Dec. 10-14

We will read The Polar Express this week.
We will also watch the movie on Thursday.
Don't forget to wear your pajamas!

No new spelling words this week.

Dec. 3-7

Catch Me If You Can, I'm the Gingerbread Man!
We will be reading various stories about the Gingerbread Man.

This week's spelling words:
fix
fixes
kiss
kisses
bus
buses
class
classes
wish
wishes

Play a spelling game at this site:
http://www.spellingcity.com/hangmouse-kids-hangman-online.html?listId=2303742

Nov. 26-30

Welcome back!
We will read a story this week entitled, "Where Are My Animal Friends?"
It is about animals preparing for the winter.

Our spelling words are:
Spelling Words


bigger

biggest

faster

fastest

sadder

saddest

shorter

shortest

slower

slowest

Election results!

The results are in from our class election.
Barack Obama won in a landslide victory!

Nov. 5-9

It's Election Time!!!
Our class will hold its own mock election on Tuesday.
We will post our results.
It will be interesting to see if our results reflect the voice of the national vote.

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

 

Oct. 29-Nov. 2

We will use this week to review many of the concepts we have learned in 1st grade.
Our spelling words will be taken from previous weeks' word lists.

October 15-18

We will read lots of books this week about pumpkins because we want to get pumped up for the Pumpkin Patch trip on Thursday!
This week's spelling words are:
use
tube
cube
June
cute
rule
rude
mule
flute
huge

October 8-12

We will read a story about dinosaurs entitled, "The Big Circle."
Our spelling words are:
home
hose
joke
rose
bone
stone
hope
those
woke
rode

October 1-5

We are going to learn all about weather this week!

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

September 24-28

Happy Fall!
We will be reading a story this week about students who put on a play at school.  It is entitled "Farmer in the Hat."
This week's spelling words are:
cake
age
make
made
name
late
safe
face
cage
take

Sept. 10-14

Our story for this week is entitled "Who Works Here?''
It is about community helpers.
Spelling words for this week are:
bed
men
red
step
ten
leg
net
jet
sled
wet

September 4-7

Student pictures will be taken this Thursday!
Put on your best smile because these photos will be used for the yearbook.

We will be learning about George Washington this week.
Our spelling words are:
nut
rug
run
cut
must
bump
sun
up
jump
bus
June
cute

August 27-31

Our class will conduct a book study using "The Keeping Quilt" as our story.
It is about keeping alive family traditions.  If you have any family traditions you would like to share with our class, please post a comment. We would love to hear about your family!

This week's spelling words are:
pot
hop
hot
lock
ox
mom
pop
rock
got
mop
home
nose

August 20-24, 2012

We will read a story entitled Swimmy.
Our spelling words are:
in
it
pin
mix
sit
did
lip
fix
wig
bike
time

Welcome To First Grade!

This year is off to a great start.
Our first story we will be reading is entitled Chrysanthemum.
Here are this week's spelling words:
am
at
back
bat
can
dad
cat
mad
ran
sack
name
came

April 30-May 4

This week's spelling words are:
oil
point
voice
soil
boil
coin
oink
boy
joy
toy

TCAP testing!

April 23-27
Don't forget our robots are due by Wednesday!
We will complete our TCAP tests this week.
There will be no regular spelling or vocabulary words.
Please make sure your child is at school everyday, and on time.
We will resume our regular schedule next week.

April 10-13

Our story this week is entitled "Simple Machines."
The vocabulary words are:
against, goes, kinds, heavy, today.

The spelling words are:
oil
soil
voice
point
boil
coin
oink
toy
boy
joy

April 2-5

We are reading a story entitled "Dot and Jabber."
This week's vocabulary words are:
instead, among, another, none.

This week's spelling words:
look
took
book
foot
good
noon
zoo
pool
food
moon

March 19-23

This week's story is entitled "Mole and the Baby Bird."
The vocabulary words are:
loved, should, would, door.

Spelling words:
mouth
house
found
our
out
cloud
ouch
shout
round
count

March 12-16

We are reading a story entitled "Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!"
The vocabulary words for this week are:
along, eyes, pulled, behind, never, around.

This week's spelling words are:
clown
frown
crowd
how
town
down
brown
cow
now
growl

Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2012

Our story for this week is entitled "Peter's Chair."
The focus vocabulary words are:
picture, room, thought, remember, stood.

Spelling words are compound words:
inside
bluebird
brainstorm
backpack
outside
baseball
lunchbox
herself
flashlight
suitcase

February 21-24.

We will read a story entitled "Mr. Bones, Dinosaur Hunter."
This week's spelling words are:
snow
pillow
yellow
blow
row
boat
coat
road
loaf
soap

Stuart School Food Drive

We are currently collecting food for The Caring Place.
Please send non-perishable food to help feed our community.

Jan. 30 - Feb. 3

This week's story is entitled Mama's Birthday Present.
Our vocabulary words are:
about, enjoy, surprise, worry, give, would
Our spelling words contain the long a sound.
mail
rain
train
afraid
tail
day
gray
way
may
play