All Aboard The 2nd Week!

Dear 1A families,

We had a very successful first week of school. I am so proud of the hard work that I have seen from the new first graders so far. Everyone is doing well in learning our routines and procedures. Ms. Hartshorn and I are enjoying getting to know each of our new students.

Coming up this week:

This week in Spalding we will be working on forming our capital manuscript letters. We will also be working on two-letter phonograms to prepare us for our upcoming spelling words! At home, please listen to your child say the sounds as they write each phonogram three times. There are also some single letter phonograms to review each night!

In Grammar, we will learn about nouns. We will discuss how a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. We will also distinguish between common and proper nouns that name people and apply this knowledge on a noun word sort. 

In Literature, we will continue to explore the morals in Aesop’s Fables. We will read “The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs,” “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing,” “The Maid and the Milk Pail,” and “The Fox and the Crane”. We will talk about the human-like characteristics that the animals have and the different virtues that could have been shown in the stories, had the characters made different choices. We will take a mini quiz on Aesop’s Fables on Friday, where students will match up each moral with the corresponding story we covered in class.

Idiom:

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Poem:

“The Caterpillar” by Christina G. Rosetti – Work on stanza 1. We will recite the entire poem on September 1st in class!

In Math we will review numbers 1-10 in the beginning of the week and homework on Monday will be a unit review. We will take our first math test on Tuesday! Then, we will practice telling number stories and begin number bonds.

This week in History we will be learning about what maps are used for and map features. Students will also create their own map.

In Science we will continue to review the scientific method. We will make observations about flowers, and focus on making observations while doing a simple experiment with oil and water.