WELCOME TO NWH'S FIRST GRADE CLASS PAGE  !!!
Our class page is now updated for the 2011-2012 school year. We'll keep our vocabulary word list in place throughout the school year so students can continue to review previously introduced words. We hope you find our class page useful. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us. Thanks!!!
THE MONTHS OF:
 AUGUST 2011 - MAY 2012
SPECIAL EVENTS:
 IMPORTANT DATES FOR FIRST GRADE:
AUGUST 29: First Day of School for Students
SEPTEMBER 5: Labor Day- School Holiday
OCTOBER 4: Progress Reports
OCTOBER 6: Parent-Teacher Conference Evening
OCTOBER 7: No School
OCTOBER 20-21: Fall Break - State Teacher Meeting
NOVEMBER 8: Progress Reports
NOVEMBER 23-25: Thanksgiving Holiday
DECEMBER 22: Christmas Holiday Begins
JANUARY 3: First Day of Second Semester for Students
JANUARY 11: Report Cards
FEBRUARY 14: Progress Reports
FEBRUARY 17: No School
MARCH 2: No School for Students - Teacher Professional Development
MARCH 19-23: Spring Break
APRIL 3: Progress Reports
APRIL 5: Parent-Teacher Conference Evening
APRIL 6: No School
MAY 14: No School for students - Teacher Professional Development
MAY 24: Last Day of School for Students - Report Cards
 NWH THEME: Our school theme this year is "NWH ROCKS." Don't forget to wear TRUE BLUE every Friday! Remember, NWH students exhibiting the LION CODE will receive PAWs.
 NWH LION CODE:
BE RESPONSIBLE - BE RESPECTFUL - BE READY to LISTEN and LEARN
 TIME CHANGE: NWH 's new start time is at 7:55 a.m. Our new dismissal time is at 2:50 p.m. The morning tardy bell will ring at 8:05 a.m.
 LIBRARY: First Grade library times are posted on each teacher's class schedule. Students may individually return and check-out library books anytime during the school week.
 MONDAY FOLDER: First Grade Monday Folders are an important part of our weekly routine throughout the school year.
 RISE AND SHINE: First Grade Rise and Shine takes place in the gym at 7:55 a.m. on Thursdays. It's a GREAT way to start the day!
 READING:
Listed below are our reading vocabulary words. These words do not have to be spelled, but they do have to be recognized (read) automatically. Students' automatic recognition of vocabulary words will be assessed weekly. Continue to review previously introduced vocabulary words. Comprehensive vocabulary word assessments will take place throughout the school year.
WEEK OF:
AUGUST 29: see – the – you – I – come – a – from – am
SEPTEMBER 6: go – we – have – little – do – are – look – they – like – with
SEPTEMBER 12: my – here – yellow – is – is – he – me – was – for – she – said
SEPTEMBER 19: to – one – two – three – four – five – where – that – what – of
SEPTEMBER 26: on – way – in – can – ran – an – had – has – as – at
OCTOBER 3: and – take – up – play – it – big – pick – did – if
OCTOBER 10: get – help – use – mud – town – off – got – not – hot – stop
OCTOBER 17: eat – her – this – to – dinner – animals – watch – sing – bring – going
OCTOBER 24: saw – small – tree – your – bird – nest – let – best – yes – ten
OCTOBER 31: home - into – many – them – park – run – jump – but – must – just
NOVEMBER 7: catch – good – no – put – want – walk – talk – all – then – wish
NOVEMBER 14: be – could – horse – old – paper – ace – age – make – take – make
NOVEMBER 28: farmer – would – should – came – gave – ate – old – cold – hold – ask
DECEMBER 5: live – out – people – who – work – busy – mail – neighborhood - ride – which
DECEMBER 12: down – inside – now – there – together – baby – circle – didn’t – don't - those
DECEMBER 19: NO NEW WORDS
DECEMBER 26: CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
JANUARY 3: NO NEW VOCABULARY WORDS
JANUARY 9: around – find – food – grow – under – water – forest – these – kind – use
JANUARY 16: also – family – new – other – some – their – see – sleep – keep – it’s
JANUARY 23: always - become - day - everything - nothing - stays - things - boy - grew - night
JANUARY 30: any - enough - ever - every - own - sure - were - beautiful - father - mother
