December News

Newsletter for Ruby in Her Own Time-Spelling Test and Reading Test will be TUESDAY  Dec. 20th. 

We will be going on our field trip on Thursday Nov. 8th to see The Best Christmas Pagent Ever. I asked students at the end of the day to wear red.  This way it will be easier to keep our class together. 

Our reading test have changed with the new reading story.  As you can tell, these stories are longer and tougher.  The test has changed to 15 questions.  It will still have questions using the high frequency words at the beginning of the story and questions about the story.  The last 2 quesitons are in essay form.  For the first few test, I will give students a beginner statement to answer the question.  We also go over these throughout the week.  Please review the new format with your child.  Thanks. 

Graded papers will come home on Friday.  Please forgive me for returning them so late.  After being out Monday for sickness, the rest of the week has been very crazy. 

Spelling Test and Reading Test will be TUESDAY  Dec. 20th. 

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Hello and happy rain day!  Who would have thought we would have another day off so soon.  I was not able to get a newsletter typed up today before dismissal and know that many of you will be looking for our spelling words.  We will be working with the vowel sound of y.  Here are the words:

1.   my         7. cry

2.   by          8. lucky

3.   try          9. silly

4.   any        10. puppy

5.   body      11. things

6.   fly          12. always  

If by some chance we are out again tomorrow, it may be that we move the spelling test to next Monday.  I will let you know for sure.

Homework tonight: Students should read with you the story "An Egg is an Egg."  Please sign your child's Bee Book to say that they read.

Thank you so much for keeping up with what is going on in our classroom by reading this blog.  Be safe and enjoy the day off.

     

Newsletter for Honey Bees

Hello First Grade Families! Your students have been working so hard.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone's Turkey Projects!  I am also still looking for two parents who can send in tortillas to make teepees next Tuesday.  Click here for the Honey Bees Newsletter.   Keep up the great work!

Miss Snyder

Newsletter for Life in a Forest

Hey all!  It's November and we are moving fast!  Please check over the NEWSLETTER for spelling words and updates in reading and math.  Continue to review the math curriculum and encourage your child to do their best.   Thanks for all you do!!

Ms. Snyder

Pumpkin Book Reports

Pumpkin Book Reports- SOOOO impressed!!

GREAT JOB!!

Biscuit

If You Give a Cat a Cupcake

Newsletter for The Big Circle

Hi parents!  I hope you have had a great week.  The students have done a fantastic jobs on their pumpkin book reports.  Each students really knew their book well.  We will finish presentations on Monday.  (Please note that I have told the students that Monday will be a regular day for us.  Remind students that they must come to school ready to learn and work.)    Next week we will be reading The Big Circle.  Please click on the NEWSLETTER link for an extra copy.  Thanks for all you do! 

Parent Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, Nov. 2nd.  Students will not come to school on this day.  If you would like to meet with me, please contact the office.  Times can be scheduled between 1 and 6pm. 

Have a GREAT weekend!!
Ms. Snyder

Pumpkin Book Reports

Welcome back!  I hope everyone had a great and restful Fall Break.  I apologize for not  updating the website recently.  I am hoping to get back onto a regular schedule  This week each student has an individual trade book that they will be reading.  The students will be completing a book report in class.  They will identify the characters, setting, beginning, middle, and end.  Students will also be writing about their favorite part.  They will present their poster on Thursday and Friday to the class.  I have connected both the newsletter and an information sheet about the pumpkin book reports.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. 

This week I will also be getting students reading levels and hope to have them ready to share with you at parent teacher conferences.  Thanks for ALL you do!!!

Fall is in the Air

Hello families!  So glad you are reading this!  We have been working hard in 1st grade and are truly enjoying all we are learning.  This past week we talked about Johnny Appleseed, seasons, apples, and plants.  We worked on the short u sound and finding blends at the beginning and ends of words.  This next week we will be looking at the "th" and "sh" sounds.  We will also begin working on subtraction.  Please check out the newsletter for more information!  A Big Fish for Max Newsletter

A Grand Week Ahead!

