1B Week of Feb. 16
Published by Mrs. McMahon (1B) February 14th, 2010 in Announcements.
To prepare for our Lenten Journey, the first grade students will make sacrifice beads on Tuesday. These beads will be blessed by Father Gabriel. Your child should use these beads throughout the forty days of Lent to help remember Jesus’ sacrifice for us. Also, encourage your child to make an extra effort to get along with fellow students and brothers and sisters as a way to show Jesus our love.
Religion
We will be discussing Ash Wednesday and the Season of Lent. We will continue
talking about the Holy Spirit as a Guide for the Church. We will list the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The test on Chapter 10 and 11 has been changed to Monday, Feb. 22.
Language Arts
Bluebirds
Please send a stamped envelop, letter size.
Spelling Words
spurt details afraid oceans
goldfish afterward cornflakes stroke
Dictation Sentence: A whale is a mammal that lives in the ocean.
Vocabulary Words:
sincerely information shrimplike forcibly
creatures disappoint exciting migratory
impossible
Read: Dear Mr. Blueberry, Winter’s Song
Writing in class: We are finishing a biography of George Washington.
We will be writing a friendly letter to a secret classmate.
Redbirds
Spelling Words
Note: We will work on this chapter for two weeks, the weeks of Feb. 16th and Feb. 22.
Spelling Words
boys mouse noise sound town
toy father horse
Dictation Sentence: That noise made the boy jump.
Vocabulary Words:
father horse people should woman
Read: Young Amelia Earhart, Where Jeans Come From
What Joy Found, Benjamin Banneker
Math
Saints
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We are identifying coins and counting pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Please practice this skill at home with your child.
Homework a packet will be sent home. .
Practice Math Facts through 12 for the Third Quarter.
Angels
We will study skip counting by 2’s and by 5’s. We will be looking for number patterns up to 100. We will use a Table to solve math problems.
Homework – 83-86 plus a packet.
Practice Math Facts through 12 for the Third Quarter.
Science for 1A
Even though conditions are not great, one of our seeds sprouted and we saw roots and a stem grow out of our seed. This week we will try another experiment. We will cover some leaves with black paper and predict what will happen to the leaves if they don’t get sunlight. In a week we, will observe and write about any changes we discover.
We will watch a plants life cycle from seed to adult plant with a time lapsed video of the life cycle of a plant. We will also watch a power point of plant varieties and discuss the fact that there are many different kinds of plants. Your child will have a test on this material next week.
