1st Grade
Week 32 | Tue, Apr 28 | Wed, Apr 29 | Thu, Apr 30 | Fri, May 1 | Mon, May 4 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Virtue | Justice- "Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him." -Isaiah 30:18 | |
| Bible | GP Week 11, pg 166-169 | GP Week 11, pg 166 & 170-172 | GP Week 11, pg 173-175 | GP Week 11, pg 176-178 | GP Week 11, Optional Fun Day, pg 179-180 | Big Picture Question: Who is our King? Jesus is our King forever, and He rules over the world. |
| Math | HIG pg 92; TB pg 87 Tasks 5-6; WB Ex 66 pg 152-153 | HIG pg 92; TB pg 87 Tasks 5-6; Check your student's work on WB Ex 66 pg 152-153;
Extra Practice book pg 90 Task D, pg 91 Tasks E and F | HIG pg 94 - pg 95 through the sentence that says "Discuss textbook pages 88 and 89;" TB pg 88-89; My Coins booklet | Parent read HIG pg 94; Start today's lesson on HIG pg 95 with the sentence that says, "Have your student look at textbook task 1, p. 90" and continue on from there through pg 96; TB pg 90 Task 1, pg 91 Task 3; WB Exercise 67 pg 158-159;
MM 25 (last 10 problems) | HIG pg 97; TB pg 90 Task 2, pg 92 Task 4; WB Exercise 68 pg 160-161;
MM 26 (last 10 problems)
MM 10 one-minute timed drill; return to school on Tuesday | |
| Spelling | Lesson 29:
Review Sound Cards;
Review AW and AU;
Dictate last three sentences on pg 249 in spelling journal | Review/correct dictation from Tuesday;
Review a selection of Sound, Rule, and Word Cards from your card box;
Student read Word Bank for AW and AU (pg 179 in activity book)
Use Don't Yawn! activity (see Teacher's Manual pg 248) to review AW and AU | Lesson 29 assessment | Lesson 30 OW and OU:
Parent read pg 251-252;
Review a selection of Sound, Rule, and Word Cards from your card box; read through Word Bank for OY/OI and AW/AU (pg 173 and pg 179 in activity book);
Use letter tiles for New Teaching, pg 253-255 | Lesson 30 OW and OU:
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 256;
Dictate Word Cards 244-253 in spelling journal;
Dictate first three sentences on pg 257 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 | (Agora Presentations) | FLL Lesson 52 Enrichment Activity, pg 81; students may write the list, illustrate the list, or both | | FLL Final Grammar Reivew, pg 165 (please use hard copy provided) | | For Final Grammar Review, students respond orally to the questions and parents write their answers on the hard copy provided.
Note- Final Grammar Review pg 166 is assigned next week, but you may complete it this week along with pg 165 if you prefer. Return both pages together for grading next Thursday. |
| Writing | (Agora Presentations) | Copybook pg 85- Copying (step 4); Write neatly and accurately. | Lowercase alphabet- neatness and speed | Copybook pg 86- Copying (step 4); Write neatly and accurately. | | |
| Reading | Review all phonograms;
SF Grade 2, Week 6, Day 1
Introduce R-Changed Vowels: OR and ORE as /ôr/ (OPG L157) | Review all phonograms (Add OR);
OPG L157: R-Changed Vowels: OR and ORE as /ôr/, pg 248-249; Dictation: port, sport, short
"Building New Walls" from The Early Reader's Bible, pg 235-241 (see decodable words below) | Review all phonograms;
SF Grade 2, Week 6, Day 3
Introduce R-Changed Vowels: OR and ORE as /ôr/ (OPG L158) | Review all phonograms;
OPG L158: R-Changed Vowels: OR and ORE as /ôr/, pg 250; Dictation: or, corn, fork, north
"Esther is a Brave Queen" from The Early Reader's Bible, pg 243-249 (see decodable words below) | Review all phonograms (Add OUR);
OPG L159: R-Changed Vowels: OUR as /ôr/, pg 251; Dictation: your, four, court (explicitly tell your student to use OUR for the /ôr/ in these words)
Flyleaf reader, "Junk?"
(please see note below) | 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, what, does, gone, are |
| Read Aloud | Baby Island, pg 119-124;
Aesop's Fables pg 17 - The Kid and the Wolf | Baby Island, pg 125-130;
Aesop's Fables pg 25- The Plane Tree | Baby Island, pg 131-136;
Aesop's Fables pg 21- The Wolf and the Crane | Baby Island, pg 137-142;
Aesop's Fables pg 39- The Cock and the Jewel | | |
| History | Agora Presentations | | | SotW Ch 37-38: The Beginning of Christianity and The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation, pg 289-297; Discussion questions below;
Journal sentence: When their temple was destroyed, the Jews were forced out of Jerusalem. | | |
| Science | | Looking ahead:
Ocean Animal Report - Pick any animal from G&B/MB and write a report on the form that was sent home (guidelines below); due NEXT Thursday | Read "Narwhal: A Day in the Life"
Whale color by code | | | |
| Geography | Map review | Click here for an interactive online practice map |
| Memory Work | SCRIPTURE: John 15:1-17 ESV (ongoing);
MATH: Fact Flashcards (Ongoing)
QUARTER 4 POEM: Rock of Ages- Due 4/30
GEOGRAPHY: review | |
*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
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
Tuesday, April 28- Agora Project Due
Tuesday, May 5- Field Trip Registration Due (See details below)
Tuesday, May 12- Field Trip @ 12:30-2:30pm
Thursday, May 14- Last day of school, Spirit Day (No pizza)
Dear Parents:
As I reflect on the quickly-approaching end of this year, I want to thank you for all of your amazing support! It has been a priviledge and an honor to partner with you!
