February
Sight Words
February Sight/Spelling Words
am last
away left
ball live
big men
black morning
bring play
color pretty
didn't want
eat where
found white
four wish
friend year
got
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Newsletter Mrs. Mac's Contact Information: Grovecrest Elementary 801-785-8714Email: bmclelland@alpinedistrict.org Webpage: http://my.uen.org/myuen/46643 *If you would like something fun or different to do for spelling practice visit the Homework Helps tab. You will find a link to Spellingcity, a fun site that has our spelling lists for the year. You can practice old spelling lists or work on this week’s words. You will also find some additional words that practice our word working skill for that week. Please have fun.FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER/JANUARY REVIEWOn January 17th, we reached the halfway mark! Ninety days of first grade are behind us. We learned a lot about the Civil Rights movement, Martin Luther King and others who fought for equality and fairness. We learned about the phases of the sun and moon, maps, seasons and nutrition. We’ve been concentrating on using all our reading strategies and tools in January and now we’re focusing on fluency and comprehension. We have a class of great readers. I was able to assess every student in reading and I was pleased with the results. I have really been concentrating on Guided Reading and I am excited when I listen to our students read. They are making great progress. We will begin a math unit on gathering and recording data and we've been finishing up our unit on shapes and geometry. We are also expanding on addition and subtraction. The 100th Day of school was January 31st and we did a lot of activities that centered around our number system and counting in groups of ten.LOOKING AHEAD IN FEBRUARY:Valentines Day is on a Thursday the 14th. We’re planning our party for 2:00-3:15. Our wonderful moms are already hard at work planning and preparing for it. I’ve attached a list of our classmates to help you address the Valentine cards.The annual storytelling competition is scheduled for February as well. If your child would like to participate, send in the entry form that was sent home after the kick-off assembly (Jan. 28) I also have entry blanks in our classroom. Our class competition will be held on February 13th and winners will compete in the First Grade competition on February 22nd. Winners will then go on to compete in the K-3 competition on Feb. 27th.We’ll be learning about the Presidents of the United States this month in anticipation of Presidents Day on the 18th. No school that day.Be sure to mark those reading calendars EVERY DAY. Practicing our reading is so important. We have so many students who are really becoming fluent and excellent readers and it is due in part to the amount of practicing they do. I will hand out a Combined February/March Book Order this month. It will be due Feb. 28th .I’ve tried to include all this information on the reading calendar, so be sure to check it out as you mark the reading homework. HAPPY READING!
Curriculum Topics we will be studying in class Language and ReadingWord WorkAdjacent vowelsReview digraphs and blendsLanguagePronounsProper nounsWritingWriting a letterReview of sequencing (beginning, middle, end)Elements of a story (characters, setting, problem and resolution)Reading StrategiesPurpose of textAudienceQuestioning for meaningPersonal narrativeGenresAbbreviationsReading to enhance understandingPhrasingSpellingweek 18: around, now, cow, found, how, wants, alongweek 19: Added, walked, needed, picked, asked, after, must week 20: go, show, grow, no, snow, mother, girlweek 21: I’ll, it’s, you’ll, he’ll, she’s, were, wayMathUnit 6-Addition, Subtraction and the Number System (Cont’d)Money: quarter and nickelExpanded notationAddition of three digitsUsing doubles to find sumsTime: to the quarter hourCharacter Development/Social SkillsHonesty and TrustworthinessVolunteeringHonestyBeing TrustworthyReporting BehaviorP.E./ArtHula Hoops and ParachutesSeasonal and holiday art projectsOther Topics of InterestPresidents of the U.S./U.S. HistorySuperstition (Ground Hog’s Day)Drama/Storytelling