Wow!  I can't believe this will be my last blog of the year.  This has been a great year.  All the children have made a lot of progress throughout the year.  I am so proud of each of them.  I would like to thank all my parents for the support that you have given me throughout the year.
       This week we will continue to work on our first grade memory book.  Your child may bring their yearbook to school on Monday,  so that I may sign it and their classmates.
       Allow your child to read for enjoyment and study their sight words and facts over the summer.

REMINDERS:
Monday-Thursday will be 1/2 day for all children.  If your child will be staying for extended day that will need to bring a lunch.

Tuesday:  The Fine Art will have their recital

Wednesday:  Elementary Award Presentation - 8:00

Thursday:  Game Day ( Your child may bring their favorite game to school)

Thanks again for all you have done for the children as well as myself.  I wishing all of you a Happy and Safe summer.

T.L. Chandler

       Wow!  Another fun and busy week.  This week the children will learn about the sound that /ar/and /air/ stand for.  The children will be reading stories about their country and mothers.  In math the children will learn about weight and measurement and continue to work with reviewing different strategies for addition and subtraction.  In language the children will continue to learn about common and proper nouns and pronouns.  They will be writing several narratives about their mothers as they prepare for Mother's Day.  In science they will continue to learn about the solar system.
The week's spelling words are as followed:  fair, pair, bear, wear, spare, share, favorite, surprise, hair,stare)  Bonus words:  Mother - Father

WEEKLY CLASS INFORMATION:

• The children will be going to the public library on Monday.  They will eat lunch at the library.  Therefore, your child will need to bring a sack lunch.  Please include a drink and make sure your child's name is on the sack. 
• This week reading and spelling test will be on Thursday.
• The children will go to the park on Friday for a day of fun.  Parents are welcome to come  to the park and help and enjoy the day.
•   Make sure your child puts sun blocker on before they leave home.  If your child brings sun blocker to put on while at the park please make sure their name is on it.
• Your child will not have to bring a sack lunch on Friday.   However, they should bring two drinks.   Please make sure one of the drinks is water.   Lunch will be provided.
• Children may bring balls and other outside toys.  NO HARD BALLS AND ELECTRONICS

         This week the children will learn about the sound of /gn/, /kn/, and /wr/.  Your child's spelling words will have these sounds in them.  The children will read several stories that have  words with these sounds.  They will identify the cause and effects within the story and the author's purpose for writing the story.  

       In math the children will continue to work on their math facts.  This week they will be working to learn their subtraction facts.  It is important that your child review their math facts at home as much as possible.  The children will continue to work on subtracting from a two-digit number.  

       I will be spending some time this week on reviewing handwriting.  Please encourage your child to always write their best and use correct letter formation and spacing.

      In science the children will begin a unit of study about space.  They will learn about the sun, moon, stars, and planets.

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Monday will be field-day.  Your child may wear shorts to the knee.  They may wear any shirt.  They will change to their field-day shirt when they get to school.  I want to give a special thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Duffey for designing our field-day shirts.  
• The field trip to the library has been rescheduled to Monday, May 4th.  Your child should bring a sack lunch on this day.  We will have lunch at the library.

Weekly Spelling Words:

gnaw      gnaw     write      know      knife      been      wrong     cause     dawn      their

Bonus Words:  Earth    planet

                                                                            

          The children will read to identify the author's purpose in  stories.  They will continue to work on reading for comprehension, improving decoding skills, and reading fluently.  The children will learn to blend sounds with the variant vowel /o/. Examples:  /aw/,/au/,/augh/, and /al/  Your child's spelling words will have this sound in it.
       In language the children will continue to read different versions of the story of Cinderella.  They will be comparing and contrasting the stories.  The children will review possessive pronouns and review the correct writing of days, months, and holidays.
        In writing the children will review the parts of a letter.  They will write thank you notes using the five parts of a letter.
       In math they will work real life word problems using two digit numbers.  They will continue to work two digit addition and subtraction problems.
       In social studies the children will learn about recycling.

