First Grade Yellow

Week of August 11-15
This week your child will be getting to know their new classmates.  The yellow pod teachers have planned many fun activities this week to review letters and sounds.  Your child will also be reviewing color words and number words to twenty.   Your child will also be reviewing and learning the school and classroom rules.


Reading:
Letters E-H will be reviewed this week.  The students will review these letter sounds and will practice writing each of these letters.  We will read poems and watch short videos about these letters.


Each day stories will be read to the students.  We will have discussions about the characters, plot, and the settings of each story. 


Math:
 Number words to 20 will be learned.  Students will be able to read, write, and match these numbers.  Color words will also be reviewed this week.  Students will be able to read the following words:
red, orange, purple, blue, green, black, brown, white, yellow, and pink.


Social Science:
All About Me- We will be learning about ourselves and our favorite things. 

Important Information:
Movie night for Aug. 15 has been cancelled.
Gotcha party kickoff will be Friday, Aug. 15 at 1:40 in the gym