Week of September 28th

 

What is 1st Grade Learning? 

Religion

We will read about Abraham rescuing Lot and his family and also about the birth of his son Isaac.  As we pray, we will remember that God answers prayers in the ways he knows are best. 

Memory: 1st Commandment: You shall have no other gods.
2nd Commandment: You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God.

Reading

The students will compare characters and text as they read Garden Party and Click, Clack, Click! 

Phonics: short e

Reading Fluency Skill:  We will practice smoothing out our reading as we ready the whole sentence, instead of just word by word.  

Spelling: 1.4 met, net, pet, set, *have, *they

Writing

We will continue to learn about the 6 traits of good writing.  This week we will focus on word choice, sentence fluency and conventions.   

Grammar:  Lesson 16:  Adjectives

Math

Unit 3: Students will represent 2-digit numbers in different ways and compare 2-digit numbers using greater than, less than and equal to. 

Science

Lesson 3:  Moon Phases and the Planets

Social Studies

Unit 6 –  Our History –  The students will learn how people in our country communicated and traveled in the past.  

NEW and IMPORTANT– 

Reading Road Race Rally –   The reading log that was sent home will be used for our Reading Road Race Rally.  Please have your child read at least 20 minutes, 4 times a week.  A star should be colored in for each reading session.   The glove compartment can stay at home as a place to save the souvenirs throughout the year. UPCOMING SOUVENIR DATES:   9/28 Braunschweig 10/5 Evenson  10/19 Brown and Holter 11/9 Bert and Philips

PAST NEWS:

Chapel Offerings – August and September chapel offerings will be used for College Care Packages.

IMPORTANT DATES: 

SEPTEMBER

Fri. 9/25 – Harvest Festival 6:00 – 7:30

OCTOBER

Fri. 10/2 – 3rd/4th Grade Musical

Tues. 10/6 – First Grade Reading Buddies

Thurs. 10/8 and Fri. 10/9 (11:40 Dismissal) – Parent/Teacher Conferences

Sat. 10/17 St. Paul Dinner Auction

Fri. 10/23 – Discovery World Fieldtrip (Grades K-2)

Fri. 10/30 – No School