Weekly Update - First Grade

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving Break!

It will be a fun week back. Don't forget our Christmas Concert is on Tuesday Dec 3 at 6:30pm. I will be in the classroom at 6:15pm. Please plan to bring your child to the classroom no later than 6:25pm so we can be lined up and ready on time. Children are encouraged to dress up. Please, no t-shirts or jeans.

The Student Council will be holding a book drive Dec 2-18. They will be collecting new and gently used Christmas books. Their goal is to collect 100 books. If you have gently used Christmas books you would like to donate, please bring them in by Dec 18th.

Blessings,
Mrs. Bohland

This week we will talk about God's promise to send a Savior. We will also learn about the season of Advent and discuss the importance of each week in this season.

Memory work for this week is the lines for our Christmas program.

Memory work for the next two weeks will be Luke 2:1-20. Students are reciting Luke 2:1-14 in the Christmas program. Most of the class memorized this last year in kindergarten. We have been working on Luke 2 for the past few weeks in preparation for the Christmas program. Students will be expected to recite this in groups of two by Dec 19th.

Below is a brief overview of what we will cover this week.

Encode/Decode CVCe words.

Learn long vowel sounds for a,e,i,o,u

Memory Words: said, only, you, out, of, here

Spelling Words: game, ride, same, side, said, only, you, out, of, here

The Supershort for this week's reading log is "Ettabetta is Seven". Please read it throughout the week with your child. Please read 10 minutes at least 5 nights for a given week.

Monday we will refresh understanding of place values and breaking apart/making 10s. We will also review vocabulary from previous units. On Tuesday we will start Unit 8. In Unit 8 we will be working on addition of sums up to 20.

We will continue working with sentences that have additional adjectives and adverbs. We will reinforce how to identify a noun, verb, adverb, and adjective.

We are continuing our unit on the Survival of Living Things. This week we will focus on inherited traits. We will compare ways that young animals resemble their parents.

Over the next three weeks we will look at how countries around the world celebrate Christmas. Over the course of the unit, we will learn about:

• Tradition, Culture, and Celebrations (this week)

• Mexico: Las Posadas (this week)

• Germany: Christmas/St. Nicholas Day

• Italy: Christmas

• Sweden: Saint Lucia Day

• Australia: Christmas

• United States and Canada: Christmas

We will continue reading "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C. S. Lewis.

• Tuesday 12/3 - K-4 Christmas Program at 6:30PM
• Friday 12/6 - K-2 Green Day, and Pizza Friday
• Friday 12/13 - Polar Express Day and CFA Friday
• Wednesday 12/18 - Combined Chapel at 9:30AM
• Friday 12/20 - Christmas Parties
• Friday 12/20 - Early Dismissal at 11:30AM, End of Q2
• Monday 12/23 - 1/3 - Christmas Break, NO SCHOOL

Epiphany Lutheran Church

If you are looking for a church home or would like to see what Epiphany has to offer, please join us on Sundays at 8:00 am for a traditional service, or at 10:45 am for a blended (traditional liturgy with contemporary music) service. We also offer Sunday school from 9:30-10:30 am for ages 3-adults. There is a nursery open if you need childcare during Church or Sunday School. We hope you are able to join us for a Sunday morning!

Website: www.elcsh.org
Location: 14423 West Road, Houston, TX, USA
Phone: 713-896-1773