Week 18    December 14-18, 2015
 
Congratulations! Brayden Hayes for advancing to the next level in our spelling bee championships!  1B is behind you all the way!


Just a reminder.  This week we have two half days; Thursday and Friday.  School will be out at 11:45.

On Friday we will have our class holiday party.  It will reflect a culmination of our week's study of Christmas Around the World.  Students will complete a world map locating the places we study.

All of your child's desk materials will be returned to you on Thursday so you may inventory their supplies and purchase new ones if necessary. Please replace the green folder if it has rips or is damaged in any way.  Make sure you put their names on their items.  We want to start the next quarter fresh and clean.  As Mr. Gillingham said, "A spring cleaning in the winter."

Also, please make sure you return all the readers this Thursday so I may inventory them over the holiday.

This will be a short week, but will be a full week for math, reading, and spelling.


ELA

We will be finishing Frog and Toad All Year, and then we will be reading several short stories.  They are ready to recite their poem on Table Manners, so make sure you ask them to recite it to you!

We are practicing writing letters and addressing an envelope.  This is a hard skill, but they are doing their best.

SPELLING

Monday:  every, under, most, made, said, says, say, work, our, more
Tuesday: when, from form, wind, wind (up the toy), print, air, fill, along, lost
Wednesday: name, room, hope, same, glad, with, mine, chair, forgot, guess
Thursday: Practice writing the 30 words once, with markings to prepare for the test on Friday.

MATH

This week we will continue to practice graphing and gathering information from graphs.  We will continue to practice subtraction and addition word problems.

HISTORY

The students will finish their study of Islam and study geographical regions of the earth. We are also learning about the 8 phases of the moon.

SCIENCE

Student's are learning about the layers of the earth and about mineral deposits in the earth layers.

Have a great week

This month's virtue: Humility

These are the few ways we can practice humility:

To speak as little as possible of one's self.

To mind one's own business.

Not to want to manage other people's affairs.

To avoid curiosity.

To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully.

To pass over the mistakes of others.

To accept insults and injuries.

To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked.

To be kind and gentle even under provocation.

Never to stand on one's dignity.

To choose always the hardest.”  

― Mother Teresa, The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living

Week 17 December 7-11, 2015

Congratulations to our new Spelling stars that will advance to the next level this week!

Please know you child does not have to participate.  Have them just let me know.  :0

Virtue of the Month - Humility

According to The American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster in 1828

Humility, n. [L. humilitas; Fr. humilite
1. In ethics, freedom from pride and arrogance; humbleness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth.  In theology, humility consists in lowliness of mind; a deep sense of one's own unworthiness in the sight of God, self-abasement, penitence for sin, and submission to the divine will.

I look forward to seeing how our students exhibit humility with each other this month!

Announcement- There will be no reading groups on Tuesday as I will be away from the classroom. Mrs. Vance will be teaching that day.

ELA (English, Language Arts)

We will continue reading our Frog and Toad All Year book.  We will make special emphasis on recognizing the main idea of the passage, and finding the supporting details.

SPELLING

Monday - fine, cannot, May, may, line, left, ship, train, saw, pay
Tuesday - large, near, down, why, bill, want, girls, girl, part, still
Wednesday - place, report, never, found, side, kind, life, here, car, word
Thursday - Practice writing the 30 words once with markings to prepare for the test on Friday.

GRAMMAR

We will continue to locate nouns, proper noun, verbs, and adjectives in our daily sentence work.  We are also working on the proper way to address an envelope.

Math

This week we will be looking at common phrases such as "more than" and "Less than."  Students will compare two numbers by subtraction and make simple picture graphs using one-to-one representation.

HOMEWORK: Students will be given their new Math books on Monday!

Monday - Pages 7-10
Tuesday - Pages 11-13  Pages 14-18 (Optional)
Wednesday - Pages 19-21
Thursday - Pages 22-25
Friday - Pages 26-29 (optional)

HISTORY

This week students will be learning the basics of Islam. Students will be able to label countries in the Middle East to show where Islam began. They will learn about the 5 Pillars, and also about the prophet Muhammad.  They will be able to describe features of a mosque, the Islamic place of worship, and be able to discuss the holy book that Muslims read, the Qur'an.  Islam will conclude our study of religions for first grade.  Next week we will have a Unit test on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

SCIENCE

Students will identify the earth's layers.  The inner/outer core, mantle, and crust.  Students also will be able to understand that rocks are made of one or more minerals.

Congratulations to Aiden -for winning the Award for Courage!

Have a great week!