The Ohl Olympiad
First Grade Edition
2016
Volume 17
January 4 – 8, 2016
What’s Happening?“
The story of the week is
Seasons. Please read the story
with your child on Thursday.
As we welcome the month of
January, we will begin our new
author study. Helen Lester will
keep us laughing as we meet her
unique characters and enjoy
their adventures.
MATH
Math lessons will be full of math
fact practice, along with place
value lessons involving 2-digit
numbers, dimes and pennies. We
will also be investigating “greater
than” > and “less than” <.
SPELLING
Lesson 13
Listed below are the words we
Student of the Week
Newsworthy Notes
Buddy will be spending the
holidays with Jack & Annie
in the Magic Tree House!
Lt. Tommy Ohl skyped our first graders
from Okinawa this morning to thank
them for all the beautiful cards they
made for him! It was an AWESOME
visit! We said the Pledge of Allegiance
with him and sang Jingle Bells together!
Day by Day
M – Teacher
Institute Day
No School for Students
T – Gym
W – Library/Music
Wear your “No Bullying”
t-shirt or the color
ORANGE
TH – Art/Gym
will be focusing on this week:
Words with: sh, wh, ph
ship
shop
which
when
whip
fish
shell
graph
High Frequency Words
down
fall
goes
green grow
new
open
yellow
F – Gym
Hot Lunch – Home Run Inn
Talent Show
Permission Slips Due
*Spelling homework due!
READING TEST
SPELLING TEST
We will be learning about penguins and
their home on the continent of
Antarctica. Together our class will
research the life in the frigid area of
Antarctica, along with how animals live
and where they find food!
A BIG thank you to our parent
volunteers for making our Winter
Party so much FUN for our first
grader!!!
Please continue to read with your first
grader over the break. Visit the Tinley
Park Public Library and check out some
books by authors that the kids have
enjoyed:
Eric Carle
Mo Willems
Jan Brett
Mary Pope Osborne
Cynthia Rylant
We are looking forward to beginning
2016 with lots of smiles and renewed
excitement!
Happy Holidays to
you and your
family!