1st & 2nd Grade News
September 30, 2010
SHOW & TELL: A stuffed desert animal.
MEMORY VERSE: Always remember these commands I give you today. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and walk along the road. Talk about them when you lie down and when you get up. Deut. 6:6, 7 To be said October 1.
Spelling: Grade 2: made 10/1 their, bathtub, many, pigpen, backpack, bedtime, windmill, there, pancake, very, sunset 10/8 robot, helmet, plastic, cactus, blanket, button, rabbit, mitten, carrot, which, people, puppet 10/15 his, they, them, this, have, or, but, what, were, then, has, are 10/22 brushed, brushing, planted, planting, baked, baking, skated, skating, pecked, pecking, where, these
Spelling: Grade 1: 1st grade spelling won’t begin for a few weeks. We will be reviewing beginning and ending sounds as well as learning the vowel sounds in phonics before the formal spelling tests begin. Word Wall words so far this year: about, above, after. all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art, as, ask, at, baby, bath, be, because, bed, been, best, big, bird, black, books, boy, brother, bread, bright, but, by, call, can, can’t car, card, cat, caught, children, coat, city, come, could, dad, day, did, didn’t do, does, don’t, door, down, drink
Reading: Please continue encouraging your student to read each day. Some of the students have checked out more than 27 books so far this year.
Reading Calendar: The September reading is due on Friday morning, October 1!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
1st & 2nd Grade News
September 23, 2010
SHOW & TELL: A picture or model of a means of transportation.
MEMORY VERSE: Always remember these commands I give you today. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and walk along the road. Talk about them when you lie down and when you get up. Deut. 6:6, 7 To be said October 1. We’ll spend 2 weeks on this one as it’s longer.
Spelling: Grade 2: 9/24: patch, patches, stripe, stripes, glass, glasses, frog, frogs, would, could, make, made 10/1 their, bathtub, many, pigpen, backpack, bedtime, windmill, there, pancake, very, sunset 10/8 robot, helmet, plastic, cactus, blanket, button, rabbit, mitten, carrot, which, people, puppet 10/15 his, they, them, this, have, or, but, what, were, then, has, are 10/22 brushed, brushing, planted, planting, baked, baking, skated, skating, pecked, pecking, where, these
Spelling:
Grade 1: 1st grade spelling won’t begin for a few weeks. We will be reviewing beginning and ending sounds as well as learning the vowel sounds in phonics before the formal spelling tests begin. Word Wall words for this week: about, above, after. all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art, as, ask, at, baby, bath, be, because, bed, been, best, big, bird, black, books, boy, brother, bread, bright, but, by, call, can, can’t car, card, cat, caught, children, coat, city, come, could, dad, day, did, didn’t do, does, don’t, door, down, drink
Happy Birthday: Caleb will be 8 on September 26th. Happy Birthday Caleb
Reading: Please continue encouraging your student to read each day. Some of the students have checked out more than 20 books so far this year. Others are only at 6 or 7.
Timed Math: If your student is stuck on a timed math paper, maybe you could help at home with making flash cards out of index cards and practicing the facts he/she is having trouble with remembering. Each timed math paper repeats the same new combination many times in the 30 problems. If the student can’t remember the new fact it really slows him/her down.
Homework: Today the 2nd graders had a homework paper that involved coloring as well as writing the answers. If the paper was not completed when they walked in the door, they did not receive a sticker for completed work. Please remind your student to read ALL directions as well as put their name on the paper.
September 23, 2010
SHOW & TELL: A picture or model of a means of transportation.
MEMORY VERSE: Always remember these commands I give you today. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and walk along the road. Talk about them when you lie down and when you get up. Deut. 6:6, 7 To be said October 1. We’ll spend 2 weeks on this one as it’s longer.
