FIRST GRADE
WEEK OF ... December 16
Dear Parents,
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Your children have prepared a special performance for you. Please join us on Tuesday, December 17 at 1:40 in the BAC for Lessons and Carols. Students will wear their regular uniforms for this performance.
DATES
LIBRARY BOOKS are due every MONDAY 1T / every FRIDAY 1B
DECEMBER 17 C-Day Schedule
DECEMBER 17 Lessons and Carols K-3 — BAC 1:42-2:50 p.m.
DECEMBER 19 B-Day Schedule
DECEMBER 20 Non-Uniform Day and Class Party!
DECEMBER 20 Christmas Break begins
JANUARY 6 School Resumes
JANUARY 6 December Reading Log & Reflections due
HOMEWORK
Mon …math p407-408 Use Models to Compare Numbers / reading log & reflection
Tue …math p413-414 Use Symbols to Compare / reading log & reflection
Wed …Tasty Treats math worksheet / reading log & reflection
Thu …reading log & reflection
READING & LANGUAGE ARTS
Reading and language activities this week focus on The Gingerbread Man! We will read a variety of gingerbread stories, comparing and contrasting the many versions. Students will also review sentence structure by cutting and pasting gingerbread sentences.
SPELLING
Through gingerbread-themed games we will practice sight words, vowels, and digraphs. This is a great way to review concepts covered in the first trimester before moving on in the new year!
GRAMMAR
Run, run as fast as you can! The Gingerbread Man is a perfect vehicle for reviewing action verbs and nouns. Students will search for nouns and verbs in a wide selection of gingerbread stories. They will also create their very own gingerbread booklet of verbs!
WRITING
Using and understanding descriptive words can help lost gingerbreads get found! First graders will decorate a gingerbread and write sentences to describe their unique cookie. Then, classmates will read each others’ descriptions and try to match each cookie with it’s owner!
TAKE HOME READING LOG: December Reading Logs are due January 6. Please keep reading throughout Christmas Break!
MATH
Chapter 5, Place Value
Math lessons this week introduce the comparative terms and symbols: greater than (>), less than (<), and equal to (=). Greater Gator is a helpful memory technique for the children. When comparing two numbers, circle the greater number. Then choose the symbol that looks like the alligator is chomping the biggest number!
SOCIAL STUDIES
We explore jobs in a bakery to help us understand basic economics concepts such as goods, services, producers, and consumers. We will learn that people work to provide the things we want (like cookies!) and need. People work to earn money and use that money to pay for goods (like cookies!) and services.
First Grade Teachers,
Mrs. Brownley and Mrs. Tedesco
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Your children have prepared a special performance for you. Please join us on Tuesday, December 17 at 1:40 in the BAC for Lessons and Carols. Students will wear their regular uniforms for this performance.
DATES
LIBRARY BOOKS are due every MONDAY 1T / every FRIDAY 1B
DECEMBER 17 C-Day Schedule
DECEMBER 17 Lessons and Carols K-3 — BAC 1:42-2:50 p.m.
DECEMBER 19 B-Day Schedule
DECEMBER 20 Non-Uniform Day and Class Party!
DECEMBER 20 Christmas Break begins
JANUARY 6 School Resumes
JANUARY 6 December Reading Log & Reflections due
HOMEWORK
Mon …math p407-408 Use Models to Compare Numbers / reading log & reflection
Tue …math p413-414 Use Symbols to Compare / reading log & reflection
Wed …Tasty Treats math worksheet / reading log & reflection
Thu …reading log & reflection
READING & LANGUAGE ARTS
Reading and language activities this week focus on The Gingerbread Man! We will read a variety of gingerbread stories, comparing and contrasting the many versions. Students will also review sentence structure by cutting and pasting gingerbread sentences.
SPELLING
Through gingerbread-themed games we will practice sight words, vowels, and digraphs. This is a great way to review concepts covered in the first trimester before moving on in the new year!
GRAMMAR
Run, run as fast as you can! The Gingerbread Man is a perfect vehicle for reviewing action verbs and nouns. Students will search for nouns and verbs in a wide selection of gingerbread stories. They will also create their very own gingerbread booklet of verbs!
WRITING
Using and understanding descriptive words can help lost gingerbreads get found! First graders will decorate a gingerbread and write sentences to describe their unique cookie. Then, classmates will read each others’ descriptions and try to match each cookie with it’s owner!
TAKE HOME READING LOG: December Reading Logs are due January 6. Please keep reading throughout Christmas Break!
MATH
Chapter 5, Place Value
Math lessons this week introduce the comparative terms and symbols: greater than (>), less than (<), and equal to (=). Greater Gator is a helpful memory technique for the children. When comparing two numbers, circle the greater number. Then choose the symbol that looks like the alligator is chomping the biggest number!
SOCIAL STUDIES
We explore jobs in a bakery to help us understand basic economics concepts such as goods, services, producers, and consumers. We will learn that people work to provide the things we want (like cookies!) and need. People work to earn money and use that money to pay for goods (like cookies!) and services.
First Grade Teachers,
Mrs. Brownley and Mrs. Tedesco