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 1st Grade
Week 1 Homework
(First 9 weeks)

AUGUST

Aug 21 - Meet the Teacher Night, 6-8 pm.  Bring your school supplies to put in your desk!

WEEK 1 SPELLING WORDS:
 

To assist your child in learning the weekly spelling words, we will be completing the following class activities each week:
- finding words in dictionary and writing definitions
- arranging words in ABC order
- writing sentences using the words
- completing spelling art
- working on phonics rules
- typing words in computer lab
-spelling test each Friday
REMEMBER: Spelling words will start out very easy and get progressively more difficult as we build on the phonics rules.
Please review the following vocabulary for Spanish class:
Domingo - Sunday
Lunes - Monday
Martes - Tuesday
Miercoles - Wednesday
Jueves - Thursday
Viernes - Friday
Sabado - Saturday
If you would like to wear a RED ASHLEYS T-SHIRT to school on Fridays in support of our troops, you may purchase one at Absolute Uniforms or place an order at the front desk at school.

STATES AND CAPITALS 

1. Dover, Delaware
2. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
3. Trenton, New Jersey
4. Atlanta, Georgia
5. Hartford, Connecticut
6. Boston, Massachusetts
7. Annapolis, Maryland
8.  Columbia, South Carolina
9. Concord, New Hampshire
10. Richmond, Virginia
11. Albany, New York
12. Raleigh, North Carolina
13. Providence, Rhode Island
14. Montpelier, Vermont
15. Frankfort, Kentucky
16. Nashville, Tennessee
17. Columbus, Ohio
18. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
19. Indianapolis, Indiana
20. Jackson, Mississippi
21 Springfield, Illinois
22. Montgomery, Alabama
23. Augusta, Maine
24. Jefferson City, Missouri
25. Little Rock, Arkansas
26. Lansing, Michigan
27. Tallahassee, Florida
28. Austin, Texas
29. Des Moines, Iowa
30. Madison, Wisconsin
31. Sacramento, California
32. St. Paul, Minnesota
33. Salem, Oregon
34. Topeka, Kansas
35. Charleston, West Virginia
36. Carson City, Nevada
37. Lincoln, Nebraska
38. Denver, Colorado
39. Bismarck, North Dakota
40. Pierre, South Dakota
41. Helena, Montana
42. Olympia, Washington
43. Boise, Idaho
44. Cheyenne, Wyoming
45. Salt Lake City, Utah
46. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
47. Santa Fe, New Mexico
48. Phoenix, Arizona
49. Juneau, Alaska
50. Honolulu, Hawaii
The Let's Learn Spanish! curriculum will be used in the classroom.   The hands-on program is taught with puppets, music and games; making it fun for students.  A cassette tape is given to each student which coordinates with the curriculum, so the whole family can practice at home.  Knowledge of a language is a gift for life! 
REMINDER
8:00 am is on time.  3 tardies = 1 absence.  15 absences = grade failure.  Sign in will be required at 8:01 am.  Uniforms available through Absolute Uniforms (click on Uniforms tab at left).  $5 rental fee for belts, etc. if a uniform is incomplete!
All outerwear must be UNIFORM according to handbook policies.  Street jackets must be left in lockers until after school.  Also, for any field trips in cool weather, students must wear a UNIFORM sweater, jacket or coat.

PARENTS!!!  FOR HELP WITH THE SAXON PHONICS PROGRAM AND CODING WORDS, CHECK OUT THESE GREAT FILES!!!

http://saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com/HA/correlations/pdf/s/saxon_phonics_coding_chart.pdf

http://saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com/HA/correlations/pdf/p/Phon2_Info.pdf

Be sure to check out Homework Helpers for new links to helpful sites for fun and homework!

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