Spelling: Grade 2: 9/24: patch, patches, stripe, stripes, glass, glasses, frog, frogs, would, could, make, made 10/1 their, bathtub, many, pigpen, backpack, bedtime, windmill, there, pancake, very, sunset 10/8 robot, helmet, plastic, cactus, blanket, button, rabbit, mitten, carrot, which, people, puppet 10/15 his, they, them, this, have, or, but, what, were, then, has, are 10/22 brushed, brushing, planted, planting, baked, baking, skated, skating, pecked, pecking, where, these
Spelling:
Grade 1: 1st grade spelling won’t begin for a few weeks. We will be reviewing beginning and ending sounds as well as learning the vowel sounds in phonics before the formal spelling tests begin. Word Wall words for this week: about, above, after. all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art, as, ask, at, baby, bath, be, because, bed, been, best, big, bird, black, books, boy, brother, bread, bright, but, by, call, can, can’t car, card, cat, caught, children, coat, city, come, could, dad, day, did, didn’t do, does, don’t, door, down, drink
Happy Birthday: Caleb will be 8 on September 26th. Happy Birthday Caleb
Reading: Please continue encouraging your student to read each day. Some of the students have checked out more than 20 books so far this year. Others are only at 6 or 7.
Timed Math: If your student is stuck on a timed math paper, maybe you could help at home with making flash cards out of index cards and practicing the facts he/she is having trouble with remembering. Each timed math paper repeats the same new combination many times in the 30 problems. If the student can’t remember the new fact it really slows him/her down.
Homework: Today the 2nd graders had a homework paper that involved coloring as well as writing the answers. If the paper was not completed when they walked in the door, they did not receive a sticker for completed work. Please remind your student to read ALL directions as well as put their name on the paper.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
1st & 2nd Grade News
September 15, 2010
SHOW & TELL: A picture or model of a horse.
MEMORY VERSE: When someone sins, he earns what sin pays—death. But God gives us a free gift—life forever in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
Spelling: Grade 2: 9/17: pets, cats, pigs, ducks, hogs, skunks, chicks, frogs, hens, dogs, cute, hide 9/24: patch, patches, stripe, stripes, glass, glasses, frog, frogs, would, could, make, made
Spelling: Grade 1: 1st grade spelling won’t begin for a few weeks. We will be reviewing beginning and ending sounds as well as learning the vowel sounds in phonics before the formal spelling tests begin. Word Wall words for this week: about, above, after. all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art, as, ask, at, baby, bath, be,
Happy Birthday: Conner will be 8 on September 17th. Happy Birthday Conner
Sympathy: We’re all sorry that Enoch broke his arm last week. It is still painful and the students are trying to remember not to bump into him. Everyone was happy that he was able to be back in class on Wednesday.
We’re happy that Weston’s arm is healing quickly and he’s out of his cast. Hopefully we will have no more broken bones this school year.
Reading: Our new Pathways book is Charlie Horse. Ask your student to tell you the story! This is the book we read together after worship time. Today we did a Story Map of the book. The children have learned what “swayback” means. Ask your student for a definition of that word.
Timed Math: Each day we do a 3 minute timed math paper. There are 30 problems on the paper. If a student does not complete the paper in the 3 minutes an L is put on the paper. Even if he/she gets all the problems correct it still needs to be repeated the next day until speed is increased. If mistakes are made on the paper, the same paper will be repeated the following day. Each student moves on to the next level paper as he/she is ready. The goal for the 1st graders is to do all the addition and subtraction facts to 10 during this year. The second graders are starting where they finished last year. When the 11-18 concepts are finished the 2nd graders will move on to multiplication. One of the 2nd graders was working on the 2nd grade computation last year so this year he is doing the timing in 2 minutes instead of 3.
September 15, 2010
SHOW & TELL: A picture or model of a horse.
MEMORY VERSE: When someone sins, he earns what sin pays—death. But God gives us a free gift—life forever in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
Spelling: Grade 2: 9/17: pets, cats, pigs, ducks, hogs, skunks, chicks, frogs, hens, dogs, cute, hide 9/24: patch, patches, stripe, stripes, glass, glasses, frog, frogs, would, could, make, made
Spelling: Grade 1: 1st grade spelling won’t begin for a few weeks. We will be reviewing beginning and ending sounds as well as learning the vowel sounds in phonics before the formal spelling tests begin. Word Wall words for this week: about, above, after. all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art, as, ask, at, baby, bath, be,
Happy Birthday: Conner will be 8 on September 17th. Happy Birthday Conner
Sympathy: We’re all sorry that Enoch broke his arm last week. It is still painful and the students are trying to remember not to bump into him. Everyone was happy that he was able to be back in class on Wednesday.
We’re happy that Weston’s arm is healing quickly and he’s out of his cast. Hopefully we will have no more broken bones this school year.
