Fortis 1st Grade (T/Th)

1st Grade T/Th- Week 25- March 3-9

1st Grade Week 25	Tue, Mar 3	Wed, Mar 4	Thu, Mar 5	Fri, Mar 6	Mon, Mar 9	Co-Teacher Notes
Virtue	Hope- "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." -Romans 15:13
Bible	GP Week 7, pg 102-105	GP Week 7, pg 102 & 106-108	GP Week 7, pg 109-111	GP Week 7, pg 112-114	GP Week 7, Optional Fun Day, pg 115-116	Big Picture Question: How does God accomplish His plan? God uses people for His glory and our good.
Math	HIG pg 48-49, TB pg 46-47, WB Ex 33 pg 70-71	Parent read HIG pg 48, HIG pg 50, TB pg 48-49 (note in task 2, it is the number of legs that are being counted), WB Ex 34 pg 72 MM 16 (first 10 problems)	HIG pg 51-52, TB pg 50-52, WB Ex 35 pg 73-75	Parent read HIG pg 51, HIG pg 53, TB pg 53, WB Ex 36 pg 76-78 MM 16 (last 10 problems)	Practice Packet (sent home on Thursday) pg 1, 2, and 3 MM 4: one-minute timed drill; return to school on Tuesday	The Practice Packet sent home this week will be assigned over several days; completed packet is due 3/12/25
Spelling	Lesson 24: Review Sound Cards; Review Second Job of Silent E; Dictate last three sentences on pg 205 in spelling journal	Review/correct dictation from Tuesday; Review a selection of Sound, Rule, and Word Cards from your card box; Use Spaceship on the Porch activity (see Teacher's Manual pg 204) to review Second Job of Silent E	Lesson 24 written assessment	Lesson 25, Soft G: Parent read pg 209-210; Review a selection of Sound, Rule, and Word Cards from your card box; read through Word Banks for Soft C and EE (pg 147 and 99 in activity book); review "Previous Concepts," pg 210 Use letter tiles for New Teaching, pg 211-215	Lesson 25, Soft G: Review a selection of Sound, Rule, and Word Cards from your card box; Student use tiles to spell several words you select from "Practice More Words" section, pg 216; Dictate Word Cards 194-203 in spelling journal; Dictate first three sentences on pg 217 in spelling journal	Check assessment from Thursday and add missed Word Cards to Review tab of card box; file Word Cards that your student has mastered in Mastered tab
Grammar	FLL Lesson 86: Capitalization and punctuation in poetry, Copywork: "The Star," pg 139-140	FLL Lesson 85: Abbreviations, Initials and addresses; skip reciting the poem, pg 138	FLL Lesson 87: Story narration: "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," pg 141-143	FLL Lesson 88: Introducing writing dates, Copywork: Writing Dates, pg 144-145		Lessons are intentionally assigned out of order, as some are more suited to home days
Writing	Lowercase alphabet- neatness and speed	Copybook pg 71 - Copying (step 4); Write neatly and accurately.	Lowercase alphabet- neatness and speed	Copybook pg 71 - Proof/ Correct and Illustrate (steps 5 and 6)
Reading	Review all phonograms; SF Week 23, Day 1, pg 148-149; Introduce The Silent Letter Pair GH: IGH (OPG L134)	Review all phonograms (add IGH); SF Week 23, Day 2, pg 150-151; OPG L134: The Silent Letter Pair GH: IGH, pg 221; Dictation: sight, tight, bright; "God's People are Sorry" from The Early Reader's Bible, pg 123-129 (see decodable words below)	Review all phonograms; SF Week 23, Day 3, pg 152-153; Introduce The Silent Letter Pair GH: EIGH (OPG L135)	Review all phonograms (add EIGH); SF Week 23, Day 4, pg 154-155; OPG L136: The Silent Letter Pair GH: AIGH and AUGH, pg 223; Teach sight word: laugh (see below); Dictation: straight, caught "God Helps Joshua" from The Early Reader's Bible, pg 131-137 (see decodable words below)	Review all phonograms (add AUGH; click here if you need to print phonogram cards); SF Week 23, Day 5, pg 156-157; Re-read OPG L135 and L136, pg 222-223 Read SPIRE reader Helpful Pals	Remember, if you need to print phonogram cards, there is always a link below this chart on the blog. Add "laugh" to review box. All sight words that should be learned and reviewed thus far: the, I, a, of, have, give, to, two, too, was, said, do, who, friend, eye, buy, shoe, could, would, should, one, once, build, built, laugh
Read Aloud	The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, Ch. 17; Aesop's Fables pg 30-31 - The Owl and the Grasshopper	The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, Ch. 18; Aesop's Fables pg 12 - The Tortoise and the Ducks	The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, Ch. 19; Aesop's Fables pg 24 - The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf	The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, Ch. 20; Aesop's Fables pg 106 - The Wolf, the Kid, and the Goat
History	Texas Week: Read aloud "Mighty Big and Super Great," make state symbol booklet			Watch this video about Texas and do one of the crafts together!		The Greek Agora project will be due April 28th; Click here for project information
Science		G&B/MB Lesson 7: Marine Invertebrates Part 2- Mollusks and Crustaceans, and Marine Invertebrates Booklet Activity (Mollusks and Bivalve Mollusks only), pg 29-30; Please complete Mollusks and Bivalve Mollusks sections (page 3) of My Marine Invertebrates Booklet, then send booklet to school tomorrow	G&B/MB Lesson 7: Marine Invertebrates Part 2- Marine Invertebrates Booklet Activity (Cephalopoda and Crustaceans), pg 30 Complete Cephalopoda Mollusks and Crustaceans sections (pages 4-5) of My Marine Invertebrates Booklet			Please send Marine Invertebrates Booklet to school on Wednesday
Geography	Equatorial Africa Map & Song Due 3/5; Southern Africa Map & Song Due 4/16					Equatorial Africa Map & Song due this week!
Memory Work	SCRIPTURE: John 15:1-17 ESV (ongoing); Books of the Old Testament Genesis - Job in order - Due 3/12 MATH: Fact Flashcards (Ongoing) QUARTER 3 POEM: A Child's Prayer- Due 3/10 GEOGRAPHY: Equatorial Africa- Due 3/5; Southern Africa - Due 4/16

