* 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...
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.
Math:
The name of the game this week is being able to understand the information that a two-digit number is giving, and then utilizing that information to solve a problem. We want the students to not just think that 16 is two numbers side-by-side, but to automatically decompose the number so that it gives them meaningful information. Namely, that there is one group of 10 and 6 more ones. Then using that knowledge, they can then add some more ones to the group of ones, or take some ones away from the group of ones. Though it is tempting for students to rely on counting (whether they prefer to count hash marks, fingers, pictures, etc), that approach is quickly becoming inefficient. Thinking in terms of place value is an important switch that must be made in 1st grade.
The name of the game this week is being able to understand the information that a two-digit number is giving, and then utilizing that information to solve a problem. We want the students to not just think that 16 is two numbers side-by-side, but to automatically decompose the number so that it gives them meaningful information. Namely, that there is one group of 10 and 6 more ones. Then using that knowledge, they can then add some more ones to the group of ones, or take some ones away from the group of ones. Though it is tempting for students to rely on counting (whether they prefer to count hash marks, fingers, pictures, etc), that approach is quickly becoming inefficient. Thinking in terms of place value is an important switch that must be made in 1st grade.
Check out the Singapore Math Resources section of the blog for additional resources to help with difficult concepts.
Reading:
Note that OPG lessons are intentionally assigned out of order this week.
Note that OPG lessons are intentionally assigned out of order this week.
I hope your child is thrilled with how many words they can read in "Frog and Toad!" Decodable words (sight words in parentheses) for "Ice Cream" this week: hot, day, I, wish, we, had, sweet, ice, cream, (said), Frog, Toad, wait, will, be, back, went, (to), the, he, (two), big, cones, (of), likes, best, and, so, (do), path, soft, drop, his, this, in, sun, drops, melting, they, fell, on, must, back, (was), it, pants, feet, cannot, see, sat, by, pond, waiting, ran, just, big, with, sticks, way, thing, rabbit, run, life, can, be, hid, rock, that, came, up, drat, mind, (do), then, shade, tree.
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.
History:
SotW Ch. 14 questions for disucssion: Why was the pharaoh of Egypt afraid of the Isrealites? What was the turning point for baby Moses? Why do you think God chose to save Moses and let him live in pharoah's house? How did God show He was the one true God?
Journal sentences: God sent ten plagues and parted the Red Sea. Moses led the Isrealites to freedom.
Science:
This week we begin a unit on butterflies! Even those among us who are not terribly fond of most insects can enjoy the beauty and grace of the lovely butterfly. As we know, and as the children will discover, they don't start out that way! Not only will we (hopefully!) witness an amazing physical transformation, we'll take the time to understand it as a picture of the amazing work God does in our own lives. He takes us from crawling around in our sinful state, and through his work on the cross, changes us into a completely new creation!
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" -2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
Note on this week's assignment: You are certainly welcome to look over the World Butterfly Census information with your child and complete the worksheet, but that will not be required to be turned in at school. Also, while it is beneficial to discuss the scientific naming conventions, using the common name to refer to these butterflies is completely age appropriate!
Arthropod Project Due 11/10
Geography:
Horn of Africa and East Africa Due 11/15
Memory Work:
Quarter 2 poem: Count Your Blessings. Due 11/17.
This week we begin a unit on butterflies! Even those among us who are not terribly fond of most insects can enjoy the beauty and grace of the lovely butterfly. As we know, and as the children will discover, they don't start out that way! Not only will we (hopefully!) witness an amazing physical transformation, we'll take the time to understand it as a picture of the amazing work God does in our own lives. He takes us from crawling around in our sinful state, and through his work on the cross, changes us into a completely new creation!
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" -2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
Note on this week's assignment: You are certainly welcome to look over the World Butterfly Census information with your child and complete the worksheet, but that will not be required to be turned in at school. Also, while it is beneficial to discuss the scientific naming conventions, using the common name to refer to these butterflies is completely age appropriate!
Arthropod Project Due 11/10
Geography:
Horn of Africa and East Africa Due 11/15
Memory Work:
Quarter 2 poem: Count Your Blessings. Due 11/17.
Books of the New Testament, due 12/1. Here is the song we practice with in class. Your child is free to learn the books with this song or another song they may perhaps already know.
