY SUNDAY FOR CREDIT (Checked Monday). LATE RECORDED MINUTES WILL NOT BE RECORDED FOR CREDIT.
***PLEASE, PLEASE REMEMBER TO RECORD YOUR STUDENT’S MINUTES FOR OUR LIBRARY CHALLENGE TOO. SO far I have only had two students do this…I would love our class to get the SUPER COOL prize for reading the most in first grade. You can find the link to record your minutes on our blog under the Library Reading Challenge tab.
5- Spelling
6- ***Important Question of the Week: Martin Luther King had a dream for the future. What is your dream for the
future?
I LOVE MATH!!
1-My Math Homework for the Week:
Monday Lesson 5: Make 10 to Subtract
Tuesday Lesson 6: Use Relates Facts to Add
Wednesday Lesson 7: Fact Families
Thursday Lesson : ALL Homework Due Today!
Worksheets: Please complete every other problem (alternate between evens and odds so your child gets practice doing story problems AND “Vocabulary Check”/ “Test Practice” problems each week). If your child wants to do every problem they are certainly free to do so! 🙂 Please check your child’s answers for accuracy!
- Practice your fluency timing repeatedly: Record your best time and score each day. [By the end of first grade, the target goal is to finish all 25 problems in 1 minute and 15 seconds, with 90% accuracy (23 out of 25 problems correct).] Remember if your student Click here for extra timings: Fluency Timings
3- One Minute Reading Fluency: Lesson #6 Please print from this link: Phonics Fluency Stories
This daily one-minute timed fluency reading will help your student become a fluent reader. It will also count as reading minutes. Time your student for one minute. Record the number of words they were able to read CORRECTLY in one minute. Again, Please make sure you are ONLY recording the CORRECT WORDS READ in that minute
*Want to save paper? Have your student read the passage online, then simply record their CORRECT words read/minute each day on their spelling homework form.
4- Reading: 20 minutes/day or a total of 100 minutes/week:
RECORD YOUR READING MINUTES ON THE “BOOK IT” READING LOG located in your student’s green folder.
***There are several sources for reading: “Reading for all Learners” also known as”Baggy Books,” books from the school library, books from home, as well as the public library. Students may also use our online reading program Raz-Kids. Our class Raz-Kids login is: dvella0 (That’s a zero)
- I know you are probably SSSSSOOOO tired of seeing this “BLIP” about reading fluency and comprehension, but I can’t stress it enough!!!
We will BEGIN DIBELS TESTING Monday, January 9th. The Mid-Year DIBLES TESTING has a 1 minutes timed reading passage that students will be required to read, then, they must RECALL/RE-TELL what the story was about in the formats below. While they have been reading passages as a part of their homework, the passages they will be tested on are much harder and require recalled details.
5. Phonics and High Frequency Words
High Frequency Words
Here is the link to print our weekly spelling homework form: New Weekly Spelling Homework**Remember if you choose not to print off and use this form you need to make sure your student is writing each word and the sentence daily on paper, and that all writing is nice and neat as well as organized like the form, and that the papers get turned in on Friday for credit.
Our spelling test will be Friday, November 9th.
NEW WORDS:
these
time
many
then
no
PHONICS FOCUS WORDS:
jig
not
pat
SENTENCE:
I pat the cat then do a jig.
The spelling words with sentence are worth 18 points/day this week. The spelling test will be given Friday.
***Your student needs to write EACH SPELLING WORD ONCE in the 1st 5 boxes and the 3 Phonics words in the following 3 boxes. There should be plenty of space to write the sentence once on the 2 lines provided at the bottom of each page on the form.
**I have noticed that there have been students that aren’t following these required guidelines and are therefore your student is NOT GETTING FULL CREDIT!
6- Question of the Week: Martin Luther King had a dream for the future. What is your dream for the
future?
**This week we will be talking about, and doing some activities centered around Dr. Martin Luther
King. Please talk with your student about what is important to them and what they wish/dream the
future to be like, then have them respond to this post.
