Thursday, November 30, 2017

Math Games

lick on the links to play math games!






Math Quiz: 

Upcoming Events for December 4th- 8th

Learning Objectives


  • Reading: We will work on summarizing narrative stories. Students will practice this skill aided by a graphic organizer. They will give an oral summary to a partner. 
  • Writing: We will write fictional stories about a snowy day. We are working on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. I encourage students to be fearless spellers. This means they sound out unknown words or look to the Word Wall for assistance. 
  • Math: We will continue learning about place value. Students should be able to look at groups of tens and ones and determine the number. We will be adding tens and ones.  
  • Social Studies:We will begin a unit on past, present, and future. 
  • Character:  What does it mean to be a Citizen Hero? (Medal of Honor Lessons)




1.) Math Workbook Pages (Any pages in Unit 4. We will assess this week!)
2.) Practice Word Study spelling words
3.) Read the leveled readers sent home


Classroom News









  • Wednesday, December 6th: 1st Grade Field Trip to Radford University to see the play: Lilly and the Purple Plastic Purse.We will leave at 11:15 and be back to school by 2:00 PM. Students will eat lunch at school at 10:30 AM. 


AES News












  • Holiday Shoppe, December 11-15th
  • Holiday Sing a Long, December 19th at 2:40 PM








  • Early Release, December 11th (Car riders 1:05, buses 1:15)
  • Winter Break, December 21st -January 5 (Students return January 8th)

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Upcoming Events for November 20th-21st

Learning Objectives











  • Reading: We will be reading fictional stories and identifying story elements (characters, setting, plot, problem, solution). We will also read nonfiction texts to learn about the first Thanksgiving. 
  • Writing: We will write fictional stories about how to stuff a turkey.  We are working on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. I encourage students to be fearless spellers. This means they sound out unknown words or look to the Word Wall for assistance. 
  • Math: We will continue discussing place value. Students will learn about tens and ones within numbers, how to add ten, and how teen numbers are made up of 1 ten and extra ones.  
  • Social Studies: Students will learn about the first Thanksgiving. 
  • Character:  Anti-Bullying lessons





NO HOMEWORK!!! Enjoy the time with your families!

Learning Websites:

Classroom News














AES News












  • 1st Grade Field Trip to Radford University to see the play Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, December 6th (PLEASE RETURN THE PERMISSION SLIP BY DEC.1st)








  • Thanksgiving Break, November 22-24
  • Learning Objectives











    • Reading: We will be reading fictional stories and identifying story elements (characters, setting, plot, problem, solution). We will also read nonfiction texts to learn about the first Thanksgiving. 
    • Writing: We will write fictional stories about how to stuff a turkey.  We are working on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. I encourage students to be fearless spellers. This means they sound out unknown words or look to the Word Wall for assistance. 
    • Math: We will continue discussing place value. Students will learn about tens and ones within numbers, how to add ten, and how teen numbers are made up of 1 ten and extra ones.  
    • Social Studies: Students will learn about the first Thanksgiving. 
    • Character:  Anti-Bullying lessons





    NO HOMEWORK!!! Enjoy the time with your families!

    Learning Websites:
     The username is green123. After typing that in your child should be able to click on their name and begin the math facts practice. 

    Mega Math has also been added to the Math websites. Mega Math offers games that are organized by different math skills.

    Tumble Books has been added to the Reading websites. The students LOVE this website. Simply click on the e-book link. 

    Classroom News









    The students' STEM Project: Mayflower Boats is a success. Thank you for sending in supplies! 
    The students showed a lot of creativity with their designs. They also utilized good teamwork.

    Thanks for sending in supplies!



    AES News











    • 1st Grade Field Trip to Radford University Basketball game, December 8th 








    • Thanksgiving Break, November 23-25
    • Early Release, December 11th (Car riders 1:05, buses 1:15) 

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Upcoming Events for November 13th-17th

Here’s a Sneak Peek at Next Week:
Learning Objectives










  • Reading: We will be reading fictional stories and identifying story elements (characters, setting, plot, problem, solution).
  • Writing: We will research facts about turkey and engage in informational writing about turkeys.  We are working on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. I encourage students to be fearless spellers. This means they sound out unknown words or look to the Word Wall for assistance. 
  • Math: We will continue discussing place value. Students will learn about tens and ones within numbers, how to add ten, and how teen numbers are made up of 1 ten and extra ones.  
  • Science: Students will learn about matter. They will investigate to understand how common materials interact with water. Key concepts include how some liquids mix, things dissolve, and others separate. 
  • Character:  Anti-Bullying lessons





1.) Turkey Disguise is due Friday, Nov. 17th (so we have time to share and write about our disguises in class)

2.) Have your child read the leveled books that are sent home (please return these the NEXT day because we need them for our reading group)

3.) Review word study list
**Practice words sent home with the Word Study menu

Learning Websites:


Classroom News









Next week the students will engage in a STEM challenge. Here is the problem:

The year is 1620. The Pilgrims plan on sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in order to come to America. You have been hired  to design a model of the ship The Mayflower! Your challenge is to build a model ship that float across the water powered only by wind.
Good luck!


  • 3rd and 4th Grade Music Program, Nov. 16th @ 6:30PM









  • Interims (Progress Reports) Go Home, November 15th
  • Thanksgiving Break, November 22-24