Dear Parents,                     April 27, 2015

This week in first grade, we are learning…

Language Arts: Our reading strategy this week is evaluating.  The comprehension skill that will help us with evaluating is story structure.  Knowing the setting, the characters, the problem, and solution in the story and being able to sequence the events will help us evaluate the story. Our phonics focus this week is on base words and the endings –es, -ies.  These endings have the /ez/ sound as in reaches and bunnies.  We are also working with the prefixes un- (not) and re- (again).  Our grammar focus is on the proper usage of the words was and were.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week, are NOT from our spelling book. They are words that will be specifically targeting our phonics of base words and ending with –es and –ies. The words will not be found on spellingcity.com.

Math: We are continuing on with our unit, where we will be spending time adding and subtracting with two digit numbers and discussing fractional parts of a whole.

Religion: We will be reading from our religion books this week: Mary is the Mother of the Church. We will also be spending time practicing for our May Crowning on Friday following the 8:30am mass at Sacred Heart Church. All first graders participate in this special event. Parts will be given on Monday. Please take the time to review with your student his/her part.

Science: In science we will be learning about matter! This week we will look closely at solids and liquids

Social Studies: We will be continuing our Social Studies unit, In and Around the Land, by moving on to lessons 3 and 4.

Homework for the Week:

  • Monday: Rainbow Write 2X and Math Worksheet
  • Tuesday: Spelling Worksheet and Math Worksheet
  • Wednesday: 7 Sentences
  • Thursday: Math Worksheet
  • Friday: Read 2 Times

Reminders for the Week:

  • On Monday our 5 speech contest finalists (Sergio, Addy, Roman, Grace, and Savannah) will present in front of the judges. Good Luck!
  • PE Uniforms on Tuesday and Thursday!
  • Please remind your child to bring their library book on Tuesday so that they may check out a new one.
  • Friday is our May Crowning in the church following our 8:30am mass!
  • Friday is also a full-day!
  • Saturday is First Holy Communion for our Second Grade friends!

Have a great week!

Ms. Manning

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