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• The children will be presenting chapel on Thursday.  Parents are invited to attend.  Chapel begins at 8:05.
• The children will go to the library on Thursday.  They will have lunch at the library.  ALL CHILDREN WILL NEED TO BRING A SACK LUNCH.  Please sent a drink with your child.
• The children will be attending the Children's Theater on Friday.  They will seeing the play "The Cat in the Hat".

 Weekly spelling words:

     

caught	awful	haul	cause	saw	claw
paw	mall	crawl	taught	Bonus Words library - theater

       This week your child will be taking their yearly achievement test. Your child will be tested on reading, language, and math skills.   The test will be given each day from 8:30-10:15.  It would be helpful, if you would talk with your child about listening and following directions.    This week the children will not have spelling words.  We will continue to work on reviewing reading and language skills each afternoon.

         In math the children will continue to work on counting coins (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars).  The children will learn about even and odd numbers,  They will continue to work on addition/subtraction word problems and number facts.

         In Bible the children will continue to learn about "Rahab Helps Two Spies" and "The walls of Jericho Fall Down."  Joshua 6:1-27
Testing:  

• Make sure your child is on time at school.  
• Allow your child to have a good night sleep
• Your child should have a good nutritious breakfast.
•  Encourage your child - they only need to stay on task and do their best. No need to pressure as we don't want them to be anxious or stressed. They are prepared :)

       This week the children will learn about the blend and variant vowel /u/.  They will read several stories with words with the variant vowel /u/.  The children will continue to work on comprehension skills and  reading with fluency.  The children will learn some test taking strategies as they prepare for their achievement test next week. The children will write several narratives about their grandparents and spring sprint.
     In language the children will review  pronouns.  They will be encourage to use pronouns and adjectives in the writings.
       In math the children will learn about money.  They will learn how to count pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.
In Bible the children will learn about "Rahab Helps Two Spies"  Joshua 2:1-24
        The children will NOT have spelling words this week.  Instead your child will need to be able to write the following information:

• Name :   First       Middle      Last
• Address
• City
• State
• Zip Code

Children will need to spell their city and state and not use abbreviations

CLASS REMINDERS:

1. First grade Chapel  presentation - April 9th at 8:15 A.M. All children should wear uniform with white school shirt
2. Grandparent's Day and Spring Sprint - April 10th
3. Achievement test:  Week of April 13th
4. Field Trip to the Southeast library  April 23rd
5. Field Trip to the Children's Theater April 24th

        This week the children will learn about the sound of /oy/ and /oi/.  They will continue to work on comprehension, reading fluently, and learn more about cause and effects within a story. The children will review abbreviations.  The children will be reviewing skills as we prepared for the yearly achievement test.  We will continue to review sight words and read stories identifying the main idea and main details in a story.  It is strongly suggested that you allow your child to read for enjoyment as much as possible at home.
       In math the children will continue to learn about shapes.  They will be leaning and identifying  three dimensional figures have faces and vertices.  The children will be reviewing adding of three addends and finding the missing number in a addition and subtractions.
        In science the children will continue to learn about plants.  They will be doing several experiments in the Stem Lab about how plants survive.
        The children will continue to work on learning poems and songs about the Ten Commandments.  They will learn about the first Easter.


CLASS REMINDERS:

1. The children will have an Easter Hunt on April 2nd.  Your child will need to bring 12 or more plastic eggs with candy. (No candy with peanuts)  Please put a small piece of tape on the egg so that the will not open up.
2. The children will present chapel on April 9th.  the children will do an presentation on  The Ten Commandment
3. The children will not attend school on Friday due to Good Friday

           This week the children will be learning about the sound that /ou/ and /ow/ stand for.  They will be reading two stories with this sound in them.  The children will learn how to identify the authors point of view, main details, and the main idea within the story.  The children will continue to work on reading for fluency and comprehension.  The children will continue to work with using adjectives to compare.
      The children will write two narratives: 1.  If I had a kite I would.........
                                                                     2.  If I planted a garden I would.........
The children will continue  using correct punctuation, organization, spacing, correct capitalization. I will be encouraging the children to use adjectives within their writings.
    In math the children will be learning about different shapes.  They will continue to work on learning their addition and subtraction number facts.  The children will begin having 4 minute speed drills on their addition number facts.  This will be practice as they prepare for second grade.
       In science the children will learn about plants.  They will learn about the part of a plant and the purpose of each part.  The children will be doing some experiments with plants in the STEM lab this week.