Happy Birthday Johnny Appleseed!  On Monday, we will begin our week long celebration of seasons, apples, and weather.  We will be talking about how seasons and weather change throughout the year.  Friday, we will conclude our celebration with a taste testing party of various uses of apples.  Please look over the newsletter for items to send in.  Also on Friday we will wear pots on our head and pass out grass seed in honor of Johnny Appleseed.  Please send with your child a cooking pot to wear.

Also, this week we will be finishing up our study on animal habitats.  Students should pick an animal and design its habitat in a box (shoe box, cereal box, etc).  These should be brought to school no later than Thursday, Sept. 29th.  Students should also write one sentence to match their habitat.  More information is on the newsletter.  Animal Park Newsletter  

Again, thanks for keeping up with our class website.  I am truly enjoying your students and am seeing tremendous growth already!!!  Keep up the great work!

Ms. Snyder

Newsletter for Get the Egg!

Happy Friday!!  I hope you have a great week and it continues through the weekend.  Here is the newsletter  Get the Egg!

Please email me if you have any questions. snydera@rheacounty.org

Newsletter for A Fox and a Kit and other bits of information

Hey everyone!  Sorry I am posting this late.  Here is the newsletter for this week.  A Fox and a Kit Newsletter

This week we have many exciting events going on.  We went to the library on Monday to visit the Book Fair.  If you did not send in money and would like for your child to purchase a book, you can still send it in and they will go in the morning. 

We also have Grandparent's Day tomorrow.  We ask that only grandparents that signed up attend.  Grandparents are welcome to take their grandchild to the book fair too.

Finally, this week we have been Think Link testing.  This is a baseline test in first grade taken on the computer.  Students took the math portion this morning and will take the reading portion tomorrow.  This will give us an indication of their growth from the beginning to the end of the year. 

The Big Blue Ox Newsletter

We had a great week!  Enjoy your Labor Day weekend.

To find this week's newsletter click- The Big Blue Ox Newsletter

Graded test

Well, I must apologize.  I did work to grade the test from Friday and enter them into the computer yesterday.  (If you have powerschool, you can see those grades).  However, today it completely slipped my mind to send them home.  Please accept my apology and know that hopefully I will get back into the routine soon. Look for their graded papers tomorrow.  Thanks! 

Ms. Snyder

Newsletter for Pig in a Wig

Hello all!  I hope that everyone had a great weekend!  Mine was very busy, but wonderful.  I wanted to go ahead and share the newsletter for this week.  It can always be found on my Rhea County page or you can click on the following link- Newsletter for Pig in a Wig

Extra details- This week we will be reading several different versions of The Three Little Pigs.  On Friday we will be acting it out.  Check out these cool sites about this story.  The Three Little Pigs
The Three Little Pigs Audio   The Three Little Pigs interactive story

Have a great week!!

Tuesday's Tip

The Scott Foresman website just to the right, under Websites We Love, has many great resources.  One way for students to study spelling words while playing a game is in the Spelling Game section.  It already has the words for the week programmed in.  There are three different games to play.  This is a great way for students to become more familiar with the words in a fun way.  Check it out!  : )

Newsletter for Sam, Come Back!

Parents,
We had a great first week!  Here is the newsletter for the week.  I also sent home our schedule with your child and a copy of the spelling test format.  Thanks for all you do.  Have a great weekend. 

Newsletter for Sam, Come Back!

Parent Oreintation

Thank you so much to those who were able to attend tonight's parent oreintation.  I hope I was able to give you a look into what our year will look like.  If you were not able to attend, I will be sending home the packet we went over.  Please feel free to ask any questions you may have.  Thanks so much!

Parent Toolbox

Here is a link of links that a fellow blogger posted for parents.  I did not go through and read every link and suggestion, but thought it was interesting to share.  Check it out at http://www.teachingwithtlc.com/2011/02/parent-toolbox-1.html.

Monday Moments

We had a great Monday!  Students are quickly picking up on our routines.  I am excited to see our class coming together and learning about each other.

