Thursday, July 28, 2011

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 1Unit 2Unit 3Unit 4Unit 5
oncatchalwaysaboutalong
waygoodbecomegivesbehind
innodayenjoyeyes
andputeverythingwouldnever
takewantnothingworrypulled
upbestayssurprisetoward
getcouldthingssurpriseddoor
helpoldanycolorsloved
usehorseenoughdrewshould
eatpapereveroverwood
herliveeverysignamong
this foodowndrawanother
tooundersuregreatinstead
sawalsowereshownone
smallnewawayfoundagainst
treesomecaroncetoday
youroutdoeswild built
homepeople ohmouthearly
intowhobeforelaughlearn
manyworkwaittouchscience
themdownfriendseightthrough
 insidehousemoonanswered
 nowourpicturebrothers
 thereschoolroomcarry
 togetherverythoughtdifferent
 aroundafraidrememberpoor
 findagainstoodkinds
 growfewtoldheavy
 waterhowbecausegoes
 familyreadacross 
 othersoononly 
 theirdoneshoes 
  waterdance 
  knowopen 
  pushabove 
  visittook 
  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

Sunday, July 24, 2011

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 1st 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

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

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.