Reading: Our new Pathways book is Charlie Horse. Ask your student to tell you the story! This is the book we read together after worship time. Today we did a Story Map of the book. The children have learned what “swayback” means. Ask your student for a definition of that word.
Timed Math: Each day we do a 3 minute timed math paper. There are 30 problems on the paper. If a student does not complete the paper in the 3 minutes an L is put on the paper. Even if he/she gets all the problems correct it still needs to be repeated the next day until speed is increased. If mistakes are made on the paper, the same paper will be repeated the following day. Each student moves on to the next level paper as he/she is ready. The goal for the 1st graders is to do all the addition and subtraction facts to 10 during this year. The second graders are starting where they finished last year. When the 11-18 concepts are finished the 2nd graders will move on to multiplication. One of the 2nd graders was working on the 2nd grade computation last year so this year he is doing the timing in 2 minutes instead of 3.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
1st & 2nd Grade News
September 9, 2010
SHOW & TELL: A Bible verse about things that grow.
MEMORY VERSE: The Father has loved us so much! He love us so much that we are called children of God. 1 John 3:1
Spelling: Grade 2: 9/10: drip, trip, nest, blend, drink, bank, when, that, this, shell, cone, what 9/17: pets, cats, pigs, ducks, hogs, skunks, chicks, frogs, hens, dogs, cute, hide 9/24: patch, patches, stripe, stripes, glass, glasses, frog, frogs, would, could, make, made
Spelling: Grade 1: 1st grade spelling won’t begin for a few weeks. We will be reviewing beginning and ending sounds as well as learning the vowel sounds in phonics before the formal spelling tests begin. Word Wall words for this week: about, above, after. all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art
Update on the Family Picture: Please send a picture of your family for use on our classroom bulletin board. Thanks! I have only 8 pictures so far! Thanks to the 8 students who have brought yours in.
New Revised Class Enrollment: There are 11- 2nd graders, 8- 1st graders and 4- K-1 students in our classroom. The K-1 students join us at 11:40 Monday through Thursday. (A new student joined us on Tuesday, September 7—Jordan in 1st Grade)
Reading: I’m encouraging each student to check out a new book every day to take home and read in the evening. Some students have been forgetting to return their book, thus they can’t check out a new one until the previous checked-out book is back in the classroom. If a book is lost, the cost is $4.00 to pay for the book and be reinstated in the good graces of the book check-out system. (The price used to be $3.00, but if you’d noticed lately the cost of books has been climbing!)
Happy Birthday: Belated birthday greetings to Andrew who turned 6 on August 27 and Claudia who turned 6 on September 4. In the coming week Rylee will be 7 on September 12, followed by Conner’s 8th birthday on September 17.
September 9, 2010
SHOW & TELL: A Bible verse about things that grow.
MEMORY VERSE: The Father has loved us so much! He love us so much that we are called children of God. 1 John 3:1
Spelling: Grade 2: 9/10: drip, trip, nest, blend, drink, bank, when, that, this, shell, cone, what 9/17: pets, cats, pigs, ducks, hogs, skunks, chicks, frogs, hens, dogs, cute, hide 9/24: patch, patches, stripe, stripes, glass, glasses, frog, frogs, would, could, make, made
Spelling: Grade 1: 1st grade spelling won’t begin for a few weeks. We will be reviewing beginning and ending sounds as well as learning the vowel sounds in phonics before the formal spelling tests begin. Word Wall words for this week: about, above, after. all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art
Update on the Family Picture: Please send a picture of your family for use on our classroom bulletin board. Thanks! I have only 8 pictures so far! Thanks to the 8 students who have brought yours in.
New Revised Class Enrollment: There are 11- 2nd graders, 8- 1st graders and 4- K-1 students in our classroom. The K-1 students join us at 11:40 Monday through Thursday. (A new student joined us on Tuesday, September 7—Jordan in 1st Grade)
Reading: I’m encouraging each student to check out a new book every day to take home and read in the evening. Some students have been forgetting to return their book, thus they can’t check out a new one until the previous checked-out book is back in the classroom. If a book is lost, the cost is $4.00 to pay for the book and be reinstated in the good graces of the book check-out system. (The price used to be $3.00, but if you’d noticed lately the cost of books has been climbing!)
