Danielle posted on January 15, 2012 17:40
First Grade News
Week of January 16-20
Religion: Jesus Preaches at Nazareth (Luke 4:16-30)
Jesus Blesses the Children (Matt. 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16)
Memory: Hymn of the Month “Jesus, Lead Thou On” verse 1
Due Tuesday: Jesus, lead Thou on, Till our rest is won;
Due Wednesday: And although the way be cheerless,
We will follow calm and fearless .
Due Thursday: Guide us by Thy hand To our father land.
Due Friday: All of verse 1
Reading: We will finish Unit 5 on Monday and take a test. We will begin Unit 6: North, South, East, and West. This is a unit about maps and traveling. This week we will read The Way to Captain Yankee’s, Me on the Map, and “Classroom Globe.” Vocabulary words used this week are map, state, and globe. High frequency words this week are no, their and way. Students will be working on long o spelled oa_ and ow_ and long u spelled _ew and _ue.
Monday: Decodable 78
Tuesday: Decodable 79
Wednesday: Book Choice
Thursday: Decodable 80
*We will take AR tests on Mondays and Wednesdays unless otherwise stated in the newsletter. I apologize for any confusion this may have caused last week.
Spelling: There will be a test on Friday.
1. am 2. boy 3. but 4. for 5. girl
6. see 7. there 8. they 9. were 10. with
Math: There will be a test Tuesday over lessons 1-7 of Topic 8. These lessons included plane shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle) and their properties (sides and corners). Students also worked on using pattern blocks to make new shapes and to show slides, flips, and turns. The rest of the week, we will focus on solid figures, such as cubes and spheres, and their properties (surfaces and corners).
Monday: Review Worksheet and Math Facts 64
Tuesday: Math Facts 65
Wednesday: Lesson 8-9 and Math Facts 66
Thursday: Lesson 8-10 and Math Facts 67
Friday: 100 Day Activities in Class
Social Studies: We will talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday. If time allows, we will also begin a new unit on maps.
Science: We will finish our chapter on engineering. Students will be building bridges out of classroom materials.
Special Announcements
*If we do have a delay or a snow day, the homework assigned is still due. For example, if math lesson 8-8 is due Tuesday and there is a snow day on Tuesday, the worksheet still needs to be turned in on Wednesday. If memory is assigned, all memory verses need to be learned. In the example above, memory due Tuesday and Wednesday would be due Wednesday. Hopefully this will avoid some of the confusion associated with snow days.
*It’s time to start thinking about the LCS Auction! The committee has requested that each grade put together a basket for the auction. Do you have an idea for our first grade basket? Please let me know so we can begin rounding up donations as soon as possible.
*If we do not have any snow days this week, Friday will be our 100th day of school! A note regarding our activities was sent home earlier this month. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Posters may be brought in any day before Friday.