This week in 1st! (10/15-10/19)

Agenda and reminders for the week of October 15, 2012

 

In ELA/Reading we are reading The Farmer and the Hat. This story is about a group of children who are preparing for a play. This story's phonics lesson focuses on long a(CVCe) words. The secondary phonics concept deals with sofy c and g. The grammar lesson for the week deals with proper nouns.

*Review grammar concepts with your child by:

-having your child provide you with a proper noun for a common noun

-writing pre-made sentences for your child to find nouns and proper nouns

 

*Review phonics/spelling concepts with your child by:

-having spelling practice with long a (a_e) and soft c and g words(ideas-writing on a white board, writing on a mirror(dry erase markers also work on mirrors!), spelling words in/with play-do, shaving cream, pasta, on your back, orally etc.)

-finding short e and words with initial blends in magazines, newspapers, billboards, etc.

-making flashcards to read and repeat(spelling words)

-make a chart of word chunks (word chunks/word families are words that have the same endings like "ace" - face, race, grace and practice reading real and nonsense words

Links for your Leisure

Link	Type	Description
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvBD7JKPDvM	Video	Long e sound
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=453614	Games/Website	The Farmer in the Hat spelling practice List 1 words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeZY6BVodTY	Video	Soft C
http://www.ezschool.com/Games/NounSort.html	Video/Story	Grammmar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TjxgMwNabo	Video	Soft G
http://www.quia.com/hm/308603.html	Games	The farmer inthe hat practice games

*Feel free to look up more on your own games/review geared toward this weeks concepts!

Other games and activities online:

-use Odyssey

-use Starfall (Starfall)

*Can your child read the story outside of the book? Try it! http://www.hopkins.kyschools.us/webpages/amagee/files/Farmer%20in%20the%20Hat%20Printable%20Story.pdf

**Repetition is key!!

In Math, concentrate on 10 more, 10 less.

*You can review these concepts with your child by:

-having your child practice telling you what 10 more and 10 less for a given number by using a hundreds chart, base ten blocks/pictures or place value.

Odyssey which has teacher created assignments/games

-utilizing xtramath.org (for continued addition and subtraction help)

-utilizing Starfall (which now has a math component)

-utilizing http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1

In Science, we are wrapping up our unit on magnets. We will discuss how magnets work, what they can and can not attract, and what they repel.

*Science Vocabulary:

attract, repel, poles, energy

In Social Studies, we will begin our folk tale unit. This unit includes discussions about Paul Bunyan, Harriet Tubman, Davey Crockett, John Henry and Annie Oakley. We will discuss their character traits and why their story is important to our American history.
*Social StudiesVocabulary:

Paul Bunyan, Harriet Tubman, Davey Crockett, John Henry, Annie Oakley, courageous, bravery, determination

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