In phonics this week we are working on the vowel sounds that y makes.

Our spelling words this week are: when, were, over, then, will, candy, fly, by, only, baby.

Our read aloud books this week are all about traveling. We will discuss what you can learn by traveling to new places, whether real or imaginary.

In writing this week we finished publishing our president report about either George Washington or Abe Lincoln by creating a Chatterpix. We will begin a writing project that will result in a published class book.

In math this week we are learning about 2 D shapes.

On Friday, our class is will be presenting the Champs Assembly to our school. The rest of the school will be watching from their classrooms via Zoom. Parents are welcome to come to watch in person. It will begin at 8 a.m. and lasts only 5-10 minutes.

This will be our last week to practice r-controlled vowels in phonics.

For our read aloud books this week, we are reading books with a February theme…Rose are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink, Just Going to the Dentist, Duck for President, & Abe Lincoln’s Hat.

In writing we are learning and writing about Abe Lincoln and George Washington. We will make a digital product about one of them by the end of the week. Look for it in Seesaw! We are learning to use the Book Creator app to make stories.

In math this week we are learning how to tell time to the half hour.

Reminders: We will have an early release on Wednesday, February 16th and there is no school on Monday, February 21st.

I am looking forward to another great week with your students!

In phonics this week we are learning about r-controlled vowels again: ar, er, ir, or & ur.

We are reading Valentine’s Day books in read aloud time.

During math this week we will be learning about time to the hour on an analog clock.

Because we missed the end of last week, we have been finishing our All About Groundhogs books during writing workshop time.

Reminder: our Valentine’s Day party will be Monday at 1:30 p.m. We are having ice cream sundaes and opening our Valentines. Please send a Valentine for each friend in our class and a decorated container of some kind (bag, box, etc.) for your student to collect their Valentines in.

We are having another great week in first grade!