Spelling test friday

Don't forget to study for this weeks spelling test. We have been working on spelling words with the short /o/ sound and the word families our spelling words belong to. Below are this weeks words along with some fun activities you can do at home with your child to prepare them for their test.

Spelling test #4

Short /o/ sound

1.  on
2. not
3. got
4. box
5. hot
6. top
7. pond
8. doll

Study tips:

• Have your child write the words 3 times each
• Write sentences with each word
• Write words in shaving cream on a plate
• Write words in pencil and trace over them in markers
• Word triangles - begin with one letter and on each line add a new letter
  
• For example:
  
  box                 got
  b                     g
  bo                   go
  box                 got

We got a package in the mail from ALASKA!!!

We opened our first letters from our pen pals in Alaska yesterday. The students were thrilled to see an envelope addressed to each of them. Their pen pals shared things they like to do and what the weather is like in Alaska (lots of snow).  The class and I have started talking about how we are going to respond to our pals and what should be included in our next letter. We created a bubble chart of the question they asked us and came up with many great things to share with our pals. Each students pen pal asked them what they like to do in Washington. As a class, we came up with: camping, fishing, hiking, playing at the park, swimming, getting ice cream, shopping, playing in the sprinkler, listening to music, riding bikes, and playing with our siblings outside. We will write our first draft on Monday and have our final draft ready to mail by Friday.

First grade prays for a safe drive as our fellow classmate and his family travel to their new home.

Goodbye Benjamin, Visitation will miss you! First grade created a memory scrapbook for Ben of his first grade year at Visitation so he wouldn't forget us. Each student created one page and wrote 1 or 2 things they liked about him. I included 5-6 pages of pictures of school activities. The book turned out really cute and he loved it!

Welcome to the WILD first grade!!!

Welcome to our new classroom website. I am very excited about being able to update parents, guardians, friends, and family on a daily basis about what is happening in our classroom. I will be posting exciting news, stories, and pictures of our class. Tune in for the next post about our wild adventures in first grade!