Communication Arts: Lessons 14 Phonemic Awareness: phoneme blending and deletion Phonics: r controlled vowel/ar/ inflections –s, -ed, -ing Spelling: far, farm, arm, art, part, park, chin, such, fly, watch Challenge words: smart, yarn hardest, large, charmed, farmer We will also include sentence dictation as part of the Friday spelling test. Anthology readings: Ann’s Trip to the Stars; Mark’s Big Day; Putting on a Play Comprehension: Author’s purpose Grammar: Names of Holidays Writing: Organization Reading vocabulary- again, feel, house, know, loud, Mrs., put, say Robust vocabulary words: pace, approached, energetic, excel, blunder, reassure Math: Chapter 11 will be tested on Monday Chapter 12 – Number Patterns Practice addition facts Rocket math will begin after the 2nd report period Dates to Remember: January 14- Orchestra concert January 15 – end of the report period January 18- Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday – No School January 28 – Report cards available on line Monday, February 8- 1st grade lunch with your sweetie! (More info on Peebles Webpage)