WELCOME TO NWH FIRST GRADE! !!!
Our class page is now updated for the 2014-2015 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!!!
IMPORTANT DATES FOR FIRST GRADE:
Please check www.durantisd.org for our Durant ISD calendar!
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 start time is at 7:55 a.m. Our dismissal time is at 2:50 p.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:
Week 1: see – the – you – I – come – a – from – am
Week 2: 6: go – we – have – little – do – are – look – they – like – with
Week 3: my – here – yellow – is – is – he – me – was – for – she – said
Week 4: (End of Kindergarten Review): to – one – two – three – four – five – where – that – what – of
Week 5: on – way – in – can – ran – an – had – has – as – at
Week 6: and – take – up – play – it – big – pick – did – if
Week 7: get – help – use – mud – town – off – got – not – hot – stop
Week 8: eat – her – this – to – dinner – animals – watch – sing – bring – going
Week 9: saw – small – tree – your – bird – nest – let – best – yes – ten
Week 10: home - into – many – them – park – run – jump – but – must – just
Week 11: catch – good – no – put – want – walk – talk – all – then – wish
Week 12: be – could – horse – old – paper – ace – age – make – take – make
Week 13: farmer – would – should – came – gave – ate – old – cold – hold – ask
Week 14: live – out – people – who – work – busy – mail – neighborhood - ride – which
Week 15: down – inside – now – there – together – baby – circle – didn’t – don't - those
NO NEW WORDS
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Week 16: around – find – food – grow – under – water – forest – these – kind – use
Week 17: also – family – new – other – some – their – see – sleep – keep – it’s
Week 18: always - become - day - everything - nothing - stays - things - boy - grew - night
Week 19: any - enough - ever - every - own - sure - were - beautiful - father - mother
Week 20: away - car - friends - house - our - school - very - before - or - so
Week 21: afraid - again - few - how - read - soon - far - star - much - when
Week 22: done - know - push - visit - wait - after - first - never - better - hurt
Week 23: does - good-bye - oh - right - won’t - warm - by - fly - why - try
Week 24: about - enjoy - give - surprise - worry - would - may - say - today - will
SPRING BREAK
Week 25: colors - draw - drew - great - show - sign - please - clean - well - tell
Week 26: found - mouth - once - took - wild - cowboy - grow - went - cut - us
Week 27: above - eight - laugh - moon - touch - light - right - his - him - sit
Week 28: picture - remember - room - stood - thought - idea - fast - ate - fall - call
Week 29: across - beautiful - dance - only - opened - shoes - told - drink - think - thank
Week 30: along - behind - eyes - never - pulling - toward - favorite - full - found - round
Week 31: door - loved - should - wood - pretty - funny - because - both - seven
Week 32: among - another - instead - none - been - buy - write - upon - wash
Week 33: against - goes - heavy - kinds - today - carry - myself - long - shall
Week 34: 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: Letter Sounds: Aa - Bb - Cc – Dd – Ee - Ff
(When sound is given, student will write capital and lowercase letter. )
Bonus Words: I - a
#2: 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: Letter Sounds: Aa - Ll and Mm – Nn – Oo – Pp – Qq – Rr
Words: big - the
Bonus Words: come - an
#4: Letter Sounds: Aa - Rr and Ss – Tt – Uu – Vv – Ww – Xx – Yy - Zz
Words: come - an
Bonus Words: as - but
#5: as - but - am - at - back - bat can - cat - dad - mad - ran - sack
Bonus Words: on - way – has- had
#6: has - had - did – fix- in - it - lip - mix - pin - sit - six – wig- if
Bonus Words: and - take - up - is
#7: up - is - got - hop - hat - lock - mom - mop -ox - pop - pot - rock
Bonus Words: help - use - to - do
#8: to - do - fit - fits - hit - hits - nap - naps - sit - sits - win -wins
Bonus Words: her - too - not - look
#9: look - not - bed - jet - leg - men - net - red - sled - step - ten - wet
Bonus Words: saw - your - yes -best
#10: yes - best - bump - bus - cut - jump - must - nut - rug - run - sun - up
Bonus Words: into - them - go - so
#11: go - so - fish - rush – ship- shop - shut – then - thin -trash - with - that
Bonus Words: good - want - all - fall
#12: all - fall - gave - ate - came - name - same - take made -make
Bonus Words: old - cold - hold
#13: old - cold - hold - ace - face - race - age - stage - page -cage
Bonus Words: when - just - let - us
#14: just- let - us - bike - dime – hide - kite - like - ride – smile - time- white
Bonus Words: live - out – much - pick
#15: much - pick - bone - home – hope - hose – joke - rode - rose - stone - those - woke
Bonus Words: there - together - it's - don't
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY!
#16: it's - don't - cube - cute - flute - huge - June - mule – rude- rule - tube - use
Bonus Words: wash - under - water – these- after
#17 these - after - be - he - me - she - we - the - little - you - went - black
Bonus Words: family - some - three - keep - sleep
#18: three - keep - by - cry - fly my - try - sky - shy - why
Bonus Words: always - thing – pretty - funny
#19: pretty - funny - bring - sing - going - rang - sang - bang - only - song
Bonus Words: any - many - upon - was
#20: upon - was - bus - buses - fix - box - boxes - wish - wishes
Bonus Words: friends - for - or - very
#21: very - friends - far - star - car - arm - start - cart - dark - farm
Bonus Words: soon - again- are - park
#22: are - park- bird - first - girl - shirt - sir - dirt - birds - third
Bonus Words: done - visit - one - two
#23,: one - two - big - bigger - biggest - sad - sadder- saddest - fat - fatter - fattest
Bonus Words: before - good-bye - said - of
#24: day - may - play - way - gray - say - today - hay - clay - pay
Bonus Words: would - could - should
SPRING BREAK
#25: would - should - could - clean - eat - please - team - beach - each - reach
Bonus Words: over - draw - blue - brown
#26: brown - blue - yellow - show - row - blow - low - own - slow - grow
Bonus Words: once - found - here - where
#27: here - where - light - right - tight - night - might - bright - high - sigh
Bonus Words: eight - laugh - what - write
#28: what - write - blew - chew - stew - drew - few - grew - new - threw
Bonus Words: well - tell - they - from
#29: them - from - zoo - too - moon - room - tooth - food - soon - school
Bonus Words: because - only - open - his - him
#30: him - his - brown - clown - cow - down - how - now - town - plow - our - five
Bonus Words: stop - think - thank - drink
#31: thank - drink - found - house - our - out - round - cloud - shout - walk - talk - chalk
Bonus Words: pull - full - fast - off
#32: fast - full - book - look - hook - took - shook - nook - crook - cook
Bonus Words: which - will - buy - been
#33: buy - been - boy - cowboy - enjoy - joy - toy - soy - myself - never
Bonus Words: again - against - goes - both
#34: 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, 50th day of School
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,
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, Dinosaurs, 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!!!
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