The Ski Report
Here is what we are learning this week:
Language Arts
I can read short /o/ and plural –s words.
I can read Sight Words.
I can spell short /o/ words.
I can tell who the characters are in a story.
I can tell what the setting is in a story.
I can retell a story using pictures.
I can identify the genre of a text.
I can write a sentence with a capital at the beginning.
I can write a sentence with a period at the end.
I can write a story.
I can listen to others.
I can have a conversation with someone.
I can ask and answer questions.
Math
I can count objects.
I can write numbers in order.
I can use 10-frames correctly.
I can make combinations of 10.
I can add.
I can subtract.
I can solve Story Problems.
Science
I can tell what living things need in order to survive.
I can make observations and tell others about them.
Social Studies
I am a good citizen.
I can follow rules and tell why they are important.
I can be Respectful, Responsible, and Ready.
10/4-10/7
HW: Read for 20 minutes
Please return Just Right Bags every day.
Math Packets are due back Friday.
Poetry Folders go home Friday and come back Monday.
October
3 Homework Calendars Due
10/10-10/13 Book Fair
12 Conferences
13 No School
17 No School
18 Zoo Research Due
21 Pumpkin Science Day (Volunteers ) Likely
Apple Reward Day, too.
22 Harvest Party (Please take your pumpkin home
when you leave.)
24 Zoo Habitat Due
28 Come to School in Zoo Costume
Classroom Zoo 2:15, Classroom Store in AM
29 Bergen Bryan Scholarship Dinner
We will need pumpkins for 10/21. Please let me
know ASAP if you need me to provide one for you.
Just Right Bags
Our Just Right Bags are in our binders. They have duct tape across the top. These are used at school and at home.
These should always have the Sight Word Board your child is working on, the Spelling Cards your child has been
assigned, and a Just Right book your child has chosen from his/her leveled basket. These are based on the results of
their current tests. There are 4 leveled Spelling lists in our room. Students change Sight Word Boards as they pass
them and earn a snowflake. This week we are aiming for everyone to have completed the White Board (1A). We will
aim to complete 1B by the end of the Grading Period. They are called Sight Words because the student has to be
able to read them without sounding them out…within 3-5 seconds.
Classroom Zoo
Research should be very basic and simple to do. We will write reports at school using the information they gather.
If you need help with habitats or costumes, please let me know soon so I can start to plan and gather. The shoe box
diorama habitats are usually the most popular. Posters are fine, but can be difficult to share in the actual zoo.
Costumes can be as simple as a printed paper mask or as Pinterest Crazy as you want to get. This is will end up being
one of their favorite 1st Grade memories!
Thanks to everyone who has sent in snacks!
We have about two days left in the cupboard/fridge. They
have been very excited to get fruit, Gogurt, and cheese sticks!
Cheez Its and fruit snacks are also top picks. 
Classroom Store and Reward Day were a
big hit! Thanks to everyone who sent in
materials for this and to Mrs. Mumford
for the ice cream party!
Story of the Week: Big Blue Ox
HFW : help, use, get, from, little, blue
Test will be choosing the right word to complete a sentence.
Vocabulary Words :
town, mud, mop, fan
Test will be matching words or pictures.
Spelling Words
Level A: mop, ox, pop, mom, lock, rock, hot, got, hop, pot
Level B: drop, flop, rock, lock, hop, stop, got, spot, clock, box
Level C: drop, choppy, shop, clocks, rocks, flock, box, jog, spots, got
Tests will be on SpellingCity.com.
Phonics Skills for the Week: Short /o/ and plural -s
I should be able to read all of these words by the end of the week and come up with other rhyming words.
box cobs cots dogs dots fox hogs hop
hot jobs locks lot Tom not off on ox
crop pot pots rob flop rock rot top tot
tots socks stock shock Bob stop dock
spot drop plot fog frog clocks smog slot
Rob flocks robot **shop shot chop
topic crockpot tropical observation
Ask your child about our Reading Buddies.  We have met Spinner the Spider,
Rocky Raccoon, Questioning Owl, Lips the Fish, and Chunky Monkey! This week
we will meet Iggy the Inferring Iguana, Jabber the Parrot, Eagle Eye, and
Stretchy the Snake.