* 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
TB- Singapore Math Textbook
WB- Singapore Math Workbook
MM- Mental Math (see appendix in HIG)
CCC- Complete, check, correct
AAS- All About Spelling (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...
Monday, October 10- Parent/Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, October 11- Campus closed due to conferences
Thursday, October 13- Spirit Day (no pizza)
Saturday, October 15- Fortis Lap-a-thon
Friday - Sunday, October 21-23 Fortis Fall Campout @ Cedar Breaks Park, Georgetown
Tuesday, October 25- Picture retakes
Thursday, October 27- Spirit/Pizza/DOGS day
Thursday, October 27- Grammar Play Date @ Lions Foundation Park
Friday, October 28- Fortis Trunk or Treat
Tuesday, November 1- Historic Dress Up- students may dress in costume as a historical figure from their grade level history study. Details below.
Historic Dress Up- November 1st: Costumes must be in the theme of our historic studies this year, which will cover nomads through the beginning of Christianity (see SotW Chapters 1-37). Guidelines: No weapons, no gore, nothing scary, students need to be able to move and sit properly and use the restroom on their own.
**Dearest Parents**
You are raising up the next generation of teachers, missionaries, pastors, businessmen and women, doctors, parents and maybe even politicians. In whatever they do, may they always maintain their desire to share the truth of God's redemption plan with those He places into their spheres of influence!
You have my love and support,
Mrs. Kuhn
Math:
Math is more complex this week, so we will slow our pace and spend several days on each lesson. Spend time each home day making sure these fundamental concepts really sink in deep. The concept of making a 10 to add is foundational for the entire rest of 1st grade (and beyond!). We will learn it now with sums up to 20, but we will revisit it again later for sums to 40 and eventually sums to 100. It is essential that your student understands this concept rather than relying on counting fingers/hash marks/etc to add.
If your child struggles because they're not yet solid in parts of 10, build in review time for this. If after giving it your all, they're still struggling, don't panic! Keep cheerfully plugging away, building in review as you're able, but never frustrate your student with more than an hour/day of math. Bear in mind that we have some 'fluffy' concepts coming up at the end of this semester that will allow time at home for continued review of these more detailed concepts.
Reading:
I have seen gains in everyone's reading from the beginning of the year! This is just one of the reasons first grade is so exciting and definitely #1 in my book!
**Important note about OPG Lesson 96**
This lesson states that the letter I alone is "disobedient" in words that end in "nd" or "ld." However, we will teach this lesson according to AAS Key Card 8, which says "I and O often say their long sound when followed by...two consonants." We won't teach Key Card 8 in AAS until Step 14, but there is no reason to teach something incorrectly now, only to have to correct it later! So for now, please disregard the entire 2nd half of the Instructor paragraph on pg 174, starting where it says "There are certain words that don't follow either pattern." Rather, teach your child that the letter I followed by two consonants often says it's long sound.
Encourage your child to read words that they should be able to decode in "The Corner" from Frog and Toad All Year (sight words are in parentheses): Frog, and, in, the, rain, they, ran, (to), Frog's, I, am, wet, (said) day, is, (have), tea, cake, will, stop, if, stand, stove, be, dry, tell, while, we, waiting, when, (was), not, much, than, my, me, this, gray, but, spring, just, went, find, that, path, in, until, came, see, on, side,(was), it, no, pine, tree, three, grass, did, an, stump, mud, his, tail, home, got, go, (too), sun, yes.
Looking ahead to next Monday's assignment...
The decodable passage "Nile and the Bike Ride" has several multisyllabe words (a compound word and several VCCV words) for your child to practice syllable division rules #1 and #2 from AAS. Before they begin reading, you may want to preview these words with your student, asking them to divide the syllables and mark the vowel sounds. The discussion questions on the bottom of the page can aid your child's oral narration, but they do not need to be answered in writing.
Science:
Questions for discussion: How was Jean-Henri different from most scientists in his day? Why do you think he wanted to study living insects?
Journal sentence: Jean-Henri Fabre studied living insects.
Please finalize your choice of science project and return the choice form on Thursday, October 13. The project is due in about one month, on November 10.
History:
Questions for discussion: Why did Hatshepsut choose to pretend to be a man? Do you agree with her choice?
What was different about Amenhotep than other Egyptians? Why do you think he worshiped the sun god instead of the true God?Journal sentence: Many pharoahs kept the New Kingdom of Egypt strong.
Geography:
I will be assessing the Northern Africa and Northern Central Africa map and songs on Thursday, 10/13.
Memory Work:
We've begun learning our Quarter 2 poem, "Count Your Blessings." Click here for a version of the melody you can use to practice at home (our poem only contains the first and fourth verses and the chorus). Due 11/17
We're also beginning to learn the books of the Bible in order, beginning with the New Testament (we will go back and do the Old Testament after Christmas). Here is the song we practice with in class. Your child is free to learn the books with that song or another song they may perhaps already know. Due 12/1
