Dear Parents,                     March 2, 2015

This week in first grade, we are learning…

Language Arts We are starting theme 7 in language arts – We Can Work It Out!  Our reading strategy is summarizing and our comprehension skill that helps us with this is problem solving.  In order to summarize a story, it is helpful to recognize the problem and the solution in the story.  Paying attention to the characters, the setting, the problem the characters experience and the way they solve the problem will help you summarize. Practice this skill in reading with your child.  After reading a story have your child identify the character(s), the setting, and the problem.  Discuss how the characters solved the problem.  Also enrich your discussion by coming up with additional solutions and discuss which solution is best.  Our grammar focus this week is on Proper Nouns for people and animals. Our phonics focus this week is the long sound of /o/ spelled with the vowel pairs oa (boat) and ow (snow).

Spelling: Our spelling words are from unit 32 and focus on the oa/ow vowel pair (it sounds like long /o/).

Math: We will be continuing our unit in math – Geometry and Attributes. We will be practicing polygons and three dimensional shapes (cylinders, cones, cubes, pyramids, and rectangular prisms)! Get ready to practice your own geometry!! 😉

Religion: We will be reading from our textbooks this week. We will be discussing how “Jesus is the Good Shepherd”.

Science: In science we will be working from our chapter on weather. This week we will be discussing how weather changes the land, which will lead us into our chapter test. (We were unable to do this last week!)

Social Studies: In social studies we will be continuing our work on our School Fair project!

Homework for the Week:

  • Monday: Rainbow Write and Math Worksheet
  • Tuesday: Spelling p.221-222 and Math Worksheet
  • Wednesday: 7 Sentences (Don’t forget the challenge words) and Math Worksheet
  • Thursday: Spelling p. 224 and Math Worksheet
  • Friday: Read two times!

Reminders for the Week:

  • We have our Read Across America Kick-off Monday. We will have an assembly at 11:15am and a letter will go home regarding a reading challenge!!
  • 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.
  • Family Envelope Goes home on Tuesday
  • Theater Program is beginning again – see the family envelope for more details
  • Stations of the Cross on Wednesday at 2pm in the Church.
  • Friday is a full day!
  • Sunday –Daylight Savings Begins! Don’t forget to turn your clock ahead an hour on Saturday!

Have a wonderful week!

Ms. Manning

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