*Note anything underlined in the table above or in the notes below is a clickable link for your convenience *

Key to Abbreviations:
GP- The Gospel Project- Home Edition
HIG- Singapore Math Home Instructor's Guide (click to print addition or subtraction cards)
TB- Singapore Math Textbook
WB- Singapore Math Workbook
EP- Singapore Math Extra Practice
MM- Mental Math (see appendix in HIG)
AAS- All About Spelling teacher manual (click here to print any missing phonogram cards)
FLL- First Language Lessons
SF- Sounds First Phonemic Awareness Program (click here and scroll down to Grade 1)
OPG- The Ordinary Parents' Guide to Teaching Reading (click here to print OPG sight words)
SotW- Story of the World
G&B/A- The Good and The Beautiful, Arthropods
G&B/MB- The Good and The Beautiful, Marine Biology

COMING SOON...

Thursday, March 5- Equatorial Africa map due

Tuesday, March 10- Q3 poem, A Child's Prayer due

Thursday, March 12- Books of the Bible (Genesis - Job) due

Thursday, March 12- Spirit Day (no pizza)

Tuesday - Monday, March 17-23- Spring Break

Thursday, March 26- Spirit/Pizza/DOGS Day

Dear Parents:

When you stop to consider that a few short months ago, your children entered first grade understanding just the very basics of arithmetic and language arts, it's actually incredible how quickly they have soaked up all manner of new information! Even more gratifying is to see them growing deeper in their understanding of God, His character, and His desires for their lives. Sometimes it's good to step back from the day-to-day grind and recalibrate our perspectives. The days are long, but the years are short.

Seeking the Lord alongside you,

Mrs. Kuhn

Math:
Multiplication...wow!! These kids are getting so smart!

A cumulative math assessment is coming the week after this one (March 10). Please use the flexibility of your home days to ensure the objectives of each lesson are being met. Sometimes this will call for more practice than the minimum requirements noted in the lesson plan, as well as continued practice of past concepts not yet mastered.

