Author Archives: Amy Jensen
Welcome to the 2014-15 school year!
Our class had 100% turnout for open house last night, way to go first grade families! I’m very excited to work with your student and partner with you this year. Please contact me, I welcome questions, concerns and comments. The … Continue reading
Week of Sept. 17-23
This week’s spelling words are: black, clip, flag, flip, plan, slip, be, and pull. The challenge words are glass and place, and of course there will be those two extra bonus words. Our test will be on Monday, Sept. 23. … Continue reading
Week of September 10-16
Welcome to the 5th week of school! Our spelling list this week includes: hit, kiss, miss, pin, sit, win, out, and up. The two challenge words are skin and spin. In addition there will be two bonus challenge words each … Continue reading
Week of September 3-6
We have successfully completed 3 weeks of what our new reading curriculum calls Smart Start. Your child has reviewed/learned 30 words and is ready for spelling tests! Our first spelling test will be next Monday, Sept.9. This week’s words are: … Continue reading
Free Downloads
Lincoln Public Schools has adopted McGraw-Hill for our new reading series. There are many on-line resources that teachers and students will be using. There are a few apps that can be downloaded for free until AUGUST 31. These apps provide … Continue reading
Rocketing Students to Success…
This year’s first graders are on track to graduate in 2025. We have discussed graduation several times school-wide as part of our morning message. Also included in our morning messages are vocabulary words of the day, complete with definitions and … Continue reading
Welcome Families!
Welcome to the 2013-2014 school year and room 502, my name is Amy Jensen and I will be your child’s classroom teacher this year as well as the first grade team leader. This is my 8th year teaching first grade … Continue reading
Week of May 6-10
This week is our official last week of spelling tests! We will continue to practice spelling, but as a review. This week’s regular list words are: newer, warmest, highest, faster, deepest, and richer. The challenge list words are: smarter, smartest, … Continue reading
Week of April 8-12
This week’s spelling words are: coin, soil, boy, oil, toy, and point. The challenge list words are: voice, choice, avoid, voyage, destroy, enjoy, and about. We are working on the oi/oy sound this week. *Usually oi is found in the … Continue reading
Week of February 18-22
This week’s spelling words are: cup, cups, frog, frogs, tree, and trees. The challenge list: cards, plates, pails, sisters, eggs, animals and of. This week’s focus is on plurals, adding (s) to express more than one. We will also be … Continue reading