Welcome to First Grade!
by Jennifer Ramsay
January 10, 2011
Welcome to 1st grade! My name is Jennifer Ramsay, and I am excited to work with you and your child in first grade this year! This is my third year of teaching at Chebanse Elementary. I grew up in a small town in central Illinois, and I graduated from Olivet Nazarene University with a degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Spanish. I am currently working on my Reading Specialist Master's Degree from Olivet.
My goal for this school year is to create a positive learning environment, one that encourages students to work hard, do their best, and have fun while learning. I want to help your child enjoy being at school and challenge them to be the best they can be. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at jramsay@cusd4.org. Working together will help your child flourish in first grade. We are going to have a fun and successful year!
Important Dates:
2nd quarter Word Wall Tests will be given the week of January 9-13. Please practice these words with your child.
Friday, January 13-End of 2nd quarter-Early Dismissal 2:00 p.m.
No School-Monday, January 16-Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
Book Orders will be due Friday, January 20.
Looking ahead...
Early Dismissal-Friday, February 17-11:15 a.m.
No School-Monday, February 20-President's Day
Spelling Lists:
Each week, your child will have a list of spelling/word wall words to study. We will take a spelling test at the end of each week. Please help your child practice spelling and reading these words each night. (Word Wall words are underlined.)
Week of Jan. 9-13: nine, time, kite, shine, like, ride, nice, give, little, was
Week of Jan. 17-20: bone, so, nose, home, woke, whole, go, no, old, over
Week of Jan. 23-27: mean, feet, sheep, me, see, eat, he, people, we, be
Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 3: say, may, way, stay, away, day, play, they, has, saw
Week of Feb. 6-10: boat, slow, coat, grow, show, toad, know, are, do, here
Week of Feb. 13-17: book, took, foot, cook, bear, good, look, what, some, where, hoof** crook** (challenge words)
Week of Feb. 21-24: food, moon, soon, room, shoe, through, zoo, who, new, school, moose** balloon**
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