This weeks agenda and reminders 11/28

In ELA/Reading we are reading An Egg is an Egg This story's phonics lesson focuses on sounds of y(long e and long i). Grammar for this unit deals with verbs

*Review these concepts with your child by:
-having your child write sentences and circle the verbs
-having your child find verbs in TV commercials, on websites, etc.
-having your child find words with the long e and long i sound for y in magazines, newspapers, billboards, etc. and making a book with these new found words.
-use the spelling games from:  http://www.quia.com/jg/1096779.html and http://www.spellingcity.com/mmoon1916/

-making flashcards to read and repeat(spelling words, sight words, amazing words).

**Repetition is key!!

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In Math, we will be focusing on shapes(flats and solids) and fractions(mainly whole, half, and fourths).

*You can review these concepts with your child by:
-having them tell you how to split foods in halves and fourths
-giving your child items with which they have to split into equal amounts

-having your child draw 2 dimensional (flat) shapes

-having a shape hunt (in the grocery store, car, mall etc. where your child has to find a shape that you call out)
-utilizing xtramath.org  (for continued addition and subtraction help)

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In Science, we are focusing on light and sound. 

In Social Studies, we will continue to talk about landforms and economics.

*Science Vocabulary: energy, light, shadow, sound, volume, pitch, vibration

*Social Studies Vocabulary:

-scarcity, goods, services, wants, needs, spending saving

-mountain, valley, plateau, desert, plain, ocean, continent

Odyssey is also a website that can be utilized at home to reinforce concepts taught in school.  Each teacher places activities that  deal with the concepts studied in the classroom.  Remember repetition is key! 

Important Dates 

**Can Food Drive will continue until Winter Break

12/2 - Pajama Party with Special Areas

12/16 - Classroom Holiday Celebrations

This week's agenda and reminders 11/7

In ELA/Reading we are reading Honey Bees .This story's phonics lesson focuses on CVCe(long u). Grammar will deal with nouns, compounds and contractions.
 Spelling Words: be, feet, green, he, me, see, she, tree, we, week, some, family
  Sight Words: also, family, new, other some, their
*Review these concepts with your child by:
-having your child write sentences and circle the nouns 
-having your child find nouns, compounds and contractions in TV commercials, on websites, magazines, newspapers, billboards, etc.
-having your child find long e (CVVC)  words in magazines, newspapers, billboards, etc. and making a book with these new found words.
-use the spelling games from:  http://www.quia.com/hm/308585.html and http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=1540693&x=17846

-making flashcards to read and repeat(spelling words, sight words, amazing words).

In Math, we will be focusing on beginning money.

*You can review these concepts with your child by:
-making them identify coins found in your purse, pocket, wallet and try counting them
-making them count lunch money, money for toys, etc.
-allowing them to help pay for things by discussing what you may need to purchase
-utilizing xtramath.org  (for continued addition and subtraction help)

In Social Studies, we will begin to talk about landforms and economics.

*Science Vocabulary: energy, light, shadow, sound, volume, pitch, vibration

*Social Studies Vocabulary:

-scarcity, goods, services, wants, needs, spending saving

-mountain, valley, plateau, desert, plain, ocean, continent

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Important Dates
November 8 - No School
November 11- Progress Reports and Movie Day
November 17th - First Grade Author's Feast
November 21-25 No School for Thanksgiving

This weeks aganeda and reminders 10/31

In ELA/Reading we are reading The Big Circle This story's phonics lesson focuses on CVCe(long u). Grammar will deal with nouns in sentences
 Sight Words:  around, find, good, grow, under, water
Spelling Words:  use, huge, flute, mule, mute, cube, rude,
*Review these concepts with your child by:
-having your child write sentences and circle the nouns nouns
-having your child find nouns in TV commercials, on websites, etc.
-having your child find long u, long e (CVCe)  words in magazines, newspapers, billboards, etc. and making a book with these new found words.
-use the spelling games from:  http://www.quia.com/ba/105557.html and http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=1540688&x=ca14c

-making flashcards to read and repeat(spelling words, sight words, amazing words).

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In Math, we will be focusing on beginning money.

