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First Grade


 

Welcome to First Grade! Teachers for the 2011-2012 school year will be Mrs. Emily Webb and Mrs. Jawana Goodman. Your child will also have the following teachers, Mr. Ralph Jones for P.E., Mrs. Debra Jones for Guidance and Library, Mrs. Lisa Morris for Computer Lab, and Mrs. Karen Randolph for Music.

email links: firstgradea@etowahcityschool.com for Mrs. Goodman or firstgradeb@etowahcityschool.com for Mrs. Webb

Supply List::

1pack of #2 pencils
8 glue sticks
white school glue
Crayola Crayons (24 count)
Fiskars metal pointed scissors
1 blue, 1 red, and 1 green plastic folder with pockets (without prongs)
1 Mead Composition Book (journal)
1 box of tissues
2 rolls of paper towels
1 dry erase marker
1 box of baby wipes
Primary manuscript writing tablet
1 small school box
clear or mesh backpack



Reading Vocabulary

Dear Parents,
    Your child has completed book one of our reading series. We will now begin book two, Outside My Door. The following reading skills will be covered: short o, short e, th, sh, short u, l blends, identifying the main idea and details, retelling a story, and sequencing.
    Listed are words to be studied for Friday tests. Please make flash cards, and work with your child about 10 minutes per night on these words.

10/07: "Animal Moms and Dads" - one, her, two, they, does, frog, hop, rock, Mom, food

10/14: "Little Red Hen" - who, no, some, of, eat, mess, help, get, plant, water

10/21: "A Prairie Dog Home" - into, many, live, out, this, dash, where, meet, home, under

11/04: "The Fun Kids' Band" - want, put, show, under, three, make, fun, drums, band, fuss

11/11: "On My Way to School" - why, late, school, today, away, way, Glen, glad, my, quack
 

Spelling

Dear Parents,

   Here are Spelling words and dates for the next few weeks. Thank you for working with your children. The bonus words are not required, but they will be worth extra points. Please work about 10 minutes each night on the Spelling words. A pretest will be given on Thursday of each week. If your child makes a "100", he/she will not have to retake the test on Friday.

10/07: hop, log, hot, top, hog, lot, pot, fog, sand, sink - Bonus words: one, they

10/14: leg, men, let, beg, hen, get, pet, den, hop, hot - Bonus words: who, some

10/21: fish, ship, thin, shop, with, thank, think, path, beg, get - Bonus words: live, many

11/04: run, nut, bug, fun, cut, rug, sun, but, thin, shop - Bonus words: under, put

11/11: clip, flag, black, clock, flip, block, clap, blink, fun, nut - Bonus words: school, today