FEBRUARY 6: away - car - friends - house - our - school - very - before - or - so
FEBRUARY 13: afraid - again - few - how - read - soon - far - star - much - when
FEBRUARY 20: done - know - push - visit - wait - after - first - never - better - hurt
FEBRUARY 27: does - good-bye - oh - right - won’t - warm - by - fly - why - try
MARCH 5: about - enjoy - give - surprise - worry - would - may - say - today - will
MARCH 12: SPRING BREAK
MARCH 19: colors - draw - drew - great - show - sign - please - clean - well - tell
MARCH 26: found - mouth - once - took - wild - cowboy - grow - went - cut - us
APRIL 2: above - eight - laugh - moon - touch - light - right - his - him - sit
APRIL 9: picture - remember - room - stood - thought - idea - fast - ate - fall - call
APRIL 16: across - beautiful - dance - only - opened - shoes - told - drink - think - thank
APRIL 23: along - behind - eyes - never - pulling - toward - favorite - full - found - round
APRIL 30: door - loved - should - wood - pretty - funny - because - both - seven
MAY 7: among - another - instead - none - been - buy - write - upon - wash
MAY 15: against - goes - heavy - kinds - today - carry - myself - long - shall
MAY 21: built - early - learn - science - through - answered - brothers - carry - different - poor
DAILY READING ACTIVITIES: REMEMBER, BECOMING A GOOD READER TAKES PRACTICE!!!
1. Read EVERY night for 15 minutes.
2. Practice vocabulary words daily.
 SPELLING:
Listed below are our spelling words for each week. Look for the "Useful Links" section at the bottom of this class page. When you click the first link, SPELLING CITY, you will be connected to our class spelling words for WEEKS #5 - #35. The Spelling City link will provide activities and games for students to practice each week's spelling words.
WEEK OF:
#1, August 29: Letter Sounds: Aa - Bb - Cc – Dd – Ee - Ff
(When sound is given, student will write capital and lowercase letter. )
Bonus Words: I - a
#2, September 6: Letter Sounds: Aa - Ff and Gg – Hh – Ii – Jj – Kk - Ll
Words: I - a
(When sound is given, student will write capital and lowercase letter.)
Bonus Words: big - the
#3, September 12: Letter Sounds: Aa - Ll and Mm – Nn – Oo – Pp – Qq – Rr
Words: big - the
Bonus Words: come - an
#4, September 19: Letter Sounds: Aa - Rr and Ss – Tt – Uu – Vv – Ww – Xx – Yy - Zz
Words: come - an
Bonus Words: as - but
#5, September 26: as - but - am - at - back - bat can - cat - dad - mad - ran - sack
Bonus Words: on - way – has- had
#6, October 3: has - had - did – fix- in - it - lip - mix - pin - sit - six – wig- if
Bonus Words: and - take - up - is
#7, October 10: up - is - got - hop - hat - lock - mom - mop -ox - pop - pot - rock
Bonus Words: help - use - to - do
#8, October 17: to - do - fit - fits - hit - hits - nap - naps - sit - sits - win -wins
Bonus Words: her - too - not - look
#9, October 24: look - not - bed - jet - leg - men - net - red - sled - step - ten - wet
Bonus Words: saw - your - yes -best
#10, October 31: yes - best - bump - bus - cut - jump - must - nut - rug - run - sun - up
Bonus Words: into - them - go - so
#11, November 7: go - so - fish - rush – ship- shop - shut – then - thin -trash - with - that
Bonus Words: good - want - all - fall
#12, November 14: all - fall - gave - ate - came - name - same - take made -make
Bonus Words: old - cold - hold
#13, November 28: old - cold - hold - ace - face - race - age - stage - page -cage
Bonus Words: when - just - let - us
#14, December 5: just- let - us - bike - dime – hide - kite - like - ride – smile - time- white
Bonus Words: live - out – much - pick
#15, December 12: much - pick - bone - home – hope - hose – joke - rode - rose - stone - those - woke
Bonus Words: there - together - it's - don't
December 19: No New Words
January 3: No New Words
#16, January 9: it's - don't - cube - cute - flute - huge - June - mule – rude- rule - tube - use
Bonus Words: wash - under - water – these- after