Classroom Reminder:

1. Your child will need to bring a picture of them with their grandparent.  This picture will be used during grandparent's day.
2. All  students need to continue to work study their sight words as much as possible.
3. Encourage your child to read for enjoyment as much as possible.

                                                                      

   

       I hope all had a great spring break including snow days.  I  will be glad to get back and enjoy the good weather with the children.
       This week the children will learn about the sound /or/,/ore/, and /oar/.  They will decode words and read words with /or/,/ore/, and /oar/ in their stories. They will be reading the following stories "A New Idea" and "Thomas Edison Inventor".  They will continue to work on reading for fluency, comprehension, and comparing and contrast stories.  The children will learn to identity the problem and solution within a story.  The children will continue to learn about adjectives and how to use adjectives to compare.  Hopefully, they will begin to use adjectives in their writing. The children will continue to work on sight words.  They will write several narratives this week.
       In math the children will learn about measurement.  They will learn about comparing and ordering length, exploring nonstandard units of length. and  to measure by the inch and centimeter.  They will enjoy measuring a leprechaun by using nonstandard units.  The children will continue to work on learning their addition and subtraction number facts.
       In social studies they will learn about the holiday Saint Patrick's Day.  They will enjoy the holiday with some special snacks.   They will practice for the African American Presentation that I have rescheduled (again) for Friday, March 20th at 8:30.  Parents are welcome to attend.  (Hopefully, we won't have to reschedule again!)

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• The children will continue to read AR books daily. 
• The children should continue to study sight words and addition/subtraction math facts at home.
• Our class African American Presentation has been rescheduled for march 20th at 8:30.
• The children will have celebrate Saint Patrick's Day on Tuesday, March 17th.  

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

   

        This will be another busy week as the children prepare for their African American presentation and spring break.
       In reading the children will continue to work for improving comprehension and reading for fluency.  They will be reading and discussing the cause and effect of things within the story.  They will continue to find the main idea and main details within the story.  The children will learn about the sound that /ir/, /er/, and /ur/ stand for.  They will read several stories with these sounds in them.           The children will sort words with the /ir/, /er/, and /ur/.  In language the children will learn about adjectives and alphabetical order.
     The children will continue to work on writing narratives.  They will continue to write details within their writing and use adjectives.  They will continue to use correct punctuation and capitalization within their writing.
       In math the children will continue to work on learning their addition and subtraction facts.  Continue to allow your child to study their math facts at home as much as possible.  The children will learn about fractions.  They will learn how to identify whole, 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4.
       The children will learn about dental health.

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

1. Your child should read an AR book daily and be prepared to take an AR test the next day.  However, some of the children are beginning to read chapter books and these books may take a little longer to read.  All children should read at least for 15 minutes a day a home.
2. Allow your child to continue to study their sight words and their math facts daily at home as much as possible.
3. Our class presentation on famous African Americans will be Friday, March 6 at 8:30.  Your child should come to school dressed in their costume.  Parents and friends are invited to attend. 

HOMEWORK:

• Monday:  Write each spelling word three time and begin studying spelling words
• Tuesday:  Write each spelling word in a complete sentence.
• Wednesday:  Read a story with word that have /ir/, /er/, and /ur/ in them.
• Thursday:      Math worksheet

       Hopefully, all stayed warm and safe during the snow days.  Hopefully the children are ready to get back to school and get back to work.

        This week the children will learn about the /ar/ sound.  They will be reading several stories with words with this sound in them.  They will be reading the stories " A Barn Full of Hats" and "Nuts for Winter".  The children will continue to sort and classifying and categorizing things.  The children will write narratives about their famous African American and "If they were the President of the United States".
       In math the children will continue to review addition and subtraction math facts and telling time by the hour and the half hour.  They will review the parts of the calendar and how to read a calendar.  They will also continue to work addition and subtraction word problems.
       The children will continue to learn about famous African Americans as they prepare for their class presentation.  This presentation will be rescheduled due to the snow days.  I will contact you with the date as soon as I fine out the new date.   They should dress like a famous African American. The children should come to school dressed for the presentation.   It can be an African American that we have studied in class or another African American.  They will bring home a writing assignment this week that they can write about their famous African American.  They should write at least 4 details about them.
       In social studies the children will also learn about American Symbols.

