Dear Parents, March 14, 2016
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 geometry unit! We will focus this week on three dimensional shapes.
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 weather! This week, we are discussing weather tools and what warms the land, air, and water.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit “In and Around the Land” with discussions on resources.
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 and 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.
- Report Cards go home on Tuesday!
- Stations of the Cross on Wednesday at 2pm in the Church.
- Friday is a full-day!!!
Have a wonderful week!
Ms. Manning
