First Grade News Week of April 28, 2025
We are doing our end of the year and end of the unit testing activities, Please make sure your child is well rested for this action packed week!
ELA & Reading: Students are preparing a skit in which they will persuade the audience that their chosen season is the best all year long!
Spelling: We are working on the short u sound to finish out the year. This can be spelled with oo and u.
Phonics: We are learning about the consonant /le/ syllable type and will review all syllable types from midweek on.
Math: Unit 12 involves using numbers to 120 in various ways of counting.
Mobymax Challenge: Congratulations to our students who received their certificates already for math facts! Our goal is to make 100% on Mobymax fact fluency for BOTH addition & subtraction by the end of the year. Reach out to me if you need to borrow some flash cards.
Remember you can always order from Scholastic Book Club using the first-grade class code: YRWZB
Important Dates:
The Earth Day Balloon visit was postponed until this week.
We will be touring and learning about the new firetruck on Friday afternoon.
REAL FAMILY NIGHT on Tuesday from 5:00 - 6:30, come enjoy some games and refreshments with your student!
Please notify the office by 3:15 if you have a change in transportation for your child.
Spelling List - Unit 5-6 short u
book
shook
good
stood
full
pull
push
put
High Frequency words to spell:
through
another
High Frequency Words:
mother
father
another
through
picture
Week 5-5
years
warm
world
today
should
Week 5-4
only
learn
move
house
eight
Week 5-3 review
sentence
off
open
because
laugh
Week 5-2 review
once
done
water
wash
upon
Week 5-1 to review:
people
would
write
about
buy