First Grade News

April 2 - 5

Theme: Easter (Eggs)

http://usd273.org/elementary/Faculty/1st/home.htm (Thematic Units)

Shared  Reading

Handwriting

Phonics

Watch them Grow & Time For Kids

(science)

Shawn's Soy Sauce

Phonics Readers)

Natural Habits, Baby Birds, The Surprise Family

(Compare/Contrast)

*Grammar: 

Possessive Pronouns

Describing Words

Suffix:  -es, -ies
Prefixes: re-, un-

*Shared Writing:

Class Newsletter

*Daily Writing:

Spelling Words in Dictionaries and Sentences

 

My favorite Easter Egg
On Easter we-----
Easter is ---------

Spelling Words/Test on 4/5

coin, soil, point, oil, moist, boy, toy, destroy

Spelling Sound Cards:

Prefixes: Un- Re-

oy words, oi words

Suffix Cards: es and ies

High Frequency Word Rings

Making Words         (letter tiles 

Bird Words

Possessive Pronouns

Guided Reading

Centers/Jobs

Math

Please sign the reading log after listening to your student read his/her guided reading book and sight word ring in their reading bag.  Thirty-five books/sight words read and signed = 1 free treasure box and candy box!

Exploration Centers:

K-WL-Chart

Compare/Contrast

Time 4 Kids Magazine

Growing & Changing Power Point/Videos

Spelling Review

*Frame a word

*Mind Reader

*Raise the Roof

Listening: Easter Books

Poetry: Growing & Changing

Math: Pallattes, Facts, Games

Spelling: Spelling Words, Tick Tack Toe, Hands-Feet using markers

Computers: Changes, Sight Words, Spelling Words

Free Choice: Puzzles and Games

Art: Me as a Baby/Me as a First Grader

 Writing #'s to 1,000 club

Review Oddball facts

Counting Mixed Coins

Drops in the Bucket

Assessment on Friday

Weekly Theme:

Easter