CURRICULUM:
MATH- Wh have beeen working on identify fractions of an object and a set of objects. We are focusing on a whole, halves, and fourths. We will learn to read the fractions as "one-half" and "one out of two." and "one-fourth" and "one out of four". Students also need to remember that fractions must be "equal" pieces. At Home you can draw shapes and shade in a section. Or you can draw a group of hearts or squares and shade in a section. Another idea is to use objects, such a fruit loops, and have them create one-fourth of a group red, or one out of 5 green. We will also start telling time on an analog clock telling time at the hour and the half hour. It is important for the children to be able to have the hour hand between the numbers for the half hour.
LA: We will be learning about Homophones (words that sound the same, but have different spellings and different meanings). Ex: dear, dear. We will also discuss pronouns (words like he, she, it, they, us, them, etc). They need to understand what the word represents. Ex: "he" is a boy. "They" are a group of people without you included.
READING: We are beginning Inferencing. This is an extremely difficult concept for first graders. Inferencing is inferring, which means "using the information you have already learned in life already to figure out what's happening in the story without the story telling you directly. Ex: If the story is talking about the sky getting dark, the wind blowing, the air becoming cooler and the people need to seek shelter, the student needs to identify that its getting ready to rain. AT HOME you can asking inferring questions in stories as you read with your children. Use mostly "why" questions.
PHONICS: We are continuing long vowels.
The students are learning to recognize the patterns as a long vowel sound and begin identifying these patterns. The patterns we have been working with are:
Long a: vowel-consonant-e, ai, ay
Long e: vowel-consonant-e, ee, ie,ea
Long i: vowel-consonant-e, igh
Long o: vowel-consonant-e, oe, ow, ough
Long u: vowel-consonant-e, ue, ew, oo
At home you can have the students look for words with those patterns in books, magazines, menus, billboards, etc.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We have learned about Theodore Roosevelt. We will do more activities with maps and continents. Also, we will learn about Harriet Tubman.
HEALTH: We will be learning how exercise helps our Bones and Muscles .
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