       This will be a fun week.  The children will continue to learn about famous African Americans, presidents, and they will do some Valentine Day activities.
       In reading the children will continue to learn about long vowels.  They will learn about the long /e/ spelled y and ey.  They will read story with these sounds in them.  The children will continue to   retell and rewrite about what they read using T-maps and Bubble maps.
       In language the children will review past and present tense verbs.  They will sort verbs and nouns.
      The children will continue to work on writing narratives.  They will be writing about Presidents as they prepare for President's Day.
       In math the children will continue to work on learning their addition and subtraction math facts.  They will learn how to tell time on an analog and digital clock.  The children will learn how to tell time by the hour and the half hour.  This will be a great skill to allow your child to practice at home.
         The children will have a small presentation on Friday, February 27th at 8;30 a.m. in the Eagle Nest.  This presentation will be on famous African Americans.  Your child should dress up as a famous African American.  More information will be coming home later.
        The children may make Valentine cards for their friends.  These cards must be done at home.  Allow your child to bring to school by Tuesday a cereal box, cookie box, etc.  They will decorate these boxes for their Valentine cards.  The children will have a Valentine party on Friday, February 13th.

      This will be a busy week.  This week the children will review long vowels and learn about the long /i/ vowel spelled /i/ silent e, /ie/, /y/, and /igh/. They will continue to work on decoding words with  multi-syllables.  The children will read stories with words with long /i/ sound in them.  They will continue to work on reading for fluency and understanding.  They will read the stories "Creep Low, Fly High" and "Hi! Fly! Guy".  They will discuss cause and effect and learn the correct way to us the verbs see and saw.  The children will continue to learn about nouns.  They will be reviewing plurals of nouns.
      In math the children will review previous taught math skills.  (addition, subtraction of single digit numbers, addition, subtraction of two digit numbers, counting by 2,s, 5's, and 10's, and making tally makes.
      In science the children will continue to learn about the rain cycle.  They will be going to the Stem Lab on Friday to do an exciting experiment about the rain cycle.
      In social studies the children will learn about famous African Americans.

HOMEWORK:

• Monday:        Write each spelling word in a complete sentence
• Tuesday:        Write each spelling word three times
• Wednesday:    Read word with long /i/ and story with words with long /i/ in it.
• Thursday:        Math worksheet                                                                                                       REMINDER:  Allow your child to review their sight words and math facts as much as possible during the week.                                                                                                                                                        

       This week the children will continue to work on sight words, reading for comprehension, and fluency.  They will learn about the long o sound spelled long /o/ silent e, /ow/, and /oa/.  They will read stories with these sounds in them.  They will identify words with long /o/ in these stories.  The children will read the stories "Go Wild!" and "Vulture View".  The children will identify the main idea and major details in these stories.

      In grammar the children will review nouns and proper nouns.  They will sort nouns and proper nouns.  

       In math they will continue to work on addition and subtraction facts.  They will subtract numbers with two digit numbers.  They will continue to work on addition and subtraction word problems.  The children  will work on counting by 2's and making tallies of numbers. 

    In science the children will begin a unit of study about the rain cycle.  They will learn about evaporation, precipitation, and condensation that takes place during the rain cycle.

      In social studies they will learn more about  Groundhog day.

         

    

                                    

HOMEWORK:

• Monday:       Write Spelling words in a complete sentence
• Tuesday:       Write each spelling word three times
• Wednesday:   Read story with words with long /o/ and words with long /o/ to an adult at home
• Thursday:       Math (Subtraction of two digit numbers)

Students should read AR books during the week, study addition, subtraction facts, and study sight words.

