What is 1st Grade Learning?
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Religion |
We will read about Jacob meeting Laban, Leah and Rachel. We will discuss how God wants us to depend on him to keep us safe and give us all we need. We will then read about Jacob’s return to Canaan and the forgiveness shown by his brother Esau. Virtue of the Week: Justice: God’s power for you to do the right thing. Big Question: How can you experience God’s mercy, even when you’ve done something really wrong? Memory: No Memory We will begin to practice Martin Luther’s Morning Prayer in class |
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Reading |
As we read, the children will be encouraged to use reading strategies (stretch it out, look for word parts, use the pictures, flip the sounds) to decode new words. Reading Fluency Skill: Using snap words to read and spell new words Phonics: Short vowels and ending blends Spelling: Unit 1.4.2 – Short u/ending blends crust lump must hunt dusk bump jump trust dust just *they *into |
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Writer’s Workshop |
This week we will practice adding a setting to our illustrations, drawing self-portraits and adding action to the people in our illustrations. The students have also been working on using correct capitalization and punctuation when writing sentences. |
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Math |
Concepts that we will practice include covering designs with patttern blocks, ordering numbers to 20, adding 1 to a number, writing number sentences for some, some went away and writing subtraction number sentences. |
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Science |
All About Bats |
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Social Studies |
Unit 3: Lesson 2 – The First Americans |
Please Note…
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NEW and IMPORTANT- October/November Chapel Offerings – Chapel offerings will be used to support and build a new school in Cambodia. Pizza Hut Book-It Program- Pizza Hut Book-It calendars were sent home last week. This optional reading program may use the same reading minutes as your star sheets. For every star that is colored in, one symbol may be colored in on the Book-It sheet. Book-It goal is 20 symbols for 20 minutes each per month. PAST NEWS- Auction Basket – Items for our 1st grade Au Naturel auction basket are still being accepted. Thank you to those who already donated. Also consider attending the auction. It is a wonderful evening with St. Paul families and friends as well as the opportunity to bid on fun items. Here is the link to register https://splgrafton.ejoinme.org/splauction Parent/Teacher Conferences – Parent teacher conferences will be meeting in person next Thursday and Friday unless you noted a virtual preference. I am looking forward to meeting with you. Please note the 11:40 dismissal time on Friday. Spelling – Spelling began this week. We will take a pretest on Wednesday and final test on Friday. If you happened to print a list off of the website for the whole year, please note that the *high frequency words have been updated so the list should be reprinted. Reading Road Race Rally – Upcoming souvenir dates: 10/18 – Loppnow 10/25 Koch 11/15 Krohn The reading log that was sent home will be used for our Reading Road Race Rally. We will participate in this with Mrs. Boyce’s class. Please have your child read at least 20 minutes, 4 times a week. A star should be colored in for each reading session. Please note that shoeboxes (Glove Compartments) can stay at home to be filled with the souvenirs that are brought home each week. Room Parents/Liason- Thank you to Hilary Collins, Meagan Steinke and Jessica Loppnow for volunteering as our roomparents this year. Look for information coming soon regarding this year’s auction basket. Snack – Please send a healthy snack with your child each day. I will have extra snacks available in case it is forgotten on a busy morning. Waterbottles can be used throughout the day and can be refilled at the drinking fountain. Chapel – Our chapel offerings for August/September will be used for Care Packages for college students.
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Mark Your Calendars!
OCTOBER
16 Sat St. Paul Church and School Auction
23 Sat. Trunk or Treat 10-12
29 Thurs. End of 1st Quarter Red Ribbon Day
NOVEMBER
8/9 Mon./Tues. N/S Teacher Conference – No School