Important Dates
February
7 – 100TH Day of School
8 – Field Trip Money is Due - $7
cash
14 – Valentine's Day Party
18 – President's Day – No School
19 – Reading Anthologies Are Due
23 – Snowflake Ball 6:30-8:00
26 – Early Dismissal – 12:00
27 – Field Trip
Bully Goat Gruff Field Trip
On Wednesday, February 27, all first
grade classrooms will be going to Lewis University in Romeoville to see the
play, Bully Goat Gruff Meets the Ugly Duckling. We will leave at 9:30 and will return around
11:45 in time for lunch. Please pack a
snack for that day just in case we get back a lot sooner. I will need 3
chaperones. If anyone is interested,
please send me an email.
We
will also be going on a field trip sometime in May, possibly to Blackberry
Farm. So if you don’t get a chance to
chaperone this trip, you will have a chance to chaperone the next one. Thanks.
This
week I am sending home the reading anthology that we just finished. Please have your child practice reading the
stories. I think some of you will be
amazed at the improvement your child has made since the beginning of the
year. The books are due back on Tuesday,
February 19.
Reading
We have a story and two
poems in our anthology next week. The
story is That Toad is Mine. The poems are Hug O’ War and Sharing.
Comprehension Strategies
The children will work
on summarizing, problem solving, using rhyme and how to read a poem.
Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words for
next week are: agree, book, books, candy
bars, fault, food, hoptoad, lemonade, shared, and toys.
Phonics Skills
The children will work
on the following skills: vowel pairs oa,
ow, ai, ay. They will also begin to
learn about dividing words into syllables.
Grammar Lesson
We will work on alphabetical
order.
Spelling Words
Next week’s spelling words are: an, cat, skin,
say, away, play, today, why, where, playground
Rohan
will be our student of the week next week. 