Dear Parents,
There is 12:00 dismissal this Monday. Students are scheduled to do the MAP testing in Reading on Tuesday. I will be checking notebooks on Monday to check for Science, Social Studies, and ELA vocabulary words and definitions. Each page should start with a full heading including correct date and subject.
Lesson Plan
Homework for Sept. 25
Math - Do pp. 55-56 in the workbook.
Religion - Quiz on Thurs. based on Chapter 1.
***Students who took their notebook home have to redo some of their work. Please check for written messages in the notebook.
Homework for Sept. 26 (No Math tonight)
Religion -Review Chapter 1 for quiz Thurs.
Social Studies- On the next page of their notebook, have students write a full heading CORRECTLY. Then have them copy the following words with definitions. Be sure to number each and skip a line after each definition. STUDY THE DEFINITIONS!
1. neighborhood- a place where people live, work, and play
2. community- many different neighborhoods together
3. town- a small community
4. urban community - city (tall buildings, stores)
5. rural community- countryside (private homes, farms)
6. transportation- ways of moving people or goods from one place to another
Homework for Sept. 27
Math - Do pp. 61 and 62 in the workbook
ELA - On the next page of their notebook, have students write a full heading CORRECTLY. Write ELA as the subject. Be sure to number each and skip a line after each definition.
1. nighttime- (compound word) - happening at night
2. crash - smash, hit
3. rescue - save or free from danger
4. clutched - grabbed tightly
5. grasped - caught, grabbed
6. headfirst - (compound word) - leading with one's head
7. daybreak - (compound word) - at dawn, at first light
8. obey - follow rules
*Parents today I returned all the Math sprints your children have been doing each day for practice. They are stapled together in order so you can see their progress. Please take these out of the folder and keep them in a safe place. I will be sending more work home soon so students can review before quizzes! The first ones I corrected. The rest are supposed to be corrected by the children as I call out the answers after the sprint.
Homework for Sept. 28
Math- Do pp. 65 and 66 in the workbook.
Science- On the next page of their notebook, have students write a full heading CORRECTLY. Write Science as the subject. Be sure to number each and skip a line after each definition. Copy ALL information below in your notebook.
1. sound- something you hear. A sound can be loud (siren) or soft (whisper). A sound can also be high (bird's screech) or low (drum). Loud is not the same as high. Soft is not the same as low.
2. eardrum- small part inside your ear that vibrates
3. deaf - a person who is not able to hear
4. hearing aid- something people use if they have trouble hearing
5. moon phases- lighted shapes of the moon. The phases are called new, full, half, crescent.
6. observations- what we learn by using our senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch
Our observation this week:
Set up four glasses and fill each with different amounts from least to most. Tap each glass with a spoon one at a time and listen to the sound from least to most. The sound goes from high to low.
Try listening to the sound when you pluck thin and thick rubber bands of the same length.
***Note to Parents: Today I gave each student an index card that is to be kept in the front panel of their homework folder at all times. It has the student's username and password for the IXL program for ELA and Math that the first graders will be working on both in class and for homework at least once a week. Later on this month I will be giving students their username and password on the opposite side of this same card for the i-ready program which we can use until February.
**** I also gave each student all their Math exit tickets from 1 to 10 stapled together so they can study these for the Math quiz which I will give early next week. Do not change any answers but students may do work over on the back of each sheet if they wish. Unlike the sprints, exit tickets do count as a grade. Please keep these exit tickets in their folder stapled so we can review in class.
Homework for Sept. 29
Math- Do pp. 69 and 70 in the workbook. Study the ten Math exit ticket sheets in the homework folder for quiz on Tuesday.
Science- Study the TWO sets of Science definitions and notes on the observation in the notebook for quiz on Wednesday.
*If you wish a look ahead, there will be a Social Studies quiz on Unit 1 on Friday based on questions in text pp. 34-35.
