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nancysjohnson	Mrs. Johnson
Northwest Heights Elementary	First Grade Teacher
http://www.durantisd.org/nwh
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NORTHWEST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY . . . WE ARE PART OF THE LION PRIDE!

WELCOME TO MRS. JOHNSON'S CLASS PAGE !!!
Our class page is updated throughout the school year. At the bottom is a list of several good educational links. I hope you find this class page useful. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact me. Thanks!!!

THE MONTHS OF:

JUNE and JULY

SPECIAL EVENTS:

IMPORTANT DATES FOR FIRST GRADE:
Enjoy Summer Vacation!!!

NWH THEME: Our school theme this year is "WILD ABOUT NWH." Remember, NWH students exhibiting good citizenship will receive blue coupons. For every three blue coupons received, students will be presented a Principal's Award from Mrs. Newell. Don't forget to wear TRUE BLUE every Friday!

LIBRARY: Our class library time is at 8:20 every Friday. Students may individually return and check-out library books anytime during the school week.

MONDAY FOLDER: Mrs. Johnson's students need to return their red Monday Folder on Friday with the completed Weekly Update and homework assignments inside. There is a reward for those who remember this important part of our first grade routine!

RISE AND SHINE: First Grade Rise and Shine takes place in the gym at 8:10 a.m. on Tuesdays and 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.
WEEK OF:

Continue to review these previously introduced vocabulary words. Comprehensive vocabulary word assessments will take place throughout the school year.
August 12: see – the – you – I – come – a – from – am
August 18: go – we – have – little – do – are – look – they – like – with
August 25: my – here – yellow – is – is – he – me – was – for – she – said
September 2: to – one – two – three – four – five – where – that – what – of
September 8: on – way – in – can – ran – an – had – has – as – at
September 15: and – take – up – play – it – big – pick – did – if
September 22: get – help – use – mud – town – off – got – not – hot – stop
September 29: eat – her – this – to – dinner – animals – watch – sing – bring – going
October 6: saw – small – tree – your – bird – nest – let – best – yes – ten
October 13: No NEW Words
October 20: home - into – many – them – park – run – jump – but – must – just
October 27: catch – good – no – put – want – walk – talk – all – then – wish
November 3: be – could – horse – old – paper – ace – age – make – take – make
November 10: farmer – would – should – came – gave – ate – old – cold – hold – ask
November 17: live – out – people – who – work – busy – mail – neighborhood - ride – which
December 1: down – inside – now – there – together – baby – circle – didn’t – those
December 8: around – find – food – grow – under – water – forest – these – kind – use
December 15: also – family – new – other – some – their – see – sleep – keep – it’s
January 6: always - become - day - everything - nothing - stays - things - boy - grew - night
January 12: any - enough - ever - every - own - sure - were - beautiful - father - mother
January 19: away - car - friends - house - our - school - very - before - or - so
January 26: afraid - again - few - how - read - soon - far - star - much - when
February 2: done - know - push - visit - wait - after - first - never - better - hurt
February 9: does - good-bye - oh - right - won’t - warm - by - fly - why - try
February 16: about - enjoy - give - surprise - worry - would - may - say - today - will
February 23: colors - draw - drew - great - show - sign - please - clean - well - tell
March 2: found - mouth - once - took - wild - cowboy - grow - went - cut - us
March 9: above - eight - laugh - moon - touch - light - right - his - him - sit
March 16: Spring Break
March 23: picture - remember - room - stood - thought - idea - fast - ate - fall - call
March 30: across - beautiful - dance - only - opened - shoes - told - drink - think - thank
April 6: along - behind - eyes - never - pulling - toward - favorite - full - found - round
April 13: door - loved - should - wood - pretty - funny - because - both - seven
April 20: amond - another - instead - none - been - buy - write - upon - wash
April 27: against - goes - heavy - kinds - today - carry - myself - long - shall
May 4: built - early - learn - science - through
May 11: answered - brothers - carry - different - poor

DAILY READING ACTIVITIES:
1. Read EVERY night for 15 minutes.
2. Practice vocabulary words daily.
REMEMBER READING TAKES PRACTICE!!!

SPELLING:
Listed below are our spelling words:
WEEK OF:

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=___

16. MEMORIZE THE SUMS OF TEN:
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. 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=___

19. 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=___