Christmas Gift Exchange

For gift exchange in first grade, boys need to bring a boy’s toy and girls need to bring a girl’s toy. If your child would like to exchange a gift, please send it to school by the morning of Thursday, December 17.

Reminders

Santa’s Workshop – Dec. 10-11th

PTO Meeting at 5:30 – Dec. 14th

Band Concert at 6:00 – Dec. 14th

Santa’s Workshop – Dec. 16-18

Primary Christmas Program at 6:00 – Dec. 17th

School day performance of Primary Christmas program at 9:00am – Dec. 18th

Winter Break – Dec. 19 – Jan. 3rd

School in Session – Jan. 4th

December 7-11

Word Wall Words
go, nose, bone, home, so,
no, also, woke

High Frequency Words
morning, by, show, found,
out, climb, shout

Vocabulary Words
began, celebrate, coyote, cricket,
howl, rabbit, tail, watermelon

November 16-20

Word Wall Words
make, name, came, gave, take, game, place, skate
Spelling Test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
could, over, so, house, own, world, how

Vocabulary Words
street, town, country, Earth, giant, ball, special,
streets, towns, countries

November 9-13

Word Wall Words
she, chin, fish, shell, much,
chop, shoe, chair
Spelling test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
grow, more, room, light, other,
small, long, right, these

Vocabulary Words
fancy, heavy, hide, inside,
plain, rough, smooth, wait

November 2-6

Word Wall Words
up, run, but, us, fun, cut, jump, plum
Spelling Test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
car, down, hear, hold, hurt, learn,
their, walk, would

Vocabulary Words
morning, waves, rain, darkness, music,
moonlight, rules, day, shop

October 12-16

Word Wall Words
trip, trap, grab, drip, crab,
grin, crack, brown

High Frequency Words
also, blue, brown, color, funny,
green, like, many, some

Vocabulary Words
nighttime, moment, tiptoe, wonder,
hurried, change, fish, whales

September 21-25

Word Wall Words
big, it, in, him, did, sit, dish, milk
Spelling Test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
all, call, eat, every, first, never,
paper, shall, why

Vocabulary Words
white, yellow, green, red, orange, blue,
purple, dinner, coyote, trick

September 14-18

Word Wall Words
had, pad, man, than, cat, rat
Spelling Test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
animal, bird, cold, fall, flower,
full, look, of, see

Vocabulary Words
waterfall, rainfall, moss, vines, creek, river,
earth, sky, south, snow, spring, snowman,
summer, cool, winter, leaves

Field Trip

September 7-11

Word Wall Words
but, cut, fun, run, sun
Spekking Test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
are, away, live, does, pull, they, he, where

Vocabulary Words
planted, watered, raked, sprayed, hoed, slugs, hut,
fun, jug, rug, cap, van, elephant, hippo, rope, I'm, outside, narrator

Reminders

August 31st - September 1st - Book Fair

September 1st - Family Fun Night 5:00-6:30

September 2nd - 1st grade field trip
Permission slips must be turned in by Monday!

September 3rd - Grandparents Day

September 7th - No School

August 31-September 4

Word Wall Words
pet, vet, wet, get, set
Spelling Test on Friday!

High-Frequency Words
do, I, me, is, said, for, you, my

Vocabulary Words
farmer, barn, laundry, stalls, milking stools,
nesting boxes, bucket, vet, pet, kit, wet,
van, pen, wanted, vat, noodles, soup, fire

August 24-28

Word Wall Words
hot, lot, not, got, pot
Spelling Test on Friday!

High-Frequency Words
upon, four, in, five, once, what, three, two,

Vocabulary Words
carried, merry-go-round, goofing off, sharing,
beautiful, forever, fox, wig, box, in, top, lot,
shelf, wigs, ball, thanks

GRADE Testing

We will be GRADE testing this week. Please make sure that
your child gets plenty of rest each night and eats a healthy
breakfast each day before coming to class!

August 17-21

Word Wall Words
bit, pit, it, sit, hit
Spelling Test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
a, have, find, one, who, to

Vocabulary Words
tiger, monkey, flamingo, bear, crocodile,
elephant, spider, snake, find, farm,
one, feed, have, carrot

August 10-14

Word Wall Words
an, can, man, fan, pan

High Frequency Words
we, jump, here, and, too, not

Vocabulary Words
perfect, whole, world, someone, lonely,
family, fuss, jump, draw, not, go, write, read

Week of May 18

Word Wall Words
arm, start, far, dark, car, yard, large, jar
Spelling Test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
begin, already, against, minute, above, caught

Vocabulary Words
appear, beacon, favorite, journey, monarch,
promises, warns, whispers

Week of May 11

Word Wall Words
store, or, more, for, corn, morning, afford, before
Spelling Test of Friday

High Frequency Words
began, break, divide, head, laugh, second, sure

Vocabulary Words
appetite, argued/ing, bigger, equal, hungrier, journey, larger,
stomache, thirstier

Week of March 16, 2009

Word Wall Words
checking, sleeping, missed, landed, filled, telling, bluffing planted
Spelling Test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
butter, person, were, carry, put, work, kind, saw

Vocabulary Words
apple, bread, cider, clothes, river, stories, years, young

Doughnuts for Dad

Week of March 9-13

Word Wall Words
cow, now, down, house, found, out, pouch, crowded
Spelling test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
always, eight, seven, arms, ready, warm, body

Vocabulary Words
butterfly, caterpillar/s, changing, chrysalis, danger,
enemies, nectar, orange, suit/s

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

“The more that you read, the more things

you will know. The more that you learn, the

more places you'll go.” Dr Seuss

Reminders

Doughnuts for Dad Friday March 6th

Week of March 2-6

Word Wall Words
cup, cups, frog, frogs, tree, trees, gloves, birds
Spelling Test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
about, happy, teacher, because, part, tiny, draw

Vocabulary Words
acorns, beautiful, branches, careful, different,
interesting, poisonous, types

Week of February 23-28

Word Wall Words
food, soon, moon, too, zoo, room, balloon, moose

High Frequency Words
build, old, piece, shoe, start, under, very, wear

Vocabulary Words
born, bubbles, closet, favorite, maple syrup,
music, piano, probably, remind

Week of February 16-20

Word Wall Words
book, good, cook, look, foot, took, crook, hoof

High Frequency Words
afraid, any, bear, follow, idea, most, tall, water

Vocabulary Words
building/s, city, disappears, elevator, friendly, library, park, scare, worry,
space shuttle, bicycle, airplane, train

Week of February 9-13

Word Wall Words
boat, toad, coat, coast, slow, grow, show, know

High Frequency Words
again, both, gone, hard, or, turn, want

Vocabulary Words
agree, book/s, candy bars, crayons, fault,
food, hoptoad, lemonade, share, toys

Muffins for Mom

January 26-30, 2009

Word Wall Words
day, say, may, stay, play, way, away, holiday
Spelling Test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
been, goes, evening, far, hungry, near, forest, soon

Vocabulary Words
boa, caterpillar, eyed, eyes, iguana/s, katydid, macaw,
moves, poisonous, tongue, toucan

January 19-23

Word Wall Words
eat, me, feet, mean, he, see, maybe, sheep
Spelling Test on Friday!

High Frequency Words
cow, door, horse, table, there, wall, now, through

Vocabulary Words
barn, dancing, elephant, laying, marched, mercy, mouse, tangled

January 5-9, 2009

Word Wall Words
five ride nine like kite time prize smile
Spelling Test on Friday

High Frequency Words
give little fly good try our her was

Vocabulary Words
anywhere beautiful convinced easy
news perfect raining weather