Grade One Gazette
January 7th-11th
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dear Parents,
Thank you for all of your generous gifts this Christmas. It is a blessing to
be working with each of your families. I am thankful for your showering
of appreciation, and pray that we can continue to serve our Lord together
in the New Year.
In His Service,
Ms. Kodel
Monday
Word of God (Ms. Dietrich)
Math
Reading
Language/Writing
Spelling
Science
Phy. Ed (Ms. Dietrich)
The Prophet Elijah – Lesson 47 /John 6:35a
Identifying odd and even numbers
Morning warm-up, Shared literature-“New Location”,
Phonemic awareness-Add phonemes –es, Word wall
words, and Reading assessments
Jingles, Classify practice sentences, and Intro singular and
plural nouns/Read-Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution
Writing-My Resolutions-1st draft
Endings –es, Plural -es
Investigating weather conditions/Record weather
observations on weather chart
Volleyball
Homework:
1) Bible History-Please read and discuss “The Prophet Elijah”
(Lesson 47-Old Testament ) with your child.
2)Memory Work – John 6:35a
3)Reading-Practice Word Wall Words-away, car, friends, house,
our, school, very
4)Book Buddy Bag
Please NoteWe will be taking the next two week for our reading story. This will
allow me to build in time to do individual end of the quarter reading
and math assessments with each student. Thus, the Decodable Readers
and the weekly reading story will be assigned on different nights than
usual. So please pay close attention to this within the next two weeks.
Tuesday
Word of God (Ms. Dietrich)
Math
Reading
Library
Language/Writing
Spelling
Science
Music (Ms. Dietrich)
The Prophet Elijah – Lesson 47/John 6:35b
Numbering a clockface/Showing time to the hour on a
clock
-Morning warm-up, Blend and sort words-Ending –es &
Plural –es, Word wall words, and Reading assessments
Weekly time in the school library
Jingles, Classify practice sentences, and Intro noun chart
for singular and plural nouns/Writing-Top 10 List of 2011
Endings –es, Plural -es
Continue- Investigating weather conditions/Record
weather observations on weather chart
Note review and instruments
Homework:
1)Memory Work – John 6:35b
2)Reading-Practice Word Wall Words-away, car, friends, house,
our, school, very
3)Book Buddy Bag
Reminder:
The first of our bimonthly hot lunches will be served tomorrow. We
will be having tacos, tater tots, fruit, and cinnamon and sugar churros.
If you have not paid for the year please bring $2.50 by tomorrow.
Wednesday
Word of God (Ms. Dietrich)
Math
Reading
Language/Writing
Open Circle
Spelling
Science
Phy. Ed (Ms. Dietrich)
Elijah and the Prophets of Baal – Lesson 48 /John 6:37
Adding 2 to an even number
Morning warm-up, Shared literature-“New Location”,
Review-Endings –es, Plural –es, Word wall words,
Decodable reader-“We See Pets”, and Reading
assessments
Packer acrostic poem-1st draft/Create Packer player
Read-Shubert’s Choice/Focus on integrity
Endings –es, Plural -es
The sun’s warmth/Record weather observations on
weather chart
Volleyball
Homework:
1)Bible History-Please read and discuss “Elijah and the Prophets of
Baal” (Lesson 48 ) with your child.
2)Memory Work – John 6:37
3)Reading-1)Decodable Reader-“We See Pets”
2)Practice Word Wall Words-away, car, friends, house,
our, school, very
4)Book Buddy Bag
Thursday
Word of God (Ms. Dietrich)
Math
Reading
Language/Writing
Spelling
Science
Music (Ms. Dietrich)
Elijah and the Prophets of Baal – Lesson 48/Matthew 4:10
Adding 2 to an odd number
Morning warm-up, Build back.-Growing and Changing-2
column chart-Change/Stay the Same, Listening
comprehension-Theme-Read aloud-“The First Ride”,
Word wall words, and Reading assessments
Packer acrostic poem-Final copy/Finish work on Packer
player
Ending –es, Plural -es
Continued-The sun’s warmth/Record weather
observations on weather chart
Note review and instruments
Homework:
1)Memory Work-Matthew 4:10
2)Reading- Practice Word Wall Words-away, car, friends, house,
our, school, very
3)Book Buddy Bag
Friday
Word of God (Ms. Dietrich)
Math
Reading
Weekly Reader
Naboth’s Vineyard - Lesson 49
Covering a design with pattern blocks/Sorting, counting,
and recording the pattern blocks used to cover the design
Morning warm-up, Shared literature-“New Location”,
Build concepts-Big book- Mr. George BakerRepetition/Build Oral Vocabulary, Phonemic awarenessBlend and segment onset/rime, Word wall words, and
Reading assessments
Welcome Back, President Obama
(Ms. Dietrich)
Spelling
Science
Art
Endings –es, Plural -es
Absorption of the sun’s heat/Record weather observations
on the weather chart
Wind-blown snowman
Homework:
1)Bible History-Please read and discuss “Naboth’s Vineyard”
(Lesson 49 ) with your child.
2)Book Buddy Bag
“Safe In God’s Hands”
based on Psalm 139:9-10
"If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me
fast."