                                                                                                 

      This will be a very busy and fun week as we prepare for our 100 Day of School celebration.
The children will continue to work on comprehension, decoding, and reading for fluency in reading.  They will learn about words with the long /e/ sound.  They will read "A Team of Fish" and "Animal Teams" .  They will identify the main idea and details in the stories.  They will also compare and contrast  the stories by using a Venn Diagram.  They will be reading several stories in guided reading about the 100 Day of School.  They will continue to review and learn new vocabulary.  The children will listen to the story "Elephant  and Piggies We are in a Play" and learn about content clues within a story.  This story is the play the children will see on Friday at the Nashville Children Theater.
      In math the children will continue to work on addition and subtraction facts.  They will continue to add two digit numbers and learn about place value.  They will review counting to 100 by 1's, 2's, and  5's. They will do several activities with estimation and counting using tally marks.
     The children will write several narratives during the week as they prepare of our 100 Day of School Celebration.  The children will do many other activities as they prepare for their special day.

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• All children should read an AR book daily at home and be prepare to take a AR test the next day.  
• The children will celebrate 100 Day of School of Thursday.
• 100 Day of School posters are due on Thursday.

The children will go to the Nashville Children's Theater on Friday.
Below are the item that your child will need to bring to school for our 100 Day of School Snack.

Jada            1 box of raisins
Kayla          1 box of raisins
Emma          peanuts
Jake             peanuts
Charlotte     cheese gold fish
Luke           cheese gold fish
Ellie            pretzel stick                                    
Zavier         1 bag of M and M candies
Jules           1 bag of M and M candies
Nate            10 Juice Boxes
Hunter         10 Juice Boxes
Terry            1 bag of mini marshmallows
Vivi              1 box of Teddy Grahams
Kennedy       1 box of Fruit Loops
Olivia            1 bag of popcorn
Malachi         1 bag of Skittles
Carter             1 bag of skittles
Jaxson            1 bag of bubble gum
Brayden         1 bag of bubble gum
Kaidyn           1 box of Cheerios



      

      This week the children will continue to work on sight words, reading for understanding and fluency. They will be reading stories and identifying the main idea and major details in the story. They will continue to rewrite and retell stories that they read in sequence.  In language the children will review nouns and verbs.  They will learn the correct way to use the verbs "were" and "was".  In spelling/phonics they will learn about the sound that long /a/ makes spelled /ai/ and /ay/.  The children will  be introduced to compound words.
      In math the children will continue to work on addition and subtraction.  They will hopefully be introduced to addition of two digit numbers.  They will continue to work addition and subtraction word problems and counting using tally marks.  They will work on identifying the greater than number> , <less than number, and the number that is equal=.
      The children will continue to work on writing using good letter formation and spacing.  They will write several narratives about winter.
       They will continue to learn about winter.

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

1. Remind your child to read an AR book daily and return it to school daily.
2. Continue to review your child's work daily.
3.  Allow your child to study their sight words and math facts as much as possible.
4.  Please schedule a conference to discuss your child's progress in first grade.

     

        HAPPY NEW YEAR!  I hope all my children had a safe and fun break.  I am looking forward to getting back to school and meeting some new students.  This will be a busy week as we get to know one another.  The children will discuss and write their New Year's Resolution".

  In reading the students will read the stories "Where Does Food Come From?", "A Look at Breakfast", and "From Cows to You".  The children will discuss the sequence of stories and rewrite the stories in sequence.  The children will continue to work on decoding and comprehension skills, and reading for fluency.  The children will learn about words with -ook, -ood and review long and short vowel sounds.  I will continue to give reading assessment to the students.  I will be assessing the children on reading for comprehension, decoding skills, sight words, and reading for fluency.
      In math the children will continue to work with addition, subtraction, and mixed addition and subtraction.  The children will continue to work on solving addition and subtraction word problems.  The children will begin to add numbers with two digits.  They will continue to go to math centers to review previous learned math skills.  Continue to allow your child to review their addition and math facts at home.
      In social studies the children will learn more about winter and animals in winter.

       I would like to welcome Kierra Chandler.  She will be our class education assistant.

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

1. Remind your child to read and return their library book to school each day.
2. Remember to review your child's work daily sign their planner daily.
3. Talk with your child about listening and following classroom and school rules.
4. Study sight words as much as possible at home.
5. Read for enjoyment at home.

      There will be a parent meeting on Monday, January 5th at 3:00 in our classroom.  All parents are invited to attend.