I am sending a practice packet for students to work on at home which includes three word problems. I'd like the students to first build the numbers with cubes (Build it!), then color the cubes they built onto the worksheet (Show it!).This should help reinforce that one number is larger than the other, and the difference between the two is what they're looking for. Then have them write the number sentence (start with the larger number and take away the amount that is the same; the result is the difference). Lastly, ask them to explain to you what information they've just found by solving the number sentence. See HIG 1B pg 7-8 if your student needs a refresher. The Practice Packet will be assigned over several days. The completed packet is due 3/12/25.

Flashcard Games for math facts (or phonograms!)

Spelling:

Keep up the great work on spelling lessons! In the new lesson this week, we'll teach part two of the second job of silent e, which is making G spell it's soft sound, /j/. It isn't a hard and fast rule that G will always say /j/ before e, i, or y. It often does, but not always. We acknowledge these occurrences by stating that G may say /j/ before e, i, or y.

Phonogram Game Ideas

Practice App

Writing:

Custom Handwriting Practice Sheets

Reading:

We're beginning a new section of our OPG book this week- silent letters! Some of these can be tricky, but students usually enjoy this section. Here's a fun article that shares some interesting background about the silent pair GH.

OPG introduces the sight word "laugh" in Lesson 141, but it really fits better with Lesson 136, so we are going to include it with that lesson this week. AUGH spells the sound /aw/, so the only part of "laugh" that is following the rules is the l. The entire rest of the word is the rule-breaker part that will have to be memorized by heart.

Decodable words in "God's People are Sorry" (sight words in parenthesis): God's, (are), why, did, you, lead, us, some, (said), to, we, do, not, like, food, help, (was), sad, these, things, slaves, in, now, had, his, them, good, but, the, and, a, place, they, please, so, sent, snakes, run, (could), from, came, to, this, make, big, brass, told, put, it, high, for, see, who, look, at, will, die, did, him, who, that, way, say, then, (would), He

Decodable words in "God Helps Joshua" (sight words in parenthesis): God, helps, look, at, those, walls, (said), how, can, we, fight, the, (of), get, will, help, us, did, he, told, to, then, this, is, way, they, it, and, went, home, next, day, each, why, us, (one), times, (would), now, and, shout, fell, down, ran, took, do

History:

We'll be discussing the great state of Texas this week! In conjunction with Texas Week, we will seek to "exalt and extol the highest and the best cultural and spiritual values of Texas throughout Texas Week" (Texas Civil Statutes Title 106 Art. 6144a). "Remember the Alamo!" was the motto of the Republic of Texas from 1836-1845, but do you know what the official state motto is today?

This semester's at-home project will allow students to tap into their inner entrepreneur as they set up shop in a recreation of the central Greek gathering place and marketplace, the Agora. Students will create a product they wish to sell, a price point, and a sales pitch to entice their friends to visit their stall in the marketplace. Fortis students from other grades will be "window shopping" in our Agora before we buy and sell amongst our class (currency provided)! Project guidelines can also be found here. This project will be presented by the students on April 28th. They are encouraged to wear Greek attire/costume to school that day to lend authenticity to their project.

Science:

The second half of Marine Invertebrates will be covered this week in lesson 7: mollusks and bivalve mollusks at home, cephalopods and crustaceans at school. Complete only the mollusk and bivalve mollusk page of the booklet at home. Then send the booklet to school on Thursday so we can finish with cephalopoda mollusks and crustaceans.

Geography:

Equatorial Africa Map and Song due THIS WEEK- March 5; Students should be able to point to each country as they sing/recite the names.

Memory Work:

Quarter 3 memory work is due next week!

