Trucking into First Grade
Spelling Reading Math Writing/SS/Science
Spelling
Each week we have five words for spelling that are typically read and written by first graders. We also have one word family each week, to help us learn word patterns. Below is the lists for each week. Make sure you practice practice practice!
Homework packets are due every Friday before we take the test
*Dates are approximate because they are from the 2009-2010 School Year
Week 1
am at I is the
ham dam jam ram yam
Week 2
can go like my see
fan man pan ran van
Week 3
on and want we in
band hand land sand stand
here to who not me
cot dot got pot spot
have what he are his
dog hog jog log frog
do for said you get
bet jet net pet wet
they did but quit animal
cut hut nut rut shut
where look of it eat
bit hit fit pit spit
why some will had all
bill fill pill hill grill
him fun has children come
bun run sun spun stun
your friend girl play she
bell fell sell tell shell
car down us up big
dig jig pig wig zig
best with them thing that
sing king ring wing swing
kick when little over this
cash dash crash rash flash
house her was good ride
hide side tide wide slide
how won't make give no
bake cake rake quake snake
made people out there can't
pout shout spout trout sprout
went rain be old very
pain chain brain train gain
day zoo because saw teacher
bay hay gray tray clay
tell after off school boy
cool fool pool tool drool
nice new night favorite talk
fight light bright tight right
Week 22 (3/28-4/1)
pretty sister jump brother from
bump dump pump thump stump
Spelling Review Words
Week 1 (4/4 -4/8 )
talk you because one very new with yellow (eat) beat meat neat cheat treat
Week 2 (4/11 -4/15 )
where your has friend house here blue two (eck) neck peck check speck wreck
Week 3 (4/25 -4/29 )
green have people do why give three was (ock) dock lock sock clock stock
Week 4 (5/2 -5/6)
what saw four said night are her of (ar) jar bar star scar guitar
Week 5 (5/9 -5/13 )
went after good car off ride (orn) born horn torn thorn morning
Week 6 (5/16 -5/20)
will over eat day rain when from (ew) dew few flew blew stew
Week 7 (5/23-5/27 )
tell want look can't out pretty make white (ish) fish dish wish swish squish
Week 8 (5/31 -6/3)
like old down quit they how who eight (ind) kind wind grind blind find
Week 9 (6/6 -6/10 )
won't little there my made play big nice (ice) rice slice splice dice twice
Reading
At Newfield Elementary we use the Houghton Mifflin Reading Series. We are continuously working on alphabet letters and sound relationships. We also focus on short vowel sounds. Books are read aloud each day and the students learn to read basic readers by themselves. These books then go home to be put into their Book Boxes. The students should be practicing reading each night.
Check out this website for learning to read activities:
Math
Using the Scott Foresman Mathmatics series we review numbers, more then and less then, graphing and patterns. Then we move into basic addition and subtraction, geometry, probabilty, fractions, money, counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. You can help your child at home by practicing their skip counting or letting them add groups of objects together.
Math is everywhere!
September: Reveiwing Numbers and Graphing
October - December: Addition and Subtraction problems and facts
January: Solids and Shapes, Geometry and Fractions
February: Addition and Subtraction Doubles
March: More Addition and Subtraction Strategies, Big Numbers
April: Big Numbers, Counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, Tens and Ones
May: Money-counting coins, Time
June: Time, Measurement
Writing, Social Studies and Science
Some themes in 1st grade include:
Butterflies - cycles
Fall - season changes and their effects
Pumpkins - plants
Bats - mammals vs bird characteristics
Pigrims - comparing then and now
Family - traditions and heritage
Winter Holidays
Martin Luther King Jr.
Animals in Winter
Penguins
Dental Health
Presidents - George Washington
St. Patrick's Day
Spring - weather, clothing, animals, plants
Earth Day
Living and Nonliving
Plants & Seeds