Dear Parents, March 23, 2015
This week in first grade, we are learning…
Language Arts We are starting theme 8 in our reading series – Our Earth. Our reading strategy this week is “summarizing”. The comprehension skill that will help with summarizing is categorizing or classifying. Paying attention to what is the same or different in the stories we read can help us better understand the stories. Our grammar focus this week is action words (verbs) and our phonics focus this week is the action word endings, -s, -ed, and -ing.
Spelling: Our spelling words this week are from unit 33 and have the ending –ed. The words are posted to spellingcity.com. Don’t forget to play the games and take practice tests!
Math: We are still working on our unit -Mental Arithmetic, Money, and Fractions! We will focus this week on “purchasing” items and making change.
Religion: We will be reading from our religion books this week: Jesus Gives the Gift of Himself. We will also begin a special project called Benjamin’s Box. I do encourage you to ask your child daily about Benjamin’s Box, as it is a story relating to the passion of Jesus.
Science: In science we are continuing our discussion of seasons! This week, we are discussing spring!
Social Studies: We will begin a new social studies new unit on “In and Around the Land”.
Homework for the Week:
- Monday: Rainbow Write 2X and Math Worksheet
- Tuesday: Spelling p. 227-228
- Wednesday: 7 Sentences and Math Worksheet
- Thursday: Spelling p. 230
- Friday: Read two times!
Reminders for the Week:
- PE Uniforms on Tuesday and Thursday!
- Our Field Trip to the Post Office and Fire House is on Tuesday! Remember to send your child with a sack lunch and in their PE uniforms!!!
- Please remind your child to bring their library book on Tuesday so that they may check out a new one.
- Stations of the Cross on Thursday at 2pm in the Church.
- Friday is a half-day and primary centers – If you are available to volunteer, please email me!!!
Have a wonderful week!
Ms. Manning