*You can review these concepts with your child by:
-making them identify coins found in your purse, pocket, wallet and try counting them
-making them count lunch money, money for toys, etc.
-allowing them to help pay for things by discussing what you may need to purchase
-utilizing xtramath.org  (for continued addition and subtraction help)

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In Science, we are focusing on light and sound. 

In Social Studies, we will begin to talk about landforms and economics.

*Science Vocabulary: energy, light, shadow, sound, volume, pitch, vibration

*Social Studies Vocabulary:

-scarcity, goods, services, wants, needs, spending saving

-mountain, valley, plateau, desert, plain, ocean, continent

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Important Dates
November 8 - No School

This week's agenda and reminders 10/24

In ELA/Reading we are reading The Big Circle This story's phonics lesson focuses on CVCe(long i). Grammar will deal with plural nouns
 Sight Words:  down, inside, now, there, together

Spelling Words:  home, hope, rose, woke, those, bone, hose, joke, rode, stone, there, together

*Review these concepts with your child by:
-having your child make a "T" chart and write a list of nouns one one side and thier plurals on the other

-having your child do a noun hunt for plurals words

-having your child find long o CVCe words in magazines, newspapers, billboards, etc. and making a book with these new found words.
-use the spelling games from:  http://www.quia.com/hm/308607.html

-making flashcards to read and repeat(spelling words, sight words, amazing words).

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In Math, we will be focusing on subtraction, addition and fact families(continued).

*You can review these concepts with your child by:
-using a deck of cards to add/subtract - randomly draw numbers and have your child find the sum or difference(make sure with subtraction they put the big number first).
-using food (cereal, cookies, macaroni noodles, spaghetti noodles, etc.) to have your child make addition and subtraction sentences.

-using addition or subtraction flash cards to review addition facts ($1 at the Dollar Tree)

-utilizing xtramath.org
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In Science, we are focusing on light and sound. 

In Social Studies, we will begin to talk about landforms and economic

*Science Vocabulary: energy, light, shadow, sound, volume, pitch, vibration

*Social Studies Vocabulary:

-scarcity, goods, services, wants, needs, spending saving

-mountain, valley, plateau, desert, plain, ocean, continent

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Important Dates
October 27 - Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night

                      - Technology In Our School Night

                      -21st Century Dolphin Club Parents Meeting

October 28 - Movie Night

October 31 - Fall Goody Bags

This week's agenda and reminders 10/17

In ELA/Reading we are reading Who works here? This story's phonics lesson focuses on CVCe(long i). Grammar will deal with more proper nouns(Special Titles).

*Review these concepts with your child by:
-having your child write or give you the names of people with special titles i.e. Ms. Summers, Mr. Shadinger, Dr. Phil
-having your child find do a noun hunt for special titles

-having your child find long i CVCe words in magazines, newspapers, billboards, etc. and making a book with these new found words.
-use the spelling games from:  http://www.quia.com/jg/1087558.html
-making flashcards to read and repeat(spelling words, sight words, amazing words).

In Math, we will be focusing on subtraction, addition and fact families
*You can review these concepts with your child by:
-using a deck of cards to add/subtract - randomly draw numbers and have your child find the sum or difference(make sure with subtraction they put the big number first).
-using food (cereal, cookies, macaroni noodles, spaghetti noodles, etc.) to have your child make addition and subtraction sentences.
-using addition or subtraction flash cards to review addition facts ($1 at the Dollar Tree)

-utilizing xtramath.org

In Science, we are focusing on light and sound. 

In Social Studies, we will begin to talk about landforms and economic

*Science Vocabulary: energy, light, shadow, sound, volume, pitch, vibration

*Social Studies Vocabulary:

-scarcity, goods, services, wants, needs, spending saving

-mountain, valley, plateau, desert, plain, ocean, continent

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Important Dates
October 18 - PTA

October 28 - Movie Night

October 31 - Fall Goody Bags

This week's agenda and reminders 10/11

***MONDAY,  OCTOBER 10 IS A SCHOOL HOLIDAY***

In ELA/Reading we are reading The Farmer and the Hat. This story's phonics lesson focuses on CVCe(long a). Grammar will deal with proper nouns.view these concepts with your child by:
-having your child write or say words that name things and then giving you a specific name for something.
i.e.:  school - Factory Shoals Elementary.
-having your child find words that name specific things while driving, shopping (noun hunt).
-having your child find long a CVCe words in magazines, newspapers, billboards, etc. and making a book with these new found words.

