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A Note From Mrs. Claytor
March 8, 2010
Dear Parents,
Our field trip to see Junie B Jones was truly entertaining. It was a lot of fun to experience Junie B. in the flesh, with a chorus to sing about her adventures in first grade!.
Our final field trip will take place on April 16th. We will be going to the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center in Grasonville, Maryland. This is an extra special trip because we will join our 7th grade buddies as we explore the bay's ecosystem. I will be sending forms home shortly - all parents are welcome to join us; however, we may not have enough bus room for all. Last year there were parents who carpooled, which gave them the opportunity to enjoy a day at the bay. I hope you will consider joining us!
The school mass which was scheduled for First Friday has been rescheduled for this Friday, March 12th. I hope you can join us.
Praying for all of us during Lent,
Mrs. Pam Claytor
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We will be working on the following objectives this week:
Religion: We will continue to discuss the daily gospel readings, as we connect them with our lenten journey. The children will also be introduced to the fruits of the Holy Spirit as we further explore the ways the Holy Spirit helps us.
nguage Arts: The children will explore ways they can express themselves, using the examples of the story Olivia . The word attack focus will be on long o words that are spelled with o, oa, and ow. They will build and blend words using the long vowel o. The reading and comprehension focus is on visualizing text and distinguishing between fantasy and reality. The grammar focus is on understanding that an adjective is a word that describes a person, place or thing (noun!). The children will be learning about writing invitations as their writing focus.
Math: This week we will focus on identifying a dozen and half-dozen, estimating and measuring distances using feet, and addition facts that have the sum of nine.
Science: The children will share their understanding of the needs of living things. We will begin our unit on the Chesapeake Bay, with a vocabulary check and introduction of terms.
Social Studies: The children will locate the state of Maryland on a map of the United States. They will look for the United States on a world map, identifying the continent of North America first. We will compare the cultures of our closest neighbors: Canada and Mexico, with cultures of different regions of the U.S. |
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News from First Grade
Monday, 3/8/10 R: Katherine
We wrote about the kind of art we like to do in our journals. We worked on long o words that have ol, oa, and ow. We read The Magic Paintbrush, then we compared reality and fantasy. We talked about how to write an invitation. We learned what a dozen is. We pretended linking cubes were eggs. We also learned what a half-dozen is. We colored a Google sign for a contest in Art. We saw a video that teaches about a sea habit. We heard about Nicodemus and his choice to follow Jesus. We worked with a partner to draw good and bad choices.
Tuesday, 3/9/10 R: Aaron
We wrote about a show we would like to put on. We practiced writing our spelling words on the whiteboards. We read a story called Olivia and wrote what was fantasy or realistic. We read to Mrs. Claytor. We practiced counting to 100 by tens in Spanish, then worked on vocabulary. We played “Maya and Miguel”, then “Paco’s Password” and got computer prizes. We did a following directions paper in Library. We measured how long the room is, then worked in groups of 4 to measure other things in the room. We reviewed what we know about water and the Spirit in Religion.
First Grade Homework 3/8-3/12
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Spelling |
Type pretest words 3 times each: low, boat, no,m row, coat, go, Review: puppy, funny+ vocab: mother, father |
Sort the words:
-o
-oa
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other |
Write the spelling words each in a sentence. Make at least one sentence a question, one a statement, and one an exclamation
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Practice for a spelling test tomorrow: Cheer your words |
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Reading |
Read Fast Start poem with a grownup. Work on some questions. |
Read Fast Start poem with a grownup. Work on some questions.
Make vocabulary cards to practice reading : always, father, mother, love, try, firm, supposed, told, happen, began, before, fall, heard, glared, haste,
friends, knew, cold, extreme, great, know, predict, sound, warm
find, after, done, old, new, work |
Read Fast Start poem with a grownup. Work on some questions.
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Read Fast Start poem with a grownup. Finish the questions. |
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Math |
Complete paper if in folder |
Complete paper if in folder |
Complete paper if in folder
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Complete paper if in folder |
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