Tomorrow night we will have a First Grade Orientation Night.  This will be a time for parents to come and learn more about the ends and outs of First Grade.  I will be sharing lots of information about our reading series, spelling test, writing journals, and math standards.   Please note that moving from Kindergarten to First Grade is an important and sometimes difficult transition.  Please attend if possible.  

Welcome Back

Hi students and parents!!  It was so great meeting all of you today.  Thank you also for checking out our class website.  I hope to update this blog often with information about our class and upcoming events.  Let me know if you have any questions or would like to see more of something included on this blog.  I want it to be an easy and effective way for us to communicate.  Remember, you can always write me a note or email at snydera@rheacounty.org.   You can also call the school and leave a message on our classroom phone.  I will get call you back as soon as possible.  I'm excited about our class and the upcoming year!!! See you Friday!

Skidamarinky?

So, you may be wondering why in the world is this website called Skidamarinky Days in First Grade....Well, one of my favorite songs to sing with my students is the Skidamarink song.  Soon enough they will be able to sing it to you.

Registration

Welcome back!  Registration day will be Tuesday, Aug. 9th from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  I look forward to meeting all my new students for the year.  We are going to have a blast!!  Check out the post labeled calendar for upcoming events.  If you have any questions or concerns please email me at snydera@rheacounty.org.   Please pass this website along to fellow parents and guardians.  See you soon!!

Miss Snyder

First Grade Word List

The following list is the set of words students will be responsible to read by the end of the year.  Please work on these words with your child.  Remember they will be introduced throughout the year.   1st Grade High Frequency Words Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 on catch always about along way good become gives behind in no day enjoy eyes and put everything would never take want nothing worry pulled up be stays surprise toward get could things surprised door help old any colors loved use horse enough drew should eat paper ever over wood her live every sign among this  food own draw another too under sure great instead saw also were show none small new away found against tree some car once today your out does wild  built home people  oh mouth early into who before laugh learn many work wait touch science them down friends eight through   inside house moon answered   now our picture brothers   there school room carry   together very thought different   around afraid remember poor   find again stood kinds   grow few told heavy   water how because goes   family read across     other soon only     their done shoes       water dance       know open       push above       visit took       good-bye         right         won't

Kindergarten Sight Words

Kindergarten Word List

Please practice with your student these words.  It is very important that your child have these under their belt.  Flashcards, computer games, and pointing them out while reading a book are all good ways to review these words.  More strategies will be presented soon.  

1. red
2. cat
3. and
4. five
5. orange
6. look
7. I
8. seven
9. yellow
10. big
11. not
12. six
13. purple
14. me
15. is
16. nine
17. dog
18. the
19. eight
20. green
21. can
22. one
23. blue
24. run
25. white
26. black
27. three
28. has
29. at
30. brown
31. two
32. four
33. a
34. ten
35. zero
36. do
37. are
38. they
39. like
40. with
41. my
42. here
43. where
44. that
45. what
46. see
47. you
48. come
49. from
50. am
51. go
52. we
53. have
54. little
55. to
56. of

School Supply List

With school just around the corner and the stores filled with aisles and aisles of school supplies a list for our classroom is important. Please note the differences between this list and the county 1st grade list.

Miss Snyder’s 1^st Grade Supply List

Spring City Elementary School

· 6 pencils

· Safety Scissors- Fiskar Metal-no plastic blades

· 6 glue sticks

· 2 boxes of 24 regular sized Crayons- Crayola please

· 1 pack of dry erase markers (student use)

· 2 folders with pockets (the decorative shiny type)
· 1- 1 inch binder with front view pouch 

· Backpack- no roller style backpacks

· 1 instant hand sanitizer

· 1 box of Ziploc baggies-gallon

· 1 paper towel roll

· Clorox wipes

· gym shoes (white soles required)

***Reminder***

Please label all supplies with child’s name.

**Other items for class donation**

Cleaning supplies, pencil erasers, small treasure box items, Band-Aids, masking tape, dry erase markers, stickers, computer paper, pencils, electric pencil sharpener

Calendar

Welcome to 1st Grade

Welcome to Skidamarinky Days in First Grade. I hope this blog will provide you with great information and a little bit of fun for our first grade classroom.