Welcome back to school!

We are ready to start the second half of our school year.
See you on Thursday, January 5th!

Nov. 28-Dec. 2

We will read a story entitled "Ruby In Her Own Time."
The spelling woreds are:
bank
blank
bring
pink
rink
sunk
trunk
rang
sang

Nov. 14-18

This week's story is entitled "An Egg is an Egg."
It is about how things change.
The vocabulary words for this week are:
always, day, become, everything, stays, nothing, things.

Spelling words:
my
by
try
fly
cry
any
body
lucky
silly
puppy

Nov. 7-12

We are reading a story about honey bees this week.
Our vocabulary words are:
also, other, family, new, their, some

Spelling words:
be
he
me
she
we
feet
tree
green
week
see

Try this spelling game: Hangmouse

Oct. 31-Nov. 3

Starting this week, your child will be tested on the spelling of some our weekly vocabulary words.
This week's vocabulary words are:
around, find, grow, food, under, water
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As a reward, I will tell you I will use the words find and water as spelling words this week.

This week's spelling words are:

cute

flute

huge

June

rule

rude

tube

use

cube

mule

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Try these games: Spelling City

Oct. 17-21

We will be reading a story about dinosaurs.
This week's vocabulary words are:
down, inside, there, now, together.

This week's spelling words are:
hose
joke
stone
rose
home
hope
woke
those
bone
rode

Oct. 10-14

It's T-shirt time at Stuart School!
This will be the only time to order a perfectly purple class
T-shirt. The cost is $6.

We are reading a story entitled "Who Works Here?"
It is about community helpers.
This week's vocabulary words are:
live, people, out, who, work

This week's spelling words are:
like
ride
smile
time
white
bike
dime
hide
kite
ice
Try this spelling game: Hangmouse

Oct. 3-6

There will be no school on Friday.
Teachers are scheduled to have staff development meetings.

Our story for this week is entitled: "The Farmer in the Hat."
Our vocabulary words are:
old horse could be paper

This week's spelling words:
name
face
made
age
safe
take
make
cage
cake
late
Try this spelling game: Hangmouse

Family Math Night!!!!

Come join us at Stuart School on Thursday night to enjoy some cool math activites.
Activities include Action Fractions, Angling for Distance and Measurement Mania.
Parents must accompany their children.
Sorry no drop-offs.

Sept. 26- 30

We will be reading a story entitled "A Big Fish for Max."

This week's spelling words are:
ship
fish
then
shut
with
rush
shell
shop
trash
thin

Try this link to some spelling games: Hangmouse

Great job on the Dioramas!!!!

Everybody did a fabulous job on their animal habitats!

Sept. 19-23

Our spelling words for this week are the following high frequency words:
and way use this have
saw your like them her

Sept. 12-16

This week's story is a non-fiction story about an animal reserve.
The focus vocabulary words are:
home into many them

Our spelling words contain the short u sound:
bus
bump
cut
jump
must
rug
nut
run
sun
up
Try this spelling game: Hang Mouse

Don't forget Scholastic book orders are due by Sept. 28th.
You can order online if you so desire.

Dioramas

We have been learning about animals and their habitats.
Your child can make a diorama depicting an animal habitat.
Be sure to include animals, plants and land forms.
Everyone is very excited about this project!

Sept. 6-9

Fall pictures will be taken on Thursday, Sept. 8th.
Photo packages are available on a prepaid basis only!

Students will be able to purchase ice cream from the cafeteria on Tuesdays only.
Students are asked to eat their lunch before eating the ice cream.

We are beginning our subtraction study this week.
Help your child practice basic subtraction facts.

Spelling
This week's words contain the short e sound.
men
net
red
sled
bed
step
ten
leg
jet
wet

Aug. 29-Sept. 2

We are continuing to practice our addition skills. Please help your child learning basic addition facts through 5.
(1 + 1 = 2, 3 + 2 = 5, 2 + 2 = 4, etc.)
Our story for this week is entitled "A Fox and a Kit."
The focus vocabulary words are:
eat, this, her, to.
This week's spelling words are:
nap
naps
sit
sits
win
wins
fit
fits
hit
hits

Aug. 22-26

This week's story is entitled "The Big Blue Ox."
Here are the spelling words for this week:
got
hop
hot
lock
mom
mop
ox
pop
pot
rock

In Math, we will learn to add.
In science, we will discuss living and non-living things.

Proof of Residency

Please remember to send a current proof of residency to school by Friday, Aug.19th.

Aug.23-27

We are reading a story about a pig.
It is entitled "Pig in a Wig."
The focus vocabulary words are:
and
take
up
Our target sound for this week is the short /i/ sound.
This week's spelling words are:
in
it
did
sit
six
fix
lip
mix
pin
wig

Welcome to the new school year!

We are going to learn lots of exciting things in First Grade this year.
To get started here is a list of our spelling words for this week:

am
at
back
bat
can
dad
cat
mad
ran
sack

This week's spelling words

mouth house found our out cloud ouch shout round count

Great News!!

Our class chair was auctioned at the Chair-ries Jubilee Art Auction. It brought in $30 for art projects in our school system.

Spring Break begins next week (Mar. 21-25)

Our story this week is entitled "Tippy Toe Chick Go!"
Spelling words are:
cow
how
brown
clown
growl
frown
crowd
town
down
now

We will read a Henry and Mudge story this week.
It is about the adventures of a boy and his large, lovable dog.

This week's spelling words are:

nicely
sadly
quickly
slowly
gladly
wonderful
careful
playful
useful
painful

Try playing this game: Hangmouse

Spelling words for this week are:

nicely
slowly
quickly
sadly
gladly
wonderful
careful
useful
painful
playful

Happy birthday Dr. Seuss!

Don't forget to bring a Dr. Seuss book to school on Wednesday.
Make sure your child's name is clearly marked in the book.

This week's spelling words are:

right
light
night
might
high
bright
tight
tie
lie
pie

Try this spelling game: Hangmouse

Spelling words for Mr. Bones, Dinosaur Hunter

boat
road
loaf
coat
soap
snow
row
blow
yellow
pillow

Try this game to practice your spelling words: Hangmouse

Try this spelling game to practice this week's words: Hangmouse

Spelling words for week of Feb. 7-10th

beach
eat
clean
lean
team
sea
each
please
treat
dream

Snow! Snow! Snow!