#17, January 16: these - after - be - he - me - she - we - the - little - you - went - black
Bonus Words: family - some - three - keep - sleep
#18, January 23: three - keep - by - cry - fly my - try - sky - shy - why
Bonus Words: always - thing – pretty - funny
#19, January 30: pretty - funny - bring - sing - going - rang - sang - bang - only - song
Bonus Words: any - many - upon - was
#20, February 6: upon - was - bus - buses - fix - box - boxes - wish - wishes
Bonus Words: friends - for - or - very
#21, February 13: very - friends - far - star - car - arm - start - cart - dark - farm
Bonus Words: soon - again- are - park
#22, February 20: are - park- bird - first - girl - shirt - sir - dirt - birds - third
Bonus Words: done - visit - one - two
#23, February 27: one - two - big - bigger - biggest - sad - sadder- saddest - fat - fatter - fattest
Bonus Words: before - good-bye - said - of
#24, March 5: day - may - play - way - gray - say - today - hay - clay - pay
Bonus Words: would - could - should
#25, March 12: would - should - could - clean - eat - please - team - beach - each - reach
Bonus Words: over - draw - blue - brown
March 19: Spring Break
#26, March 26: brown - blue - yellow - show - row - blow - low - own - slow - grow
Bonus Words: once - found - here - where
#27, April 2: here - where - light - right - tight - night - might - bright - high - sigh
Bonus Words: eight - laugh - what - write
#28, April 9: what - write - blew - chew - stew - drew - few - grew - new - threw
Bonus Words: well - tell - they - from
#29, April 16: them - from - zoo - too - moon - room - tooth - food - soon - school
Bonus Words: because - only - open - his - him
#30, April 23: him - his - brown - clown - cow - down - how - now - town - plow - our - five
Bonus Words: stop - think - thank - drink
#31, April 30: thank - drink - found - house - our - out - round - cloud - shout - walk - talk - chalk
Bonus Words: pull - full - fast - off
#32, May 7: fast - full - book - look - hook - took - shook - nook - crook - cook
Bonus Words: which - will - buy - been
#33, May 15: buy - been - boy - cowboy - enjoy - joy - toy - soy - myself - never
Bonus Words: again - against - goes - both
#34, May 21: goes - both - jaw - lawn - paw - saw - draw - yawn - straw - law
Bonus Words: better - carry - kind - shall
 MATH:
Work on the following skills:
1. Review left and right.
2. Students need to be able to recognize and write numerals 0-100.
3. Practice counting to one hundred.
4. Review these shapes: circle, square, rectangle, and triangle. Can you draw a circle, square, rectangle, and triangle?
5. Memorize and Understand the DOUBLES Addition Facts:
0+0=___ 2+2=___ 4+4=___ 6+6=___ 8+8=___ 10+10=___
1+1=___ 3+3=___ 5+5=___ 7+7=___ 9+9=___
6. Memorize and Understand the PLUS ONE Addition Facts:
1+1=___ 3+1=___ 5+1=___ 7+1=___ 9+1=___
0+1=___ 2+1=___ 4+1=___ 6+1=___ 8+1=___ 10+1=___
7. Memorize and Understand the PLUS ZERO Addition Facts:
0+0=___ 2+0=___ 4+0=___ 6+0=___ 8+0=___ 10+0=___
1+0=___ 3+0=___ 5+0=___ 7+0=___ 9+0=___
8. Memorize and Understand the SUBTRACT ONE Subtraction Facts:
1-1=___ 3-1=___ 5-1=___ 7-1=___ 9-1=___
2-1=___ 4-1=___ 6-1=___ 8-1=___ 10-1=___
9. Memorize and Understand the SUBRTACT ZERO Subtraction Facts:
1-0=___ 3-0=___ 5-0=___ 7-0=___ 9-0=___
0-0=___ 2-0=___ 4-0=___ 6-0=___ 8-0=___ 10-0=___
10. Memorize and Understand SUBTRACTING A NUMBER FROM ITSELF:
10-10=___ 8-8=___ 6-6=___ 4-4=___ 2-2=___ 0-0=___
1-1=___ 3-3=___ 5-5=___ 7-7=___ 9-9=___
11. Review the Concept of EVEN and ODD Numbers (0-100).
12. ADD TWO TO A NUMBER:
2+0=___ 2+2= ___ 2+4= ___ 2+6= ___ 2+8= ___ 2+10= ___
2+1= ___ 2+3= ___ 2+5= ___ 2+7= ___ 2+9= ___ 2+11= ___
13. SUBTRACT TWO FROM A NUMBER:
2-2=___ 4-2=___ 6-2=___ 8-2=___ 10-2=___
3-2=___ 5-2=___ 7-2=___ 9-2=___ 11-2=___
14. DOUBLES PLUS ONE ADDITION FACTS (example: 7+6=13):
When adding the DOUBLES PLUS ONE, begin with these steps:
STEP ONE: Are the two numbers neighbors? Are the numbers next to each other on a number line (Example: 6 and 7)?