-making flashcards to read and repeat(spelling words, sight words, amazing words).

In Math, we will be focusing on addition.
*You can review these concepts with your child by:
-using a deck of cards to add two digit numbers and have your child find the sum.
-using food (cereal, cookies, macaroni noodles, spaghetti noodles, etc.) to have your child made addition sentences.
-using addtion flash cards to review addition facts ($1 at the Dollar Tree(proper noun :))
-utilizing xtramath.org

In Science, we will begin talking about light and sound. Social Studies will wrap up our unit on Folktales (Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Annie Oakley, and Davy Crockett)
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Important Dates
October 10 - No School
October 11 - Report Cards


October 7-14 - Scholastic Book Fair at FSES

This week's agenda and reminders 10/3

In ELA/Reading we are reading A Big Fish for Max. This story's phonics lesson focuses on the sounds produced by sh and th. Grammar will deal with nouns (naming words).
*You can review these concepts with your child by:
-having your child write or say words that name things.
-having your child cut out pictures from magazines that name things.
-having your child find words that name things while driving or shopping (noun hunt).
-having your child find sh and th words in magazines, newspapers, billboards, etc. and making a book with these new found words.

-making flashcards to read and repeat(spelling words, sight words, amazing words).

In Math, we will be focusing on 10 more and 10 less, 1 more and 1 less.
*You can review these concepts with your child by:
-using a deck of cards to form two digit numbers and have your child identify 10 more, 10 less, 1 more 1 less.
-using food (cereal, cookies, macaroni noodles, spaghetti noodles, etc.) have them count out 10 more, 10 less, 1 more, 1 less than a given amount.
-using pennies and dimes to show 10 more, 10 less, 1 more, 1 less.


In Science, we will continue with magnets. Social Studies will continue our unit on Folktales (Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Annie Oakley, and Davy Crockett)
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Important Dates
October 6 - Picture Day
October 7 - Fall Festival from 5:30-8
October 10 - No School
October 11 - Report Cards


October 7-14 - Scholastic Book Fair at FSES

This week's agenda and reminders 9/12

In ELA/Reading we are reading Get the Egg!. This story's phonics lesson focuses on short u and initial blends (ie, sm, st, sl, bl, fl, cr) . Grammar will deal with identifying and writing telling sentences.


*You can review these concepts with your child by:

-having your child tell or write you sentences with the purpose of giving information or making a statement.
-having your child find sort e words and words with initial blends in magazines, newspapers, billboards, etc. and making a book with these new found words.

-making flashcards to read and repeat.

In Math, we will be focusing on greater than, less than and equal to.
*You can review these concepts with your child by:

-comparing numbers in a deck of cards, money amounts, amounts of food, etc.

In Science, we will be continue with magnets. Social Studies will begin a new unit on Folktales (Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Annie Oakley, and Davy Crockett)

This week's agendas and reminders 9/6

In ELA/Reading we are reading The Fox and the Kit. This story's phonics lesson focuses on -s and -ing endings on action words. Grammar will deal with word order in sentences.
*You can review these concepts with your child by:
-writing verbs on index cards and having your child add -s and -ing endings
-writing out sentences, cutting them up and have your child put them in order

For Math, we will be focusing on place value to 50(some teacher may choose to go further for students ready for that concept)
*You can review these concepts with your child by:
-having them tell you which number is in the tens place and the ones place for numbers you see

In Science, we will be continue with magnets and Social Studies, will continue to focus on the five themes of geography.

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Important Dates to remember:

Tuesday, September 13 - Elementary School Early Dismissal (12:00 p.m.)