A Child's Prayer, due 3/10

Books of the Old Testament- Genesis-Job, due 3/12

1st Grade T/Th- Week 24- February 24 - March 2

1st Grade Week 24	Tue, Feb 24	Wed, Feb 25	Thu, Feb 26	Fri, Feb 27	Mon, Mar 2	Co-Teacher Notes
Virtue	Love- "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God." -1 John 4:7
Bible	GP Week 5, pg 70-73	GP Week 5, pg 74-76	GP Week 5, pg 77-79	GP Week 5, pg 80-82	GP Week 5, Optional Fun Day, pg 83	Big Picture Question: How does God accomplish His plan? God uses people for His glory and our good. I will not be assigning GP Week 6, but feel free to cover it with your child if you have the time.
Math	HIG pg 42-43; TB pg 40-41; WB Ex 28 pg 57-58	Parent read HIG pg 42; Review HIG pg 43; TB N/A; WB Ex 29 pg 59; Choose one or both of the subtraction games below to play (see Math section); MM17 (last 10 problems)	HIG pg 45-46; TB pg 42 & 44; WB Ex 31 pg 66-67	Parent read HIG pg 45; HIG pg 47; TB pg 43 & 45; WB Ex 30 pg 64-65 MM 13 (yes, again!), last 10 problems	HIG pg 47 Reinforcement activity; TB N/A; WB Ex 32 pg 68-69; MM 15 (yes, again!), last 10 problems MM 6: one-minute timed drill; return to school on Tuesday	Pay close attention to page numbers this week!
Spelling	Lesson 23: Review Sound Cards; Review less common sounds of O and U; Dictate last three sentences on pg 199 in spelling journal	Review/correct dictation from Tuesday; Review a selection of Sound, Rule, and Word Cards from your card box; Use Put It on the Grill activity (see Teacher's Manual pg 198) to review less common sounds of O and U	Lesson 23 written assessment	Lesson 24, Second Job of Silent E: Parent read pg 201; Review a selection of Sound, Rule, and Word Cards from your card box; Read through Word Banks for ER and Name Game Syllables Part 2 (pg 123 and pg 71 in activity book); review the sounds of C (pg 202) Use letter tiles for New Teaching, pg 202-203	Lesson 24, Second Job of Silent E: Review a selection of Sound, Rule, and Word Cards from your card box; read through Word Bank for Soft C (pg 147 in the activity book); Student use tiles to spell several words you select from "Practice More Words" section, pg 204; Dictate Word Cards 184-193 in spelling journal; Dictate first three sentences on pg 205 in spelling journal	Check assessment from Thursday and add missed Word Cards to Review tab of card box; file Word Cards that your student has mastered in Mastered tab
Grammar	FLL Lesson 81: Poem memorization: "Mr. Nobody," pg 132	FLL Lesson 82: Capitalization in poetry, Copywork: "Mr. Nobody", pg 133-134	FLL Lesson 83: Pronouns, Oral usage: "Is/Are," pg 135-136	FLL Lesson 84: Oral composition: "Mr. Nobody at Our House," Copywork: "Mr. Nobody at Our House," pg 137 (reference "Mr. Nobody" poem on pg 132)		Discuss "Mr. Nobody" as the lesson directs, but your student does not need to practice memorizing the poem.
Writing	Lowercase alphabet- neatness and speed	Copybook pg 69 - Copying (step 4); Write neatly and accurately.	Lowercase alphabet- neatness and speed	Copybook pg 69 - Proof/ Correct and Illustrate (steps 5 and 6)
Reading	Review all phonograms; SF Week 22, Day 1, pg 138-139 Review OU as /o͞o/ and /ou/, The Vowel Pair OU as /ŭ/ (OPG 130)	Review all phonograms; SF Week 22, Day 2, pg 140-141; OPG L131: Sight Words: build, built, Review Sight Words, pg 218; "God's Good Rules" from The Early Reader's Bible, pg 107-113 (see decodable words below)	Review all phonograms; SF Week 22, Day 3, pg 142-143; Introduce Y alone as /ĭ/ (OPG L132)	Review all phonograms; SF Week 22, Day 4, pg 144-145; OPG L132: Y alone as /ĭ/, pg 219; Dictation: myth, gym "A Calf of Gold" from The Early Reader's Bible, pg 115-121 (see decodable words below)	Review all phonograms; SF Week 22, Day 5, pg 146-147; OPG L133: Review of Vowel Pairs and Patterns for Short-Vowel Words, pg 220	Add "build" and "built" to review cards. All sight words that should be learned and reviewed thus far: the, I, a, of, have, give, to, two, too, was, said, do, who, friend, eye, buy, shoe, could, would, should, one, once, build, built
Read Aloud	The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, Ch. 13; Aesop's Fables pg 99 - The Lark and her Young Ones	The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, Ch. 14; Aesop's Fables pg 112 - The Fisherman and the Little Fish	The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, Ch. 15; Aesop's Fables pg 96 - The Dog and His Reflection	The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, Ch. 16; Aesop's Fables pg 76 - The Bull and the Goat
History	Special Guest- Marine Biology			SotW Ch 28 The Roman Empire, pg 215-225; discussion questions below Optional: Click here for instructions to build an edible model of a Roman road Journal sentence: Ancient Romans built durable roads, many of which are still standing today.		The Greek Agora project will be due April 28th; Click here for project information
Science		G&B/MB Lesson 6: Marine Invertebrates Part 1- Introduction to Invertebrates, Symmetry, and Marine Invertebrates Booklet Activity- Cnidarians only (stop at Echinoderms), pg 24-25; Please complete Cnidarians (page 1) of My Marine Invertebrates Booklet that was sent home on Tuesday, then send booklet to school for your student to use tomorrow as well	G&B/MB Lesson 6: Marine Invertebrates Part 1- Marine Invertebrates Booklet (page 2)- Echinoderms and Sponges, pg 25-26			Please send Marine Invertebrates Booklet to school on Thursday
Geography	Equatorial Africa- Due 3/5
Memory Work	SCRIPTURE: John 15:1-17 ESV (ongoing); Books of the Old Testament - Genesis through Job- Due 3/12 MATH: Fact Flashcards (Ongoing) QUARTER 3 POEM: A Child's Prayer - Due 3/10 GEOGRAPHY: Equatorial Africa - Due 3/5