STEP TWO: Circle the smallest of the numbers/neighbors (Example: Circle the 6), then double it (6+6=12).
STEP THREE: Add 1 more. If 6+6=12, then 6+7=13.
PRACTICE:
3+3=____ 3+4=____ 4+4=____ 4+5=____ 5+5=____ 5+6=____
6+6=____ 6+7=____ 7+7=____ 7+8=____ 8+8=____ 8+9=____
9+9=____ 9+10=____
15. ADDING TEN TO A NUMBER:
1+10=___ 3+10=___ 5+10=___ 7+10=___ 9+10___ 11+10+___
0+10=___ 2+10=___ 4+10=___ 6+10=___ 8+10=___ 10+10=___
ADDING TEN TO A NUMBER . . . CHALLENGE:
22+10=___ 36+10=___ 45+10=___ 57+10=___ 63+10=___
70+10=___ 89+10=___ 94+10=___ 100+10=___ 13+10=___
SUBTRACTING TEN FROM A NUMBER . . . CHALLENGE:
22-10=___ 36-10=___ 45-10=___ 57-10=___ 63-10=___
70-10=___ 89-10=___ 94-10=___ 100-10=___ 13-10=___
16. MEMORIZE THE SUMS OF TEN/TEN'S FAMILY:
0+10=___ 1+9=___ 2+8=___ 3+7=___ 4+6=___ 5+5=___
10+0=___ 9+1=___ 8+1=___ 7+3=___ 6+4=___
17. MEMORIZE MISSING ADDENDS IN THE TEN'S FAMILY:
0+_=10 2+_=10 4+_=10 6+_=10 8+_=10 10+_=10
1+_=10 3+_=10 5+_=10 7+_=10 9+_=10
18. SUBTRACTING THE TEN'S FAMILY:
10-0=___ 10-2=___ 10-4=___ 10-6=___ 10-8=___ 10-10=___
10-1=___ 10-3=___ 10-5=___ 10-7=___ 10-9=___
19. ADDING NINE TO A NUMBER:
0+9=___ 2+9=___ 4+9=___ 6+9=___ 8+9=___ 10+9=___
1+9=___ 3+9=___ 5+9=___ 7+9=___ 9+9=___
20. MEMORIZE THE "ODDBALL EIGHT" ADDITION FACTS:
3+5=___ 3+6=___ 3+8=___ 4+7=___ 4+8=___ 5+7=___ 5+8=___ 6+8=___
5+3=___ 6=3=___ 8+3=___ 7+4=___ 8+4=___ 7+5=___ 8+5=___ 8+6=___
21. SUBTRACTING THE "ODDBALL EIGHT" FACTS:
5-3=___ 6-3=___ 8-3=___ 7-4=___ 8-4=___ 7-5=___ 8-5=___ 8-6=___
 SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
SEPTEMBER'S FOCUS: School and Classroom Procedures, First Grade Friends and Nursery Rhymes, Constitution Day, Johnny Appleseed's Birthday and Signs of Fall
OCTOBER'S FOCUS: Fire Safety, Columbus Day, Bats and Spiders
NOVEMBER'S FOCUS: Veteran's Day, Oklahoma's Birthday and Thanksgiving
DECEMBER'S FOCUS: Signs of Winter and Christmas Holidays
JANUARY'S FOCUS: New Year, 100th Day of School, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, Dinosaurs
FEBRUARY'S FOCUS: Ground Hog's Day, Chinese New Year, Valentine Activities, Presidents Day, Black History Month
MARCH'S FOCUS: Read Across America/Dr. Seuss's Birthday, Weather, Signs of Spring
APRIL'S FOCUS: Earth Day, Oklahoma Land Run Day, Oklahoma History
MAY'S FOCUS: Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day, First Grade Memories, End of Year Activities
PARENTS, THANK YOU FOR ASSISTING YOUR CHILD IN VISITING OUR CLASS QUIA WEBSITE. YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!!!
NWH FIRST GRADE TEACHERS :-)
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