Dear Parents, January 31, 2016
This week in first grade, we are learning…
Language Arts: We are starting theme 6 in our reading series this week – Animal Adventures. Our reading strategy is summarizing and our comprehension skill is story structure. Knowing the setting, characters, problem, events in trying to solve the problem, and the ending will help us summarize the story. Our phonics focus is the long /o/ sound spelled with the CVCe pattern or CV (as is go) and the long /u/ sound spelled with the CVCe pattern. We will also work on the final clusters of ft, lk, and nt. Our grammar focus is on naming words for people and animals.
Spelling: Our spelling words are from unit 22 and all have the long /o/ sound.
Math: We will be wrapping up our math unit 5. We will be focusing on “What’s My Rule?” with our “funky function machine”. You will need to read the family letter that is attached to this homework so that you understand as well as the students!
Religion: We will be reading from our textbook this week and learning how Jesus Teaches Us to Love God.
Science: In science we will continue on with our environments! We will be focusing on the coastal environment!
Social Studies: In social studies we continue our work on our school fair projects – Community Life.
Homework for the Week:
- Monday: Rainbow Write 2X and Math Worksheet
- Tuesday: Math Worksheet and 7 Sentences
- Wednesday: No Homework!
- Thursday: Spelling p. 164 and IXL.com Skill S.1
- 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.
- Progress Reports go home on Tuesday!
- Help us celebrate Catholic Schools Week! Tuesday – Teacher and Staff Appreciation Day! Wednesday – Student Appreciation Day (Free Free Dress and Hamburger Lunch!) Thursday – Parish Appreciation Day! Friday – Closing Ceremony!
Have a wonderful week!
Ms. Manning