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Important Weely Reminders
Here are just a few important reminders and upcoming dates to remember.
1- ALL HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW FRIDAY, JANUARY 6TH.
2- Library Reading Challenge
“WHERE IN THE WORLD WILL READING TAKE YOU?”
This year for the library’s reading challenge, we will submit reading minutes to travel across the continents. Whichever class, per grade, gets the most reading minutes submitted will win the fabulous prize.
Please click on this link to record your weekly reading minutes to help our class win the prize: Library Reading Minutes Log
I have only had 2 students follow through with this challenge. Last year our class was in first place until the last couple weeks of the year. We were just barely edged out by Mrs. Dunmeyer’s class. I would like to be first this year, but, it will take everyone’s participation to meet this goal.
3- DIBELS, ANITA ARCHER, AND ERI TESTING WILL BEGIN MONDAY. Please make every effort to make sure your student gets plenty of rest, has a good breakfast, and is here on time. Hopefully we can get it all done by Wednesday!
4- Early Out Tomorrow! Your student may wear their Quest shirts with uniform pants, skirts etc.
5- Scholastic book orders are due Monday, January 30th. 
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I am in the process of setting up sign -up conference times for the rest of the year. My hope, is that this will make scheduling around work and family events easier with so much advance notice. Please keep in mind that I have 22 students who’s parents ALL want to meet for student updates when choosing available months and times.
7- LAST DAY OF 2ND TERM. NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, JANUARY 13TH AS WELL AS MONDAY, JANUARY 16TH FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY.
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Homework for January 3rd-6th
WELCOME BACK!!!
*ALL MATH, SPELLING AND TIMED READING FLUENCY HOMEWORK IS DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 6TH.
**ALL READING MINUTES ARE DUE MONDAY JANUARY 9TH.
There are 5 components to this weeks homework:
1- My Math Worksheets:
***Last chance to turn in My Math Homework: 8-9 and My Math Fluency Practice Addition Sentences choose 10 Problems. (Five from the front and 5 from the back page)
2-Math Timings: Subtracting from 4 and 5
3- Reading Fluency: Story #5
4-Reading Minutes: (20 minutes/day or a total of 100 minutes/week)
***WEEKLY READING MINUTES MUST BE RECORDED BY SUNDAY FOR CREDIT (Checked Monday). LATE RECORDED MINUTES WILL NOT BE RECORDED FOR CREDIT.
***PLEASE, PLEASE REMEMBER TO RECORD YOUR STUDENT’S MINUTES FOR OUR LIBRARY CHALLENGE TOO. SO far I have only had one student do this…I would love our class to get the SUPER COOL prize for reading the most in first grade. You can find the link to record your minutes on our blog under the Library Reading Challenge tab.
5- Spelling
I LOVE MATH!!
1-My Math Homework for the Week:
Monday Lesson 1: Count Back 1,2,3
Tuesday Lesson 2: Use a Number Line to Subtract
Wednesday Lesson 3: Use Doubles to Subtract
Thursday Lesson 4: Problem Solving: Write a Number Snetence
Worksheets: Please complete every other problem (alternate between evens and odds so your child gets practice doing story problems AND “Vocabulary Check”/ “Test Practice” problems each week). If your child wants to do every problem they are certainly free to do so! 🙂 Please check your child’s answers for accuracy!
- Practice your fluency timing repeatedly: Record your best time and score each day. [By the end of first grade, the target goal is to finish all 25 problems in 1 minute and 15 seconds, with 90% accuracy (23 out of 25 problems correct).] Remember if your student Click here for extra timings: Fluency Timings
3- One Minute Reading Fluency: Lesson #5 Please print from this link: Phonics Fluency Stories
This daily one-minute timed fluency reading will help your student become a fluent reader. It will also count as reading minutes. Time your student for one minute. Record the number of words they were able to read CORRECTLY in one minute. Again, Please make sure you are ONLY recording the CORRECT WORDS READ in that minute
*Want to save paper? Have your student read the passage online, then simply record their CORRECT words read/minute each day on their spelling homework form.