Happy Birthday: Belated birthday greetings to Andrew who turned 6 on August 27 and Claudia who turned 6 on September 4. In the coming week Rylee will be 7 on September 12, followed by Conner’s 8th birthday on September 17.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
1st & 2nd Grade News
September 2, 2010
SHOW & TELL: A picture or model of a farm animal.
MEMORY VERSE: The Lord is our God. He is the only Lord. Deut. 6:4
Spelling: Grade 2: 9/3: fat, cat, web, red, hot, not, lip, fix, sun, fun, bike, plane 9/10: drip, trip, nest, blend, drink, bank, when, that, this, shell, cone, what 9/17: pets, cats, pigs, ducks, hogs, skunks, chicks, frogs, hens, dogs, cute, hide 9/24: patch, patches, stripe, stripes, glass, glasses, frog, frogs, would, could, make, made
Spelling: Grade 1: 1st grade spelling won’t begin for a few weeks. We will be reviewing beginning and ending sounds as well as learning the vowel sounds in phonics before the formal spelling tests begin. Word Wall words for this week: about, above, after, all, am
Family Picture: Please send a picture of your family for use on our classroom bulletin board. Thanks! I have only 3 pictures so far!
Revised Class Enrollment: There are 11- 2nd graders, 7- 1st graders and 4- K-1 students in our classroom. The K-1 students join us at 11:40.
Reading: I’m encouraging each student to check out a new book every day to take home and read in the evening. Please remind your student to return his/her book the next morning so another book can be checked out. When a student has read 50 books, he/she will receive a $5 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble.
Reading Calendar: Today you are receiving the September Calendar. Please record your student’s reading minutes for each day and turn it in at the end of the month.
Hot Lunch Calendar: Mrs. Shearer sends out a hot lunch calendar each month. Remember hot lunch is $3.00 per meal. The students need to sign up for lunch in the morning when entering the school.
Student Teacher: Some of you have not formally met our student teacher, Stacy Bennett. She is a senior elementary education major at Walla Walla University. She will be working in our classroom until the middle of December. It is an honor to be able to provide a place for her to gain experience. We benefit from having her help and enthusiasm.
Labor Day: Remember there is no school on Monday, September 6, as we celebrate the Labor Day holiday. Have a great weekend with your family.
September 2, 2010
SHOW & TELL: A picture or model of a farm animal.
MEMORY VERSE: The Lord is our God. He is the only Lord. Deut. 6:4
Spelling: Grade 2: 9/3: fat, cat, web, red, hot, not, lip, fix, sun, fun, bike, plane 9/10: drip, trip, nest, blend, drink, bank, when, that, this, shell, cone, what 9/17: pets, cats, pigs, ducks, hogs, skunks, chicks, frogs, hens, dogs, cute, hide 9/24: patch, patches, stripe, stripes, glass, glasses, frog, frogs, would, could, make, made
Spelling: Grade 1: 1st grade spelling won’t begin for a few weeks. We will be reviewing beginning and ending sounds as well as learning the vowel sounds in phonics before the formal spelling tests begin. Word Wall words for this week: about, above, after, all, am
Family Picture: Please send a picture of your family for use on our classroom bulletin board. Thanks! I have only 3 pictures so far!
Revised Class Enrollment: There are 11- 2nd graders, 7- 1st graders and 4- K-1 students in our classroom. The K-1 students join us at 11:40.
Reading: I’m encouraging each student to check out a new book every day to take home and read in the evening. Please remind your student to return his/her book the next morning so another book can be checked out. When a student has read 50 books, he/she will receive a $5 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble.
Reading Calendar: Today you are receiving the September Calendar. Please record your student’s reading minutes for each day and turn it in at the end of the month.
Hot Lunch Calendar: Mrs. Shearer sends out a hot lunch calendar each month. Remember hot lunch is $3.00 per meal. The students need to sign up for lunch in the morning when entering the school.
Student Teacher: Some of you have not formally met our student teacher, Stacy Bennett. She is a senior elementary education major at Walla Walla University. She will be working in our classroom until the middle of December. It is an honor to be able to provide a place for her to gain experience. We benefit from having her help and enthusiasm.
Labor Day: Remember there is no school on Monday, September 6, as we celebrate the Labor Day holiday. Have a great weekend with your family.
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