Mrs. Raven Edmond and Mrs. Caroline Laster

1-B

**ANNOUNCEMENTS**

First graders are in need of a white pillowcase for an activity that will take place in the science lab. Please send the pillowcase by Monday, March 25, 2019.

Monday, February 18, 2019 is a Professional Development Day. There is no school for students.

BINGO BASH Tuesday, February 5, 2019 5:30p.m.

March 25-29, 2019

Spelling Words: how, now, cow, owl, buy, ouch, house, found, out, myself, gown, town, shout, power, please

Challenge Word: March

Reading Story: The New Friend

Words to Know: city, party, please, myself, seven, family, school, buy

Phonics: Vowel Combinations ou, ow, oi, oy, au, and aw/ Diphthongs ou and ow

Reading and Language Arts: Understanding Characters and Contractions

Math: Subtracting with Tens and Ones

Social Studies/Science: 50 States and Weather

Tests and Quizzes:

Wednesday, March 27, 2019:  Possessive Pronouns Test, Math Quiz, and Mad Minute

Thursday, March 28, 2019: Phonics Quiz, Vocabulary Quiz, and Math Test Topic 11

Friday, March 29, 2019: Spelling Quiz, Fluency Check, Contractions Quiz, and Reading Test

**If you have not sent the white pillowcase for science lab, please do so. They will be using them Thursday, March 28^th.

**We will travel to the BPAC for a play on Friday, March 29th.

March 18-22, 2019

Spelling Words: soon, boot, soup, new, too, you, noon, moon, grew, zoo, blew, scoop, also, kind, ready

Challenge Word: Spring Break

Reading Story: A Butterfly Grows

Words to Know: also, anything, flower, kind, places, ready, upon, warm

Phonics: Vowel Digraph ‘oo” and Syllable Patterns (ou, ew, ue, u_e)

Reading and Language Arts: Sequence of Events and Pronouns & Verb Agreement

Math: Subtracting with Tens and Ones

Social Studies/Science: 50 States and the Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Tests and Quizzes:

Wednesday, March 20, 2019: Possessive Pronoun Quiz and Mad Minute

Thursday, March 21, 2019: Phonics Quiz, Vocabulary Quiz, and Math Quiz

Friday, March 22, 2019: Spelling Quiz, Fluency Check, Pronoun & Verb Agreement Quiz, and Reading Test

March 4-8, 2019

Spelling Words: look, book, good, again, hook, brook, took, foot, shook, boy, wood, hood, crook, hoof, house

Challenge Word: confidence

Reading Story: Whistle for Willie

Words to Know: again, along, began, boy, father, house, nothing, together

Phonics: Vowel Digraph oo and Syllable Pattern (CVC)

Reading and Language Arts: Cause and Effect and Possessive Pronouns

Math: Adding with Tens and Ones

Social Studies/Science:  Water

Tests and Quizzes:

Wednesday, March 6, 2019: Math Quiz and Mad Minute

Thursday, March 7, 2019: Phonics Quiz, Vocabulary Quiz, and Language Quiz (Possessive Pronouns)

Friday, March 8, 2019: Spelling Quiz, Fluency Check, Science Quiz, Math Test (Topic Ten-Adding Tens and Ones), and Reading Test

February 25- March 1, 2019

Spelling Words: her, fern, girl, sir, baby, stir, bird, fur, hurt, eight, turn, third, curl, first, young

Challenge Word: inquirer

Reading Story: Amazing Animals

Words to Know: baby, begins, eight, follow, learning, until, years, young

Phonics: r-Controlled Vowels (er, ir, ur)

Reading and Language Arts: Drawing Conclusions and the Pronoun I

Math: Adding with Tens and Ones

Social Studies/Science:  Light Behavior

Tests and Quizzes:

Wednesday, February 27, 2019: Language Test (Subject Pronouns), Math Quiz and Mad Minute

Thursday, February 28, 2019: Phonics Quiz, Vocabulary Quiz and Language Quiz (The Pronoun I)

Friday, March 1, 2019: Spelling Quiz, Fluency Check, Science Quiz, Math Quiz, and Reading Test

February 19-22, 2019

Spelling Words: far, arm, yard, art, better, jar, bar, barn, bark, thought, card, yarn, smart, chart, told

Challenge Word: Valentine’s Day

Reading Story: “The Tree” from Poppleton Forever

Words to Know: better, night, pretty, saw, thought, told, turned, window  

Phonics: r-Controlled Vowels (ar, or, ore) and Prefix re-

Reading and Language Arts: Story Structure and Subject Pronouns

Math: Comparing Numbers to 100

Social Studies/Science:  Light Energy

Tests and Quizzes:

