First Grade News
Weeks of October 19-October 30th
Religion: Solomon, Reformation: The Story of Martin Luther
Memory: A separate sheet will be sent home with the memory verses on Monday. The memory will be taken from our hymn of the month #761 “Rock of Ages Cleft for Me.”
Math: Students will continue working on subtracting one facts and counting by tens using dimes. Students will also be learning about counting by 2’s and telling time to the hour. Please remember to return both homework sheets. There will be a test on Tuesday.
(19th)Monday: Lesson 44 and Facts
Tuesday: Lesson 45 and Facts
Wednesday: Lesson 46 and Facts
Thursday: No homework
( 28th)Wednesday: Lesson 48 and Facts
Thursday: Lesson 49 and Facts
Friday: No homework
Reading: We are continuing Unit 3 “I am Responsible.” Students will read two stories this week Arthur’s Pet Business and Pigsty. The vocabulary words introduced in these stories are prove, owe, complain, and inspected. High frequency words used this week are: little went, will, girl, her, and with. Sounds that we will be working on include /ar/ spelled ar, /m/ spelled mb (like lamb), /w/ spelled w, /hw/ spelled wh (like whale), /er/ spelled er, ir, and ur. Students will also be working on writing and identifying declarative (or telling) sentences.
(19th) Monday: Decodable #43
Tuesday: Decodable #44
Wednesday: Decodable #45
Thursday: Decodable #46 in class, sent home if extra practice is needed
(28th) Wednesday: Decodable #47 in class (sent home if extra practice is needed), Decodable #48 for homework
Thursday: Decodable # 49
Friday: Test
Social Studies: We will begin Unit 2 Where People Live. We will be talking about the Hoosier National Forest and classifying places. Students will also have a social studies project that will be due Friday, October 30th. Projects may be turned in any time before the due date.
Travel Map Project Details:
*With your child, talk about some of the different states your child has visited. Help them choose the state they remember the best.
*Help them draw a map outline of the state. Include the cities that they visited in the state. (It would be best if there was more than one city visited.)
*Draw and label one example of a landform (such as mountains, desert, swamp, forest) and one body of water found in that state.
*Create a map key for the features on the map. (Ex: a skyscraper for a large city, a cactus for a dessert, a triangle for a mountain, etc.)
*In class, students will locate their state on the map and tell us about the state.
*Please encourage your child to be neat. Crayons, colored pencils, or markers may be used.
Science: We will finish Chapter 2 on Animal Habitats. Leveled readers will be sent home. They cover the material in Chapter 2 and are designed for specific reading levels.
Special Announcements
*The week of October 19-23rd is Red Ribbon Week. A note was sent home about special dress days.
Monday: Wear Red (Please keep in mind we do have Chapel this day.)
Tuesday: Sunglasses
Wednesday: Bandana
Thursday: Favorite Team Jersey
*The kids looked great in their class t-shirts!
* Book orders are due on Thursday, October 22nd. I am still trying to put the orders online. The website was undergoing maintenance when I tried to log in. You can order online or send the order to school.
*No school Friday, October 23rd, Monday, October 26th, and Tuesday, October 27th. Enjoy the break!
*The Reformation Party will be held on Friday, October 30th. Students may dress as “What I want to be when I grow up.” We will have a parade at school with kindergarten and second grade. The following people have signed up to help with the party: refreshments: Julie Peters, Sara Stuckwisch, Anna Pollert, Napkins and Plates: Sherry Rorig, and classroom help: Anna Pollert.