Thursday, September 15 - Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night at the Thornton Road location

This weeks agenda and reminders 8/29

In ELA/Reading we are reading The Big Blue Ox(p. 56-65). This story's phonics lesson focuses on short "o" and -s plurals. Grammar will deal with action parts of sentences.

For Math, we will be focusing on skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. We will also work more with numbers reviewing ordering, before, after and between as we target skipping on a number line (beginning addition and subtraction strategies).

In Science, we will be continue with magnets and Social Studies, will continue to focus on the five themes of geography.

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Friday is the kickoff of football season and Mr. Shadinger is allowing Factory Shoals students and teachers to wear apparel /colors of their favorite football team (recreational, high school, college, or pro). On this day he is also allowing us to wear baseball caps as long as they are team caps. Please help us show our school spirit by participating!

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Important Dates to remember for the week:

Thursday, September 1 - Spirit Night @ Texas Roadhouse (Chapel Hill Rd.)

Friday, September 2 - Progress Reports go home

Monday, September 5 - NO SCHOOL (Labor Day)

!!New Teacher!!

Due to low numbers in the county, we have had to shift teachers around to different schools in order to save jobs and lower class sizes that are too large. In doing this, first grade lost Mrs. Austin, but gained former fifth grade teacher Samantha Duke. We hope everyone is as excited as we are to have her on our team!

First Grade Team:
Kelly Barbe
Eleanor Billingsley
Samantha Duke
Ashley Lindeman
Andreah Summers

This weeks agenda and reminders 8/22

In ELA/Reading we are reading Pig in a Wig (p. 34-45). This story's phonics lesson focuses on short "i" and final "x". Grammar will deal with naming parts of sentences.
For Math, we will be working more with numbers reviewing ordering, before, after and between as we target skipping on a number line (beginning addition and subtraction strategies).
In Science, we will be continue with magnets and Social Studies, will continue to focus on the five themes of geography.
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The first Fundraiser of the year began on Thursday. Check your child's folders/bookbags for the Fundraiser packets and help support our schools PTA.
For a short video introduction to the fundraiser, check out this link: Believe Kids
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Important Dates to remember for the week:
Thursday, August 25 - PTA/Parent Grade Level meetings at 6:00pm

This Week's Agenda and Reminders

In ELA/Reading we are reading Sam, Come Back! (p. 14-23)
Our grammar lesson for the week deals with forming sentences.
Our phonics lesson will focus on short “a” and final “-ck”.
In Math, we will be working with numbers (ordering, before, after, between, etc.)
In Science, we will be learning about magnets.
In Social Studies, will dicuss the five themes of geography.

The music teacher, Ms. Cecere, has asked that each child bring in a folder for music. Please try and do so as soon as you can.

Upcoming Week

The week of August 8-12 is our first full week of school. During this time, your child's teacher will be assessing him or her to see where they are academically as we begin our school year. You should expect to see regular homework the following week (August 15th). Please take the time to sit down and go over things sent home with your child so that we, together, can ensure a successful first grade year!

Meet Your Child's Teacher!

On August 4, 2011, Douglas County will have its "Sneak-a-Peek" for the parents of Elementary Students. Feel free to drop by between 4-6pm to meet your child's teacher!

*First Grade Teachers*
Amy Austin
Kelly Barbe
Eleanor Billingsley
Ashley Lindeman
Andreah Summers

2011-2012 Supply List

First Grade Supply List

-2 boxes of 24 crayons

- 12 Glue Sticks

- 1 crayon box

- 3 plastic 3-prong folders with pockets (one with holes on the side)

- 1 - ½ in. Binder with 2 pockets

- Sheet protectors

- Clear/Clear Front Plastic Pencil Pouch with holes on the side

- 1 Primary Composition Notebook(these are the kind with half picture, half handwriting pages)

- 2 spiral notebooks

- Dry Erase Markers (you can purchase the generic brand at any dollar store)

- 2 packs of pencils

- 1 box each of sandwich and gallon zip lock bags

- 1 pair of scissors

- 2 containers of disinfectant wipes

- 1 bottle of hand sanitizer

- 2 boxes of Kleenex
-Headphones (Dollar General and Dollar Tree carry these)

- Band-aids