*Note anything underlined in the table above or in the notes below is a clickable link for your convenience *

COMING SOON...

Thursday, February 26- Spirit/Pizza/DOGS day

Thursday, March 5- Equatorial Africa map due

Tuesday, March 10- Q3 poem, A Child's Prayer due

Thursday, March 12- Books of the Bible (Genesis - Job) due

Tuesday - Monday, March 17-23- Spring Break

Dearest Parents,

Can you believe we have just three weeks of school until Spring Break? The time has FLOWN by this semester. You and your students have put in a lot of time, thought, and effort, and the results are so rewarding. Keep persevering!

Love, Mrs. Kuhn

Math:
We have just finished teaching a tricky unit, and we've been working hard! Subtraction with renaming is one of the most challenging concepts in 1st grade math, so we will keep reviewing in class and I will ask you to do the same at home, even as we move on to other units.

Subtraction reinforcement games (choose one or both to play on Wednesday):

Build a Number, then Subtract: Use two sets of number cards with numbers 0-9 (UNO cards, Phase 10 cards, playing cards with face cards removed, etc). From the first set, use only numbers 1, 2, and 3. Keeping the sets separated into two piles, turn all cards face down. Draw one card from the 1,2,3 pile- this is the tens number in a 2-digit number. Draw one card from the 0-9 pile- this is the ones number in a 2-digit number. Write down the 2-digit number. (Ex: 2 is turned over from the 1,2,3 pile and 9 is turned over from the 0-9 pile; the 2-digit number is 29). Turn over one more card from the 0-9 pile. Have your student subtract the number they turned over from the number they wrote down.

0 or Bust: Use a 10-sided die or 4 sets of number cards with numbers 0-9. Players start with 40 points. Roll the die or draw a card and subtract that number from the start number. That difference is the new start number. Continue until one person hits 0 exactly. If a player's roll doesn't hit 0 exactly, they "go bust" and their turn is over.