Love,
Mrs. Kuhn
Math:
This week we will finish our current unit with subtracting double digit numbers. Take your time. Allow your child to use manipulatives to build and rearrange numbers to visualize what is happening when working these subtraction problems. Don't gloss over this step! Their concrete understanding is KEY to them being able to move on to mentally manipulating numbers confidently rather than simply following a procedure as many of us were taught to do as children. Continue to check over WB pages covered in class for completion and understanding.
For the remainder of the school year, our lessons will cover money. Pay close attention to the assigned page numbers this week, as I have split one of the lessons into two days to cover it more thoroughly. Let the students experience using physical money (either real or play coins & bills) for TB and WB exercises whenever possible! You may find that using a 100 chart to add values of coins can be helpful (click here for a video showing this method).
Spelling:
In Lesson 30 we will teach the spelling of the /ou/ sound with either OU or OW. Just as in previous lessons with OY/OI and AU/AW, deciding whether to use OU or OW at the end of a word is straightforward. English words don't end in U, so OW will be used at the end of words (except in the word thou). At the beginning of words or in the middle, there is less consistency because OU or OW can both be used. Again, lots of exposure to the word bank (pg 187 in the activity book) and word sorts (like this one and this one) will help.
Grammar:
For the Final Grammar Review, students will respond orally to the questions and parents will write their answers. I am providing a hard copy so that you won't need to write in your FLL book and so that you can turn the Final Review in to me when it's complete. If you need to print a new one, you can
find it here.
Note- Final Grammar Review pg 166 is assigned next week, but you may complete it this week along with pg 165 if you prefer. Return both pages together for grading by next Thursday, May 7th.
Reading:
This week we'll continue in OPG with r-controlled (bossy R) vowels, moving on to the /ôr/ sound. Remember that with dictation for reading lessons, we are aiming to make a multisensory connection in the brain between the sounds and the letters in the words. We are not expecting the students to know the rules yet for when to use OR vs OUR for the /ôr/ sound, so it is absolutely fine and even necessary to tell your student, "Spell 'court,' and use the OUR phonogram when you spell the /ôr/ sound."
Also note, when you teach OUR in OPG Lesson 159, the phonogram card only lists one sound, the sound of /er/ as in journey. Go ahead and pencil in /or/ as in four as another sound for OUR.
In the Flyleaf reader "Junk?", you will need to guide your student in decoding "collect" using the 4th sound of o instead of its short sound as they would expect in a closed syllable. Also, since we have not taught the "sure" ending, you will need to give that sound to your student when they decode "treasure."
Decodable words in "Building New Walls" from the Early Reader's Bible (sight words in parenthesis): New, walls, for, the, king, but, (one), day, sad, why, (are), you, so, long, tore, down, my, (said), they, (what), do, want, me, to, do, please, let, go, home, (build), may, went, he, found, some, did, not, like, this, his, (have), (was), something, that, God, him, came, see, helping
Decodable words in "Esther is a Brave Queen" from the Early Reader's Bible (sight words in parenthesis): Is, a, brave, queen, a, man, came, to, see, Queen, someone, wants, kill, the, man, (said), what, can, I, do, ask, king, to, help, us, but, (could), not, this, she, time, must, me, him, be, want, her, went, did, he, (what), for, please, help, my, bad, them, will, too, not, like, so, now, they, that
History:
Here are some questions for discussion as you teach SotW Chapter 37-38: How was Jesus different from all of the other religious leaders we've learned about in our history lessons? Why was Jerusalem such a special place for Jewish people? What happened to the Jewish temple when the Romans attacked it? Why did the Romans choose to destroy the temple?
Journal sentence: When their temple was destroyed, the Jews were forced out of Jerusalem.
Science:
**Looking ahead**
This week students will be bringing home a "My Ocean Animal Report" page. The report will not be due until NEXT Thursday, and working on it will be the only assignment for science next Wednesday. I don't want anyone to feel rushed, so I'm assigning it now to allow plenty of time for students to complete it. It will be graded based on the following guidelines:
Students may choose any animal from G&B/MB to research and complete all sections of the form. Students should use neat handwriting and write all answers in complete sentences, including proper capitalization and punctuation. All words should be spelled correctly. If your child needs to spell a word that has not been taught, please have them copy the correct spelling. Extra handwriting lines are provided for students who wish to use those instead of or in addition to the lines on the form. There will not be an oral component to this assignment. The report is due by Thursday, May 7th.
Field Trip to Austin Aquarium!
Details:
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Depart Fortis 12:30pm
Return to Fortis 2:30pm; students may be checked out early to go home after the trip
Cost: $11.95 students, $24.95 parent chaperones
Registration due by May 5th
I will need parents to help transport students, so if you are able to drive, please let me know!
Also, indicate that you can be a driver on the registration form.
Geography:
Since we have successfully learned the names of each African country, now students can use this interactive online map to review all the countries of Africa. Have the maps and songs ready to help them as they play!
Memory Work:
Quarter 4 poem: Rock of Ages will be due this week, 4/30. Here is a link to the song that we practice in class. This artist does substitute "commands" for "demands" in the 2nd stanza, so I will accept either of those words as correct.