Wednesday, February 20, 2019: Language Test (Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases) and Mad Minute

Thursday, February 21, 2019: Phonics Quiz, Vocabulary Quiz, and Math Test (Topic 9)

Friday, February 22, 2019: Spelling Quiz, Fluency Check, Science Quiz, Language Test, and Reading Test

February 11-15, 2019

Spelling Words: bedtime, sunset, bathtub, flagpole, mother, backpack, playpen, raincoat, inside, try, himself, rowboat, homemade, more, use

Challenge Word: February

Reading Story: Little Rabbit’s Tale

Words to Know: door, more, mother, old, try, use, want, wash

Phonics: short ‘e’ (vowel pair ea) and compound words

Reading and Language Arts: Cause and Effect/Prepositions

Math: Comparing Numbers to 100

Social Studies/Science:  Rosa Parks

Tests and Quizzes:

Wednesday, February 13, 2019: Language Test (Contractions and Verb Tense), Math Quiz and Mad Minute

Thursday, February 14, 2019: Phonics Quiz, Vocabulary Quiz, and Language Quiz (Compound Words)

Friday, February 15, 2019: Spelling Quiz, Fluency Check, Math Quiz, Social Studies Quiz, and Reading Test

February 4-8, 2019

Spelling Words: show, row, grow, low, laugh, blow, snow, boat, coat, talk, road, toad, flown, toast, were

Challenge Word: cooperation

Reading Story: Tom`as Rivera?

Words to Know: done, great, laugh, paper, soon, talk, were, work

Phonics: vowel pairs oa & ow, contractions ‘ve & ‘re and phonograms –ow & -oat

Reading and Language Arts: Drawing Conclusions/ Future Tense Verbs & Contractions

Math: Tens and Ones

Social Studies/Science:  George Washington Carver and Sojourner Truth

Tests and Quizzes:

Wednesday, February 6, 2019: Language Quiz (names of months, days, and holidays), Math Quiz and Mad Minute

Thursday, February 7, 2019: Phonics Quiz, Vocabulary Quiz, and Language Quiz (Future Tense Verbs)

Friday, February 8, 2019: Spelling Quiz, Fluency Check, Math Test (Topic 8 Tens and Ones), Social Studies Quiz and Reading Test

January 28- February 1, 2019

Spelling Words: play, grain, sail, mail, these, may, rain, way, day, under, stay, pain, paint, spray, right

Challenge Word: creativity

Reading Story: Where Does Food Come From?

Words to Know: first, sometimes, food, these, ground, under, right, your

Phonics: vowel pairs ai & ay, contractions ‘ll & ‘d and phonograms –ay & ain

Reading and Language Arts: Author’s Purpose/ Names of Months, Days, and Holidays & Contractions

Math: Tens and Ones

Social Studies/Science:  Sound Energy and Kinds of Food & Nutrition

Tests and Quizzes:

Wednesday, January 30, 2019: Language Quiz (contractions) and Mad Minute

Thursday, January 31, 2019: Phonics Quiz, Vocabulary Quiz, and Language Quiz (names of months, days, and holidays)

Friday, February 1, 2019: Spelling Quiz, Fluency Check, Math Quiz, and Reading Test

January 22-25, 2019

Spelling Words: me, be, read, feet, about, tree, keep, eat, mean, could, sea, these, street, please, maybe

Challenge Word: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Reading Story: The Big Trip

Words to Know: about, by, car, could, don’t, maybe, sure, there

Phonics: long ‘e’, vowel pairs ee & ea, final ng & nk, and phonograms –ean & ink

Reading and Language Arts: Compare and Contrast/Types of Sentences

Math: Counting and Number Patterns to 120 & Tens and Ones

Social Studies/Science:  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Sound Energy

Tests and Quizzes:

Wednesday, January 23, 2019: Math Test Topic 7 and Mad Minute

Thursday, January 24, 2019: Phonics Quiz, Vocabulary Quiz, and Language Quiz

Friday, January 25, 2019: Spelling Quiz, Fluency Check, Language Test, and Reading Test

January 8-18, 2019

Spelling Words: so, hole, joke, bone, around, go, no, poke, chose, because, home, rope, stove, wrote, before

Challenge Word: January

Reading Story: Let’s Go to the Moon!

Words to Know: around, bring, show, because, carry, think, before, light

Phonics: long ‘o’ (CVCe) and the letter ‘u’

Reading and Language Arts: Main Idea and Details/Suffixes –y, -ly, and -ful

Math: Counting and Number Patterns to 120

Social Studies/Science:  Planets of the Solar System   (Students will participate in an in-school planet project over the course of the next two weeks.)

