* Note- anything underlined in the table above or highlighted below is a link *
Key to Abbreviations:
GP- The Gospel Project- Home Edition
HIG- Singapore Math Home Instructor's Guide
TB- Singapore Math Textbook
WB- Singapore Math Workbook
MM- Mental Math (see appendix in HIG)
CCC- Complete, check, correct
AAS- All About Spelling
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
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...
Tuesday, January 11- School resumes!
Thursday, January 13- Spirit day- Fortis tshirts and jeans are allowed
(Tuesday, January 18- No MLK Jr Day holiday- school is IN SESSION)
Thursday, January 20- (Optional) Co-teacher training, 2-3pm
** Dear Refreshed Parents **
Welcome Back! I hope your break was restful as well as productive. I am ready to be back to the Lord's business of helping prepare these children for whatever big plans God has in store for their lives, and I know you are too!
~Mrs. Kuhn
Math:
We will begin using all three 1B books this semester. Our first unit delves a little deeper into subtraction by first comparing sets and then determining how many more or less each set has than the other. A good way to explain this idea is to pair up the objects in each set and think of each object in one set "taking away" an object in the other set.
Subtraction Rainbow Facts are now available for students who have completed all addition facts through 10! Remember, your child should always be learning (by building the problem on a 10-frame first), practicing, and reviewing all of the facts listed in HIG 1B pg 4-5, regardless of whether they've been able to test on their current rainbow facts color.
Reading:
Please note that in OPG L114, the book will say that the U alone as /o͝o/ words are disobedient, but they are not. The /o͝o/ sound is actually the third sound made by the letter U.
Required books for this semester include:
- "The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk" (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) by Thorton Burgess
- "Cleopatra" by Diane Stanley
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We'll be using "Jimmy Skunk" this week.
We will also be starting The Early Reader's Bible, a copy of which I will check out to each family. Please take good care of your copy and return it to me at the end of this semester so I can reuse it again next year. This prevents families from having to purchase a book that will only be gently used for half of a school year.
When reading The Early Reader's Bible with your child, you should read to them the words we have not taught them to decode. Do not ask them to guess at words that they don't have the skills to decode yet. We are trying to give them exposure to different reading materials, even if those materials are not completely decodable yet, but we don't want to slip into teaching them to guess at words!
When reading The Early Reader's Bible with your child, you should read to them the words we have not taught them to decode. Do not ask them to guess at words that they don't have the skills to decode yet. We are trying to give them exposure to different reading materials, even if those materials are not completely decodable yet, but we don't want to slip into teaching them to guess at words!
Words your child should be able to decode in The Early Reader's Bible (sight words in parenthesis)...
-From "God Made Many Things": long, (was), no, sun, moon, and, I, will, make, a, God, (said), so, made, sun, the, then, it, is, good, helps, you, see, all, day, moon, they, help, more, things, trees, fish, in, sea, big, last, (of), man, this, new
-From "Something Bad, Something Sad": (was), Eve, wife, they, had, good, things, and, sad, but, thing, (could), not, (have), you, must, not, eat, the, food, on, that, tree, God, (said), a, time, did, it, then, (to), day, he, (should), did, not, so, ate, too, had, bad, sad, I, told, go, home, us, (do)
Composition:
Spelling:
We are back to work with Step 13 at the end of this week. We have been learning to read vowel teams in OPG already, but now the students will be labelling them as new syllable type and spelling them
Geography:
West Africa Due 1/27- There are 16 countries on this map! Practice, practice!
History:
This semester in history we'll be getting into some really exciting territory including ancient Greece and Rome, starting off this week with a miniature Olympic games! We will be covering Greek mythology as well. If you have any questions or concerns about that, I'd love to chat with you. Our project to end this semester is history-related and will be announced in the next few weeks.
SotW Ch. 21 Discussion questions: Why did Astyges want his grandson to be killed? Do you agree with his choice? Why didn't Harpagus obey the king's command? What choice would you make? What kind of ruler was Cyrus? How do you know that? Why were the Babylonians so willing to follow Cyrus? Compare Cyrus to the Babylonian king- which one would you want to follow?
Journal Sentence: Cyrus the Great built the largest empire of his time.
Science:
We are now using "The Great and the Beautiful/ Marine Biology" text (G&B/MB).
If you did not purchase the most recent edition of the Marine Biology text and your page numbers are different than those listed, please let me know.
Journal Sentence: The ocean is one of the most vast and mighty of God's creations.
Memory Work:
Quarter 3 poem: A Child's Prayer will be due 2/24. Your help at home with memorization is a huge blessing!
Books of the Old Testament (Genesis through Job): Due 3/1; Here is a link to the song we practice in class. The Old Testament will take the rest of the school year to master. This quarter we will focus on Genesis through Job. As always, if you or your child are already familiar with a different song, I'll assess that no problem, as long as the books are said in order.
