1st Grade news April 7-11

Teachers Notes:

This week we will be doing a big project where they will get to share something they learned about a family member. Thank you for helping them with this project! I hope they have had fun doing this with their families. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to email me and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for all that you do!

Important Dates:

This Week:

Thursday – Little Ike Storytime

 Friday – Family Picnic Day at NOON; No Uniform Day with $1 or an Item for the Food Bank; Stations of the Cross, 2:40 led by Grades 4 & 5

April:

• 17 – AMS Band Tour; Seder Meal

• 18 – No School, Good Friday

• 21 – No School, Easter Monday

• 22 – 1:00; Easter Egg Hunt, Grades All Day Preschool – 5th After Mass

• 23 - 1:45 –Administrative Professionals’ Day

• 24 – Spring Program Practice at High School; Ms. Kohman’s Field Trip; Spring Program, 7:00 p.m. at High School Auditorium

  May:

• 9 – Field Day & Family Picnic Day

• 15 – Reading Party

• 16 – K & First Grade Field Trip; Mrs. Hunter’s Field Trip; Fourth & Fifth Grade Field Trip

• 22 – Last Day, Transitional Kindergarten through Grade 5; Dismiss 1:00

Homework:

• Monday-Read for 10 minutes, practice high-frequency words, spelling words and math facts

• Tuesday-Read for 10 minutes, practice high-frequency words, spelling words and math sprint sheet (spend no more then 5 minutes on)

• Wednesday-Read for 10 minutes, practice high-frequency words, spelling words and math worksheet (spend no more then 5 minutes on)

• Thursday-Read for 10 minutes, practice high-frequency words, spelling words and math worksheet (spend no more than 5 minutes on)

• Friday- Read for 10 minutes

Spelling Words:

1. baby

2. city

3. cities

4. living

5. babies

6. giving

7. having

8. baking

9. give

10. right

    Bonus:

11. newbie

12. science

13. recipient

14. ingredient

High-Frequency Words:

• may

• other

• give

• number

• right

UFLI:

This week we will be talking about the letter G making the /j/ sound when it follows a silent e like in the word cage. We will also be reviewing all VCe words and exceptions during the week. We did our 1 minute reading passages last week and I will be sending those home for you to see on Wednesday.

Reading:

In reading this week we will be finishing up Unit 4: making history and focusing on What we have learned about our history so far and why it is important for us to continue to learn about our history. We will also be sharing an interview that they did with an elderly family member; on Thursday and Friday. We will also be continuing to work on blending and segmenting sounds and words and taking a closer look at word endings. We will learning about the vowel team ie. Lastly, we will be learning and discussing what a compound sentence is.

Math:

In math we will be working on understanding a two digit number represent tens and ones. We will also be comparing quantities with greater than, less then and equal signs.

Social Studies:

In social studies we will be presenting what we have learned about the past this unit. We will also be sharing our three questions and what the answers that we got from a relative. Your student is to bring in a paper with the three questions and the answers written below on or before Wednesday. They will then get to share who they talked to, and at least one thing they learned on Thursday or Friday with the class about their family member.

Science:

In science this week we will be learning about plant traits and offspring's, what will a baby plant look like when it grows up? We will be starting a plant journal as we begin to grow a plant in class.

Religion:

In Religion this week we will be talking about when Jesus, our savior is born. We will also be continuing to learn about St. Mother Theresa.