Tests and Quizzes:

Wednesday, January 9, 2019: iReady Reading and Math Diagnostic Assessment (This may continue on through the next day.)

Friday, January 11, 2019: Math Quiz

Wednesday, January 16, 2019: Mad Minute and Math Quiz

Thursday, January 17, 2019: Phonics Quiz and Vocabulary Quiz

Friday, January 18, 2019: Spelling Quiz, Fluency Check, Language Quiz, Math Quiz, and Reading Test

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2019: WE WILL BE ATTENDING A PLAY AT THE BPAC.

December 17-21, 2018 

Study Guides for EXAMS will be sent home on Friday, Decemebr 14, 2018.

Language Exam: Monday, December 17, 2018

Reading Exam: Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Math Exam: Wednesday, December 19, 2018

On Friday, November 9th, students are allowed to wear DSU colors (green & white) for $1.

Wednesday, November 14, students will be attending a play at the BPAC.

December 10-14, 2018

Spelling Words: time, like, kite, bike, white, drive, stripe, mice, fly, eyes

Challenge Word: winter

Reading Story: Animal Groups

Words to Know: bird, both, eyes, fly, long, or, those, walk

Sight Words: None

Phonics: Long ‘i’ (CVCe) and Phonograph -ine and -ite

Reading and Language Arts: Compare and Contrast/ The Verb Be

Math: Subtraction Facts to 20 and Previously Learned Skills

Social Studies/Science:  Animal Groups

Tests and Quizzes:

Wednesday, December 12, 2018: Math Test (Topic 6) and Mad Minute

Thursday, December 13, 2018: Phonics Quiz, Language Test (G2-Subject Verb-Agreement), and Vocabulary Quiz

Friday, December 14, 2018: Spelling Quiz, Fluency Check, Language Quiz, and Reading Test

December 3-7, 2018

Spelling Words:
1. came 
2. make
3. brave 
4. late 
5. gave 
6. shape
7. waves
8. chases
9. three
10. four
Challenge Word: holidays
Words to Know: four, over, two, five, starts, watch, into, three
Phonics: Long 'a' (CVCe) Phonograph -ake 
Sight Words: NONE
Reading Story: The Big Race

Reading Skill: Drawing Conclusions
Language Arts: Verbs and Time
Math: Subtraction Facts to 20 

Science:
Social Studies: Celebrations (Christmas and Hanukkah)
Tests:
Wednesday, Decemeber 5, 2018 Math Quiz
Thursday, December 6, 2018 Vocabulary Quiz, Phonics Quiz, and Language Test
Friday, December 7, 2018 Reading Test, Spelling Test, and Math Quiz

November 26-30, 2018

Spelling Words:                                                          

1. ship                                                                       

2. shop                                                                                                                                                

3. which                            

4. when                        

5. whip                          

6. fish                                

7. shell

8. graph

9. grow

10. open

Challenge Word: December

Words to Know: down, green, open, fall, grow, yellow, goes, new

Phonics: Digraphs sh, wh, ph and Contractions ('s and n't) 

Sight Words: once, next, long, around, bat, cold, four, name, fell, every

Reading Story: Seasons

Reading Skill:  Cause and Effect

Language Arts: Subjects and Verbs and Review of Common and Proper Nouns

Math:  Subtraction Facts to 20

Science:  Seasons

Social Studies: 

Tests:

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Math Quiz

Thursday, November 29, 2018 Vocabulary Quiz, Language Quiz, and Phonics Quiz

Friday, November 30, 2018 Reading Test, Spelling Test, Sight Words Quiz, and Math Quiz

November 12-16, 2018

Spelling Words:                                                          

1. chin                                                                       

2. chop                                                                                                                                                

3. much                            

4. chip                           

5. rich                             

6. chick                                

7. pitch

8. match

9. very

10. off

Challenge Word: Thanksgiving

Words to Know: been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very

Phonics: Digraphs ch and tch Phonogram -atch 

Sight Words: went, happy, gave, for, fast, call, bring, cake, how, good 

Reading Story:

How Leopard Got His Spots

Reading Skill:  Sequence of Events

Language Arts: Possessive Nouns

Math:

Addition Facts to 20

Science:  

Social Studies: Habitats and Thansgiving

Tests:

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 (Math Quiz)

Thursday, November 15, 2018 (Vocabulary Quiz, Phonics Quiz, and Language Arts Quiz (Common, proper, and possessive nouns))

Friday, November 16, 2018 (Math Test, Spelling Quiz, Sight Word Quiz, and Reading Test)

November 5-9, 2018

Spelling Words:                                                          