4- Reading: 20 minutes/day or a total of 100 minutes/week:
RECORD YOUR READING MINUTES ON THE “BOOK IT” READING LOG located in your student’s green folder.
***There are several sources for reading: “Reading for all Learners” also known as”Baggy Books,” books from the school library, books from home, as well as the public library. Students may also use our online reading program Raz-Kids. Our class Raz-Kids login is: dvella0 (That’s a zero)
- I know you are probably SSSSSOOOO tired of seeing this “BLIP” about reading fluency and comprehension, but I can’t stress it enough!!!
We will BEGIN DIBELS TESTING Monday December 9th. The Mid-Year DIBLES TESTING has a reading passage that students will be required to read and then they must RECALL/RE-TELL what the story was about in the formats below. It also contains a section on NONSENSE WORDS (I call them Dr. Sues words) They need to be able to read these words . While they have been reading passages as a part of their homework, the passages they will be tested on are much harder and details
5. Phonics and High Frequency Words
High Frequency Words
Here is the link to print our weekly spelling homework form: New Weekly Spelling Homework **Remember if you choose not to print off and use this form you need to make sure your student is writing each word and the sentence daily on paper, and that all writing is nice and neat as well as organized like the form, and that the papers get turned in on Friday for credit.
Our spelling test will be Friday, November 9th.
NEW WORDS:
which
into
your
do
will
PHONICS FOCUS WORDS:
mob
fox
nod
SENTENCE:
The mob walked into the store.
The spelling words with sentence are worth 16 points/day this week. The spelling test will be given Friday.
***Your student needs to write EACH SPELLING WORD ONCE in the 1st 5 boxes and the 3 Phonics words in the following 3 boxes. There should be plenty of space to write the sentence once on the 2 lines provided at the bottom of each page on the form.
**I have noticed that there have been students that aren’t following these required guidelines and are therefore NOT GETTING FULL CREDIT!
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Merry Christmas!
We hope you are having a WONDERFUL, VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Mrs. Sharp and I want to thank each and everyone of you for ALL the wonderful cards, gifts, and goodies.
YOU made our holiday so special.
I have been thinking about all of you and hope you are enjoying your Christmas break. I miss you all and am looking forward to hearing about all the fun things you did while on break. Be safe and see you soon!!
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IMPORTANT Weekly Reminders
1- ALL HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15TH. THIS INCLUDES DECEMBER READING LOGS!
2-Please have your student get on our class blog and answer the “Question of the Week” before Friday
morning,” I would like to share their responses Friday morning after we get back from caroling. Remember it’s a TECH homework assignment.
3- YES, IT REALLY IS PJ DAY TOMORROW!!!!…
In keeping with the theme of “The Polar Express” we have the approval from administration to wear our pj’s tomorrow. Please make sure your student’s PJ’s are warm enough for them to go outside and play in. It is highly likely that they will be going outside for lunch recess.
4- Below are the times and people who are scheduled for parent teacher conferences tomorrow
Thursday December 15th:
3:25-3:40 Journey
3:40-3:55 Boston
3:55-4:10
4:10-4:25
5-Friday, December 16th is “UGLY SWEATER” dress down day! I always get such a kick out of the fun
sweaters the kids wear.
6- CURRENT PARENT VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO HELP ON OUR ROOM FOR
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16TH FROM 11:30-12:50 ARE:
Davis and Christy Olson
Tiffany Adams
Thelissa Mead
Jacque Sparks
Nancy and Chris Jarvis
Tiffany Turnbow
Shaylee Hill
Danica Smith
If you don’t see your name, don’t worry LOL, …you can just show up! Our project is a very simple snowman hat, however, it does require some cutting, coloring and stapling which can take some time.
I have already have everything we will need supply wise AND set up is so MINIMAL, that if you are all here by 11:15 , I will have more than enough time to go over everything and be ready to pick up the kids by 11:25.
7- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all the students who have already donated to our first grade SERVICE PROJECT K9 RESCUE. I had a sweet student come with a Zip-Lock full of penny’s!!
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Class Question of the week December 12th-16th
I am so sorry for having a rather long gap in the “Weekly Class Question.” Here is a question that I think ALL the students will have fun answering. I look forward to reading their posts. Thanks for all your support and all you do to help your student!
What are you most looking forward to do during your Christmas break?
What are you most looking forward to do during your Christmas break?
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SUPER FUN HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES AND CHRISTMAS PARTY REMINDERS
Please don’t forget that this Friday is an early out day, so plan accordingly. We are all excited to begin our break, but please don’t pick up your student early. I would hate for them to miss out on any of the fun activities planned for that day.
We have several students that will be having a birthday while we are on break. We are also celebrating (Unbirthday AKA 1/2 BDay’s) for those students who have birthdays in June. If you would like to have your student celebrate that special event this week it needs to be before Friday.
Please remind your student that, while we will be doing fun, creative activities, we will also be working on some IMPORTANT MATH AND LANGUAGE ARTS CONCEPTS. In order for them to participate in ALL the “FUN” activities, they MUST meet our classroom expectations and continue to follow instructions/directions.
The following is a current (I hope) list of parent volunteers for our class Christmas Party this Friday from 11:30- 12:50. If I don’t have your name on the list, and you would would like to help, or I missed your name, please let me know ASAP.
1-Nancy Jarvis
2-David and Christy Olson
3-Tiffany Adams
4-Thelissa Mead
5-Jackie Sparks
We have several students that will be having a birthday while we are on break. We are also celebrating (Unbirthday AKA 1/2 BDay’s) for those students who have birthdays in June. If you would like to have your student celebrate that special event this week it needs to be before Friday.
Please remind your student that, while we will be doing fun, creative activities, we will also be working on some IMPORTANT MATH AND LANGUAGE ARTS CONCEPTS. In order for them to participate in ALL the “FUN” activities, they MUST meet our classroom expectations and continue to follow instructions/directions.
The following is a current (I hope) list of parent volunteers for our class Christmas Party this Friday from 11:30- 12:50. If I don’t have your name on the list, and you would would like to help, or I missed your name, please let me know ASAP.
1-Nancy Jarvis
2-David and Christy Olson
3-Tiffany Adams
4-Thelissa Mead
5-Jackie Sparks
- MONDAY I will be reading the book “The Polar Express” to the student’s, then THURSDAY, we will be viewing the movie. I try to make this a memorable experience complete with Polar Express Train tickets, hot chocolate, candy canes (Which we are in the process of growing), and a “special magical gift.”
- Friday morning at 9:00, we will be singing our hearts out at the much loved Annual QUEST Academy Christmas Caroling event over in the Q2 gym. This favorite activity is sure to be enjoyed by students and teachers alike. Friday afternoon from 11:35-12:50, we will be having our First grade Christmas Party. Students will have the opportunity to participate in each of the SUPER FUN ACTIVITIES offered in each classroom.
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REMINDER OF OUR MISSION K9 SERVICE PROJECT-MAZZIE VISITS OUR CLASS
This year for one of our service learning projects we will be collecting coins to donate to Mission K-9 Rescue.
As a First Grade we HAVE been learning that everyone can serve and help others. Though our children may be young, they too can make an important difference and our small contributions of a coin here and a few coins there will truly add up to something great.
We are also learning about financial literacy principles; for example, we are learning about the principle of saving and we are learning that, to earn money, one must work. We are encouraging our students to do extra jobs at home for family or friends to earn coins to add to our Mission K-9 Rescue fund.
Mazzie, a war dog who was abandoned in Kuwait after his service, visited our classroom to wish us a Merry Christmas and to thank us for choosing K9 Rescue as our service learning project! These war dogs provide a great service to our military and are often abandoned after their missions are complete. As mentioned in a previous post, our classroom is collecting spare change to donate to K9 Rescue, an organization that rescues war dogs after their service. This will be first grade’s Service Learning Project for the year.
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