*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
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Tuesday, October 24- Picture Make Up day
Thursday, October 26- Spirit/pizza/DOGS day
Friday, October 27- Fall Festival
Tuesday, October 31- Historic Dress Up- students may dress in costume as a historical figure from their grade level history study. Details below.
November 21-27- Thanksgiving Break
Historic Dress Up- October 31st: 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. Have fun thinking of ideas; I can't wait to see what you come up with!
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 not to 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. 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 not to 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. 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, and that we have already taught the rule breaker "was" with a previous lesson.
Note that OPG lessons are intentionally assigned out of order this week, and that we have already taught the rule breaker "was" with a previous lesson.
Please administer Phonogram Assessments 2 & 3 at the end of this week. You'll want to erase the previous markings on Assessment 2 before you do it again for this round. I'll look for both Assessments behind the Language Arts tab on Tuesday, 10/24.
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.
Spelling:
For your reference when checking dictation this week, the sentences given in class for Step 7 / Lesson 9 will be: I made my bed. She can ride fast. We left a note on the desk.
This week we will teach the students the VCe (also known as Name Game) syllable type, which they will now be able to spell or read in a two syllable word as well as in a single syllable word.
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:
Geography:
Horn of Africa and East Africa Due 11/16
Memory Work:
Quarter 2 poem: Count Your Blessings. Due 11/16.
You'll be researching butterflies in our area and the students will share what they learned with us in class on Thursday. They will turn in their research, so please make sure they include their name and use a sheet of paper that is separate from their Science journal. The fact that they choose to share will also need to be written in a complete sentence with correct spelling and punctuation.
Arthropod Project Due 11/9
Geography:
Horn of Africa and East Africa Due 11/16
Memory Work:
Quarter 2 poem: Count Your Blessings. Due 11/16.
Books of the New Testament, due 11/30. 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.