Our next unit is multiplication- so fun! At this level, we will be introducing it as repeated addition. Please note, as it says in the HIG: "Students should use mental math to do the repeated addition, not simply count on." We want students to be able to manipulate the numbers easily in their heads so that for 4+4+4+4 they are thinking "I know 4+4 is 8, adding another 4 gets me to 12, and the last 4 brings me to 16," or "I see there are two 4+4's. I know 4+4 is 8, so two 4+4's is the same as 8+8, and 8+8 is 16." This way of thinking about math, rather than simply counting, is so powerful! It opens up many opportunities for higher math functioning when children can manipulate numbers with ease, freeing up brain power for more complex computations.

Keep practicing math facts...yes, still! Again, less effort required in the recall of facts means more "brain power" available to use the facts in more complex calculations.

Flashcard Games for math facts (or phonograms!)

Spelling:

This week Lesson 24 introduces the second job of silent E, which is to cause C or G to make their soft sounds. This is another lesson that will be easier to teach if your student has been writing the silent E along with the vowel, then going back and filling in the final consonant sound between the vowel and the silent E. That approach makes it easy to see that if the final consonant sound is /s/, they should use C, since C spells /s/ before E, I, or Y (S before E usually makes the /z/ sound). Regularly reviewing the Word Bank for Soft C on pg 147 in the activity book will help your student recognize these words as well.

Phonogram Game Ideas

Practice App

Grammar:

For FLL Lesson 82, you will be using "Mr. Nobody" to point out capitalization in poetry. You do not need to read the stanza three times in a row or have your student repeat it along with you since we're not memorizing this poem. Also note that for Lesson 82 copywork in the grammar booklet, due to space constraints several words in the poem were omitted in order to demonstrate capitalization of the first word of every line.

Writing:

Custom Handwriting Practice Sheets

Reading:

Remember when teaching a new sight word, before showing your student the word, say it to them and ask them to think about and write down what sounds they would use to spell the word. For "build," they will likely spell b-i-l-d. Then discuss which parts of the word are regular (b, l, d) and identify the part that is irregular (the /ĭ/ sound is spelled with UI; this is a rule breaker because UI makes the /oo/ sound). Direct your student to underline, highlight, or use a different color to replace the i they originally wrote with ui, and remind them that this is the part of the word they will need to memorize.

Decodable words in "God's Good Rules" (sight words in parenthesis): God's, good, (what), is, it, some, (said), the, a, big, they, but, (was), with, them, had, lead, take, them, to, this, place, told, go, up, on, he, (would), say, gave, tell, my, do, not, make, think, name, bad, way, rest, day, love, and, kill, wife, steal, lie, want, (have)

Decodable words in "A Calf of Gold" (sight words in parenthesis): A, (of), gold, will, you, do, (what), God, yes, (said), the, we, went, he, to, (was), long, time, come, back, some, must, (have), help, us, so, the, made, from, this, they, it, be, now, but, not, (one), day, came, did, like, please, came, (would), then, bad, died, sad, who, no

History:

SotW Ch. 28 Discussion questions: How were the Roman roads different from most roads in the ancient world? Compare how ancient Romans took a bath with how you take a bath. Why do you think the Romans liked to watch men fighting? What is your opinon about a gladiator fight? Can you think of a different game that people today enjoy watching?

Journal sentence: Ancient Romans built durable roads, many of which are still standing today.

Here is an idea for making an edible Roman road, if you're feeling adventurous!

Science:

Lessons 6 and 7 cover marine invertebrates. We will split each of those by covering half of a lesson at home, then finishing the other half at school. This week, you'll teach symmetry and the cnidarians page of the "My Marine Invertebrates" booklet at home, then we'll study echinoderms and sponges in class. Copies of the booklet will be sent home with your student on Tuesday, Feb. 24th. Please complete only the Cnidarians page of the Marine Invertebrates Booklet on Wednesday at home. Send the booklet to school on Thursday so we can continue with Echinoderms and Sponges. The process will repeat for Lesson 7 next week.

Geography:

Equatorial Africa map and song due 3/5; Students should be able to point to each country as they sing/recite the names.

Memory Work:

The Quarter 3 poem is due Tuesday, 3/10. Each child will present A Child's Prayer in front of the class. Let your child practice in front of an audience of stuffed animals to boost their confidence!

The books of the Old Testament (Genesis-Job) are due Thursday, 3/12.