Good Morning! I hope you are enjoying this long weekend!Last week was a great beginning to the second quarter! Thank you everyone for taking the time to meet with us to discuss your child's progress at conferences. It's going to be a great 2nd quarter :)
This week in 1A:
Literature: We are beginning Frog and Toad Are Friends this week! We will begin reading from our book on Wednesday and will compare the characters of Frog and Toad.
Spalding: This week we have 20 words. Spelling Test on Friday!
Monday: No School!
Tuesday: nice, end, fall, went, back, away, paper, put, each, soon
Wednesday: came, Sunday, show, Monday, moon, yet, find, give, new, letter
Phonograms: a, e, p, s, u, ch, ck, ee, er, ng
Writing: Our copy work and narration exercises come from Peter Rabbit.
Grammar: We will review verbs this week and practice sorting nouns and verbs.
Poem: “The Purple Cow” by Burgess – We will recite on Friday!
Idiom: “Practice makes perfect!”
Math: In math this week we will begin working on adding numbers within 20. We will practice comparing greater and smaller numbers and putting them in order. At the end of the week we will take a chapter test before continuing on throughout the rest of the quarter in working through bigger numbers.
History: This week we will review the knowledge we have learned about ancient Egypt and will take our ancient Egypt assessment on Friday. A review guide will be sent home on Tuesday.
Science: We will continue to study the ocean this week. We will learn about the plants and animals that are found in different ocean zones, including some animals that live in very deep water. We will also learn about the plants and animals that live in coral reefs.
