Frog and Toad Together

This week we are reading Frog and Toad Together.

Learning Targets:

- I can read words with the ending -ed and -ing.

- I can read BOSSY R words with -ar.

High Frequency Words:

afraid, read, again, soon, few, how

Spelling Words:

1. ask
2. asked
3. plan
4. planned
5. help
6. helped
7. jog
8. jogged
9. call
10. called
11. again
12. soon

Lights, Camera, ACTION!!

Today KPAX news and Allegiance owner, Dierk Visser,  came and presented our class with the ONE CLASS AT A TIME grant! YA-HOO!!! We received a $250.00 check that we will use to purchase non- fiction books for our classroom!

Be sure to watch our class next Tuesday, January 29th on the KPAX 5:30 and 10:00 news!

Thank you so much KPAX and Allegiance for this wonderful donation!

Future Surgeons!!

Today 1st Graders ....tomorrow SURGEONS!!

One of our targets this week is to build and read compound words.  "Surgeons" in our first grade class today put compound words back together!  They were so cute and so serious about their job! Take a look at our future Pre-Med Students! 

Ruby in Her Own Time

This week we are reading Ruby in Her Own Time.

Learning Targets:

-I can read words with -ng and -nk.

- I can read and build compound words.

High Frequency Words:

any, enough, every, were, sure, own, ever

Spelling Words:

1. bring
2. trunk
3. pink
4. bank
5. sang
6. wing
7. rink
8. blank
9. rang
10. sunk
11. every
12. sure

An Egg is an Egg

Getting back into the swing of things...

This week we will be reading An Egg is an Egg.


Learning Targets: 

- I can read words with the vowel y.
- I can read and sort CV (consanent/ vowel) words.

High Frequency Words:
stays, always, nothing, everything, day, things, become








Spelling Words

1. my
2. by
3. try
4. any
5. body
6. fly
7. cry
8. lucky
9. silly
10. puppy
11. things
12. always

Merry Christmas!

Pajamas, shaving cream and cookies...What else do we need? :)

I hope you and your families have a wonderful Christmas! Thank you for all your support! I truly have enjoyed having your child in my class and LOVE coming to work everyday! I am so blessed and hope you know that your first grader holds a special place in my heart!

Merry Christmas and will see you all next year!!

Love Mrs. Farnes

Last School Week of 2012!

Hello First Grade Families,

Happy Holidays!

On Friday, December 21^st

our First graders will celebrate by having a Pajama Day.  Please send your child to school in their favorite P.J.’s.  Please consider they will have to go outside for recess, so dress them accordingly. 

Please NO SHORTS, SPEGHETTI STRAPS OR SLIPPERS! 

We will also be watching the Polar Express in the afternoon! 

Hope everyone has a wonderful week and we are looking forward to celebrating with your first grader! J