Weekly Spelling List -
All of the students will be working on the same list this week.

Phonetic List - Vowel Teams - oa, oe, ow
goat
road
croak
foe
toe
crow
flow
now
how
cow

Reading - This week we continue to work on word families in word work.  Two reading groups worked together to create a puppet show.  I am doing sight word checks this week.  I'm just about finished.  Then I will start another round of running records for the end of this trimester. 

Religion - This week we will be practicing for our mass on February 22nd.  Please practice with your children at home as well.  We went over to church today to practice.  We will go to church again tomorrow - and possibly one last run through on Wednesday.  This is first grade's last mass of this school year.  

Phonics - We are learning about the long o vowel teams.  Our new vowel teams are oa-boat, oe-toe, ow-snow and ow-plow.  The last vowel team , -ow, has two sounds we are learning.  We are finishing up our unit on closed syllables.

Writing - The students continue to write!  :)  After working on the steps of writing, they love to share their work!

Math - We are working on adding two digit numbers together.  We have been using dimes and pennies.  We have been making store receipts and going shopping.  :)  Then we've been adding the totals together.  So far our book has us adding two digit numbers vertically without carrying.  We have also shown, though, how to carry a number over when adding two digit numbers.

On Valentine's Day we did a fun graphing activity in math with candy hearts.  The activity was a hit!

Science - Our solids and liquids unit is halfway over.  We have moved from solids to liquids.  So far we worked with water and glue.  Tomorrow we will be adding shampoo and vegetable oil.  We will be exploring the solids with our senses (except taste!)  We have learned about transparent vs. opaque liquids.  

Social Studies - Today was President's Day.  We read a Scholastic News about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  We learned a few facts about presidents and the White House.  We have a poster of all the presidents that is currently a very popular item.  :)  We also have multiple president / White House / Washington DC books that are a hit right now.  

Read-Aloud - We are currently reading the book Flat Stanley.

Here are a few more fun photos from the week!

Have a great week!