Ms Scott's 1st Grade Pond Hoppers

Unit 3.6: Where Are My Animal Friends? -

This week we will be learning about contractions with NOT
Phonemic Awareness: Add Phonomes /e/, /est/
Segment Phonemes Blend and Segment Phonemes
Blend and Segment Onset/Rime Phonics:
Comparative Endings and dge/j/
Comprehension: Sequence Prior Knowledge
Writing Trait: Sentences
Big Question: How does nature change during the year?




Selection Words:
1. goose – large bird with a long neck
2. raccoon – small animal with thick fur whose markings resemble rings
3. spring – season of the year between winter and summer, when plants begin to grow
4. warm – more hot than cold

Amazing Words:
1. hibernate – to spend the winter sleeping
2. migrate – to move from one place to another
3. season – one of the four parts of the year
4. temperature – how cold or hot something is
5. autumn – one of the four seasons, also called fall
6. freeze - turn into something hard because of the cold
7. bitterly – showing sadness or pain
8. weary – very tired

Spelling Words:
1. bigger
2. biggest
3. faster
4. fastest
5. sadder
6. saddest
7. shorter
8. shortest
9. slower
10. slowest
11. good-bye
12. before

High Frequency Words:
1. before
2. does
3. good-bye
4. oh
5. right
6. won’t

Parents,

     Please be reminded of the deadlines for the reading and science fair projects.  The reading fair will be held Tuesday, January 11, 2011.  The Reading Fair boards are due in my classroom on Friday, January 7, 2011.  Please remember your CREATIVITY when helping your child with their boards. (Please refer to previous post of the pictures).  The SCIENCE Fair will be held on Thursday, January 13, 2011.  The Science Fair boards are due in my classroom on Wednesday, January 05, 2011.  Please adhere to these timely deadlines.

This week we will continue with week 13 Spelling words.  This means students will have had 3 weeks to prepare for these words EVERONE should make an A........Please be mindful that we are ready to start counting money.  In the past this has been a very difficult skill for the children to grasp.  I'm asking that you start to let your child start to handle money (pay for his/her items in the stores, recognize coins and their value.)

This weeks skills will include:
synonyms/antonyms  
punctuation (periods in abbreviations, commas in dates, colons in time)
MONEY and graphs

Parents its about that time to really be putting your thoughts and creativity to work.  The Reading Fair boards are due into the classroom on DECEMBER 09, 2010!!!  Here are a few pictures of past reading fair boards to give you an idea of what I will be looking for in the classroom.