*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
Coming Soon:
Thursday, November 21- Spirit/pizza/DOGS day
November 26 - December 2, Thanksgiving Break
December 13- January 13, Christmas Break (electives do meet on December 13)
Tuesday, January 14- School resumes
Dear Parents,
My prayer is for God to delight and amaze you with His faithfulness this Thanksgiving break. Enjoy your time with family and some extra snuggle time with your sweet children!
Love, Mrs. Kuhn
Math:
Here is a quick overview of what's coming in math. We discuss length this week, have a quick unit on weight upon returning from Thanksgiving break, and then end this semester with a cumulative test over all concepts taught thus far.
Be encouraged- math review is not just busy work! We will start to build more upon our current strategies after Christmas break, so it is very important to keep all strategies fresh and continue to work on mastering addition and subtraction within 20. A worksheet to practice using a ten-frame to subtract will be assigned this week, along with Extra Practice pg 39. Remember, at your discretion, you can choose to have your child complete any pages prior to pg 39 in the Extra Practice book that were not assigned.
Reading:
This week in Reading will be largely review. Use this time to devote extra practice to the phonograms that trip up your student, as well as to the OPG lessons that they aren't reading fluently yet. Keep those skills sharp!
Students will be reading the SPIRE decodable "Chad's Problems" at home for extra practice (click on the link to access the story). Be on the lookout for two syllable words and review syllable division rules with your child as necessary. This story also contains a vowel sound we haven't taught yet, which is A spelling it's third sound (/ah/) when it follows the letter W. Point this out to your child in the words want and water. You may also need to give them the sound of /er/ in water since we haven't covered r-controlled vowels yet. Otherwise, this should be an easy book for students to decode, so they should work on their fluency: reading accurately at a natural pace with good inflection and expression.
I hope your family enjoys lots of great read-aloud time on your break!
Spelling:
This week, you will start a new lesson at home covering plural silent e words. The crux of this concept is for students to make sure they write the entire base word- including the silent e- and then add the s to make it plural. Again, this will be easier if they have been including the silent e when they spell the long vowel sound (Ex. to spell home, use h to spell /h/, o_e to spell /ō/, and then m after the o to spell /m/). This guarantees that they won't forget the silent e when they make the word plural, nor write the silent e after the s.
We will continue working on this same lesson after Thanksgiving break.
Composition:
Science:
We will spend two weeks covering Lesson 9- Crustaceans, so pay careful attention to the sections assigned each week. Enjoy learning about these arthroprod "cousins" of insects and spiders. They provide a great segue into next semester when we delve into marine biology!
Journal sentence: Crustaceans come in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes.
History:
SotW Ch. 18 Questions for Discussion: Would you like to try bull jumping? Why do you think most bull jumpers did not live past 20 years old? Why did the king of the Minoans think of building ships? How successful was his navy? How would you solve the problem with the Minotaur?
What happened to the Minoans? Could you design a way for them to survive the aftermath of the volcano on Thera?Journal Sentence: The Minoan people were known for bull-jumping and having a strong navy.
Geography:
Books of the New Testament, due 12/5: Here is a link to the song we're practicing in class (New Testament starts at 1:23). If you or your student are already familiar with a different song, I'll assess that no problem, as long as the books are said in order.
Geography:
Horn of Africa and East Africa- Due this Tuesday, 11/19
The next map will be West Africa, Due 1/30; there are 16 countries on this section of the map, so an early start is recommended.
The next map will be West Africa, Due 1/30; there are 16 countries on this section of the map, so an early start is recommended.
Memory Work:
Quarter 2 poem: Count Your Blessings due this Thursday, 11/21
Books of the New Testament, due 12/5: Here is a link to the song we're practicing in class (New Testament starts at 1:23). If you or your student are already familiar with a different song, I'll assess that no problem, as long as the books are said in order.
