Dear Parents, March 16, 2015
This week in first grade, we are learning…
Language Arts Our reading strategy this week is “questioning”. Good readers question before they start reading, as well as, during reading. The comprehension skill that will help is “fantasy/realism”. Using our everyday experiences to determine if events in a story can really happen or if they are make-believe will help us understand the story. Our phonics focus this week is the sound of /oo/ as in moon. This /oo/ sound can be spelled in various ways: oo – moon, ew – stew, ou – soup, ue – blue. We are also working on the long sound of /i/ spelled with ie or igh (as in tie or tight). Please point out these various sounds and spellings in your nightly reading. Our grammar focus this week is using the pronouns he, she, it, and they for naming words.
Spelling: We will be taking the week to review past spelling words. There will not be a test on Thursday.
Math: We are beginning our next unit in math – Mental Arithmetic, Money, and Fractions! We will begin with a review of money and place value using our base-10 blocks!
Religion: We will be reading from our Family Life series this week. We will be discussing how we grow and learn.
Science: In science we are continuing to make our own version of the book “It Looked Like Spilt Milk” and will be beginning our discussion of seasons!
Social Studies: As we just finished our unit test, we will take the limited time we have this week, to review our own community life in preparation for our field trip next week.
Homework for the Week:
- Monday: Math Worksheet
- Tuesday: Math Worksheet
- Wednesday: Math Worksheet
- Thursday: Math Worksheet
- Friday: Read two times!
Reminders for the Week:
- 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.
- Students may accessorize their PE uniforms with St. Patrick’s Day socks, pins, and hairpieces. Please, no St. Patrick’s Day shirts
- Wednesday is a $1 free dress day!
- Stations of the Cross on Wednesday at 2pm in the Church.
- Friday is a full day and the end of our second trimester!
Have a lucky week!
Ms. Manning
