First Grade Home Page
By Shannon Rodriguez
"The whole world opened to me when I learned to read."
-Mary McLeod Bethune
Spelling Words
Adventure 17 Lessons 6-10
1. handed
2. started
3. asked
4. picked
5. rolled
6. mailed
7. sport
8. fork
9. sort
10. torch
11. way
12. use
13. find
14. only
Saxon Math Lesson Plans
Monday: Lesson 133- Representing Numbers to 500 Using Pictures
Tuesday: Lesson 134- Writing Addition and Subtraction Fact Families/Subtraction Facts: 7-3,7-4,8-3,8-4
Wednesday: Lesson 135- Subtraction facts: Minuends Greater than 10
Thursday: Math Review Activities
Friday: Test 135
First Grade Daily Schedule
| 7:45-8:00 | Daily Language Review |
| 8:00-8:45 | Writer's Workshop |
| 8:45-11:15 | Reading Block (LA/G.U.M. Writing) |
| 11:20-12:05 | Lunch/Recess |
| 12:15-12:35 | Math Meeting/Lesson |
| 12:35-1:40 | Math Block |
| 1:45-2:30 | PE/Art/Music/Tech |
| 2:35- 3:20 | Conplete math/Science/Social Studies/Dismissal |
*Daily conference time: 1:45-2:30 p.m.
Build your imagination!
Spelling Homework Schedule
Monday: Write each word 5 times.
Tuesday: Write one sentence for each word (on notebook paper).
Wednesday: Write the spelling word and 3 rhyming words beside it. (example: cat - fat, mat,hat)
Thursday: Put words in alphabetical order.
Friday: Spelling test!
*Spelling homework due Tuesday-Friday mornings.
Conduct Folders
*Conduct folders (red folder) will be sent home on Thursdays. Please sign and return folder on Fridays.
Home Reading Folders
*Home Reading (yellow folder): Students are required to read 5 nights a week for 20 minutes each night. Record the student's reading on the calendar in this folder. The signed folders are due every Friday morning.
Read 5 nights = 100 daily grade
Read 4 nights= 80 daily grade
Read 3 nights= 60 daily grade
Read 2 nights= 40 daily grade
Read 1 night= 20 daily grade
Testing Schedule
* Spelling tests are given each Friday.
* Saxon Math tests are given each Friday.
SRA Reading tests are given each Friday.
First Grade School Supply List
2012-2013
30 No. 2 Pencils (Ticonderoga brand last longest)
4 Glue sticks
1 Dura sharp or Fiskar Scissors (please label)
6 Plastic pocket folders with brads: 1- yellow, 1- purple, 1- red, 1- blue, 2- green
1 5"X8" clear plastic school box
4 Boxes of 24 crayons - Basic Primary colors (No JUMBO BOXES or 48 or 64 count)
1 Eraser - large (Yikes brand works well) - NO pencil top erasers
1 Box of 8 crayola markers (washable)- Large
1 Container of Clorox Wipes
1 Clipboard (standard size) - No plastic clipboards (they break easily)
1 Spiral notebook (one-subject, 120 pages, wide rule)
1 Highlighter
1 Large bottle of Elmer's glue
3 packages of wide rule notebook paper
2 boxes of Kleenex
$1.00 for computer earbuds
Please DO NOT label ANY of your child's supplies** (except scissors)
Please put student's name on all coats, jackets, sweater, lunch pails and backpacks.
Teacher e-mail:
| Mrs. Harvey |
| Mrs. McElroy |
| Mrs. Rodriguez |
| Mrs. Sprague |