1. that                                                                       

2. then                                                                                                                                                

3. this                              

4. them                            

5. with                             

6. bath                                

7. tenth

8. thick

9. their

10. live

Challenge Word: November

Words to Know: cold, where, blue, live, far, their, little, water

Phonics: Digraph th & Base Words and -s, -es, -ed, -ing 

Sight Words: aunt, know, miss, best, car, grandfather, grandmother, here, hill, eat 

Reading Story:

Sea Animals

Reading Skill:  Author's Purpose

Language Arts: Proper Nouns

Math:

Addition Facts to 20

Science:  

Social Studies: Habitats

Tests:

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 (Language Quiz (prepositions) and Math Quiz)

Thursday, November 8, 2018 (Vocabulary Quiz, Phonics Quiz, and Language Arts Quiz (proper nouns))

Friday, November 9, 2018 (Math Quiz, Spelling Quiz, Sight Word Quiz, and Reading Test)

October 29- November 2, 2018

Spelling Words:                                                          

1. us                                                                       

2. sun                                                                                                                                                

3. but                               

4. fun                            

5. bus                             

6. run                                

7. jump

8. give

9. must

10. put

Challenge Word: Halloween or cupcake

Words to Know: eat, give, one, put, small, take

Phonics: Vowels-Short 'u'  Consonants- final clusters and phonogram -ump 

Sight Words: when, always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call 

Reading Story:

A Cupcake Party

Reading Skills: Story Structure

Language Arts: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Math:

Addition Facts to 20

Science:  

Social Studies: Habitats

Tests:

Thursday, November 1, 2018 (Vocabulary, Phonics, and Language Arts)

Friday, November 2, 2018 (Math Quiz, Spelling Quiz, Sight Word Quiz, and Reading Test)

October 15-26, 2018

Spelling Words:                                                          

1. yes                                                                       

2. let                                                                                                                                                

3. red                                

4. ten                            

5. bed                             

6. get                                

7. after

8. sled

9. step

10. read

Challenge Word: patriots

Words to Know: after, draw, pictures, read, was, write

Phonics: Vowels-Short 'e'  Consonants- clusters with s 

Sight Words: round, some, stop, take, thanks, them, then, think, walk, were 

Reading Story:

Dr. Seuss

Reading Skills: Text and Graphic Features

Language Arts: Descriptive Writing

Math:

Addition and Subtraction Facts to 12

Science: We will study the pumpkin. 

Social Studies: 

Tests:

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 (Math Quiz)

Thursday, October 18, 2018 (Language Quiz)

Thursday, October 25, 2018 (Math Test, Vocabulary, Phonics, and Language Arts)

Friday, October 26, 2018 (Spelling Quiz, Sight Word Quiz, and Reading Test)

October 8-12, 2018

Spelling Words:                                                          

1. on                                                                       

2. got                                                                                                                                                

3. fox                                

4. pop                            

5. not                             

6. hop                                

7. block

8. clock

9. her

10. now

Challenge Word: Monday

Words to Know: her, now, our, she, today, would

Phonics: Vowels-Short 'o'  Consonants- clusters with l Phonogram-ock 

Sight Words: know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put 

Reading Story:

A Musical Day

Reading Skills: Sequence of Events

Language Arts: Writing Statements

Math:

Addition and Subtraction Facts to 12

Science: Habitats 

Social Studies: Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day

Tests:

Thursday, October 11, 2018 (Vocabulary, Phonics, and Language Arts)

Friday, October 12, 2018 (Math Quiz, Spelling Quiz, Sight Word Quiz, and Reading Test)

October 1-5, 2018

Spelling Words:                                                          

1. in                                                                       

2. will                                                                                                                                                

3. did                                

4. sit                             

5. six                              

6. big                                

7. animal

8. how

9. make

10. of

Challenge Word: October

Words to Know: animal, how, make, of, some, why

Phonics: Vowels-Short 'i'  Consonants- clusters with r Phonogram-ip 

Sight Words: from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just 

Reading Story:

How Animals Communicate

Reading Skills: Details and Infer/Predict

Language Arts: Complete Sentences

Math:

Five and Ten Relationships and Addition and Subtraction Facts to 12

Science: Metamorphosis 

Social Studies: Kids Health

Tests:

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 (G-2 Math Test on Five and Ten Relationships)

Thursday, October 4, 2018 (Vocabulary, Phonics, and Language Arts)

Friday, October 5, 2018 (Math Quiz, Spelling Quiz, Sight Word Quiz, and Reading Test)

September 24-28, 2018

Spelling Words:                                                          

1. an                                                                       

2. bad                                                                                                                                                

3. can                                

4. had                             

5. cat                              

6. ran                                

7. away

8. call

9. come

10. every

Challenge Word: backpack

Words to Know: away, call, come, every, hear, said

Phonics: Vowels-Short 'a'  Final Double Consonants and -ck 

Sight Words: from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just 

Reading Story:

Jack and the Wolf

Math:

Five and Ten Relationships 

Science: Metamorphosis 

Social Studies: Kids Health

 Homework: Homework and instructions can be found in your child's yellow homework folder. Please check your child's backpack for this folder.

