Friday Wrap!

Another successful week in first grade! My goodness, did we work hard again this week. We spent the week learning how to tell time to the hour. Your child should be able to tell time on the hour without hesitation. Continued practice and daily exposure to this concept will further help them maintain their newfound skill! We read the book "The Grouchy Ladybug" today and set our analog clocks to match all of the times in the story. Ask your child to tell you some of the animals the Grouchy Ladybug tried to rumble with. They really enjoyed the story and did a wonderful job setting their clocks. Give them a pat on the back!

In reading time this week, we continued to work on our letter sounds and blends. We learned about consonants and reviewed the vowels by learning our "Vowel Rap". Have you child rap it for you, it was a hoot! We learned about CVC words. Have your child create some CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) nonsense words (such as jiv, fup) and challenge them to say the sounds in the word or try to say their nonsense word. This helps with letter recognition and sound connection. We wrote several silly sentences and practiced our handwriting, as well.

We have worked all week on Sight Word List 1. Today your child's yellow folder came home with List 1 tucked inside and a letter about how our sight word system works. Next week I will begin testing students who are ready to master List 1 so that they may move up to List 2. There are 22 lists to master in first grade, so we need to get started! Please help your child find further success by helping them practice at home.

We finished our underwater art creation. Ask your child to tell you about some of the creatures they created in their underwater habitat. Their projects turned out beautifully. Come by our hall next week to check out our water masterpieces!

Have a wonderful weekend together. Stay cool and safe and get ready to welcome September next week!

Looking ahead to our Specials next week:
Monday= D Tuesday= A Wednesday= B Thursday= C Friday= D