Student of the Week:

Tests:

Tuesday, September 22, 2018 (G-2 Math Test on Five and Ten Relationships)

Thursday, September 24, 2018 (Vocabulary, Phonics, and Language Arts)

Friday, September 28, 2018 (Math Quiz, Spelling Quiz, Sight Word Quiz, and Reading Test)

September 17-21, 2018

Spelling Words:                                                          

1. up                                                                       

2. bug                                                                                                                                                

3. mud                                

4. nut                             

5. hug                              

6. tub                                

7. friend

8. full

9. good

10. hold

Challenge Word: September

Words to Know: friends, full, good, hold, many, pull

Phonics: Vowels-Short 'u'  Consonants- qu and z  

Reading Story:

Gus Takes the Train

Math:

Understanding Subtraction and Addition 

 Homework: Homework and instructions can be found in your child's yellow homework folder. Please check your child's backpack for this folder.

Student of the Week:

Tests:

Thursday, Septemebr 20, 2018 (Vocabulary and Phonics Quiz)

Friday, September 21, 2018 (Math Quiz, Spelling Quiz, and Reading Test)

September 4-14, 2018

Spelling Words:                                                          

1. yet                                                                       

2. web                                                                                                                                                

3. pen                                

4. wet                              

5. leg                              

6. hen                                

7. all

8. does

9. here

10. me

Challenge Word: Labor Day

Words to Know: canvas, combinations, ease, important, rhythms, row

Phonics: Vowels-Short 'e'  Consonants-y, w, k, v, and j  Phonogram-et

Reading Story:

Lucia's Neighborhood

Math:

Understanding Subtraction

 Homework: Homework and instructions can be found in your child's yellow homework folder. Please check your child's backpack for this folder.

Student of the Week:

Tests:

Thursday, Septemebr 13, 2018 (Vocabulary and Phonics Quiz)

Friday, September 14, 2018 (Math Test, Reading Test, and Spelling Test)

August 27- 31, 2018

Spelling Words:                                                          

1. log                                                                       

2. dot                                                                                                                                                

3. top                                 

4. hot                               

5. ox                                

6. lot                                 

7. do

8. find

9. funny

10. sing

Challenge Word: summer

Words to Know: do, find, funny, sing, no, they

Phonics: Vowels-Short 'o'  Consonants-l and x  Inflections-s

Reading Story:

Curious George at School

Math:

Understanding Addition

 Homework: Homework will be sent home on Monday, August 13th in a red folder with instructions. Please check your child's backpack for this folder.

Student of the Week:

Tests:

Tuesday, August 28, 2018 (Math Test)

Thursday, August 30, 2018 (Vocabulary and Phonics Quiz)

Friday, August 31, 2018 (Reading Test and Spelling Test)

-School begins each morning at 7:50 a.m. Attendance is taken in each classroom online by 8:10 a.m. If your child is tardy, a parent must come inside and sign them in at the front office. The security doors will not allow late/tardy students to come down the hallway. Three tardies in a nine-week period will result in a detention for the student.

-If your child eats breakfast at school, they must go DIRECTLY into the cafeteria from the bus/car. Breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m.-7:50 a.m. unless there is a late bus.

-If your child is going home a different way than normal, you must send a note or call the office letting us know how your child will get home BEFORE 12:00 noon. If we do not have proper notification, we will send them home by the means that they would normally take.

-PLEASE DISCOURAGE your child to bring unnecessary things to school such as toys, excess money, etc. Any money sent to school for the cafeteria, field trips, etc., should be placed in a sealed envelope with your child’s name and an explanation on the outside.

-If a child is absent from school, the school must receive an excuse from a doctor or a written excuse from a parent in order for the absence to be excused. Refer to the school handbook or district webpage for any questions you may have about attendance.

-Please refer to the Hayes Cooper Center Handbook and/or website for questions concerning uniforms and other information. Dress code regulations must be met each school day. Dress code violations require that parents be called and students must change to return to school.

-To schedule a conference with the teacher, please call the school office at (662) 748-2734. All conferences are scheduled through the office.