First Grade is Fabulous!
Miss Kerri Koepke
St. Mary's Visitation School

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First Grade

Miss Koepke's Class

 Homework Chart

Week of:November 9-13

 

Parent initial each night when homework is completed!

Monday

 

 

Tuesday

 

Bring library books back tomorrow!

 

Wednesday

 

 

Thursday

 

 

 

Friday

 

Bring library books back for Monday!

 

Reading

Read 10-15 Minutes

Read 10-15 Minutes

Read 10-15 Minutes

 

Read 10-15 Minutes

 

 Spelling

Study Spelling Words Study Spelling Words Study Spelling Words

Study Spelling Words

Test Tomorrow

 

Math

 

Practice math facts.

 

Practice math facts.

 

 

 

 

Specials

 

 

Library & Gym

Mass, Music & Computers

Library & Gym

Computers

  Music

Notes from Miss Koepke:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading

 

 

 

Week of October 19th

Story:   One Good Pup

Skills:   short u, review i   a    sh    th, vocabulary (no, small, ride, out),

background knowledge, making predictions,

introduce story elements, -ed endings, maps

 

Week of October 26th

Story:   The Bug Bath

Skills:  short o, review u   i   a   ck,   vocabulary (saw, want, very, two),

background knowledge, making predictions,

story elements (problem and solution), review –ed ending, maps

 

Week of November 2nd 

Story:   Splash!

Skills:   short e, review o   u   i   a   th, vocabulary (away, into, good, put),

background knowledge, making predictions,

main idea, review context clues, maps

 

Week of November 9th

Story:   What Bug Is It?

Skills:   blends, digraphs sh   th   ck,   vocabulary (about, around, again, use), background knowledge, making predictions,

 review main idea and supporting details, review context clues,   maps

 

Week of November 16th

Story:   A Vet

Skills:   review blends and short vowels,   vocabulary (small, good, want, out),   review character and plot; problem and solution,   review main ideas and details,   review –ed ending, review context clues,   maps

 

 

 

 

 Math

 

Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction Facts Through 10

·        Use addition strategies to find   sums thorough 10 *

·        Use subtraction strategies to subtract from 10 or less.

·        Use related facts to solve addition and subtraction problems.

·        Apply skills and strategies to solve problems.

 

 

      

Math this week:  We will begin chapter 6 on subtraction. Students will learn the counting back strategy, using a number line to subtract, how addition and subtraction are related and fact families.

 

 

Science 

 

 

     

 

Unit C:   The Sky and Weather

·         The Sun

·         The Moon and Stars

·         The Planets

·         Weather and How it Changes

·         Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall

 

 

Science this week:  Students will be discuss the sun and how it helps the Earth. They will also learn about the moon and stars.

 

Social Studies  

   

  Unit 2 Where We Live

  • We Live in Communities *
  • Using Pictures and Maps *
  • Our Country *
  • Sorting into Groups *
  • Our World *
  • Water and Land
  • What is Weather?
  • Caring for Our Natural Resources
  • Rachel Carson
  • Making Decisions
  • A Look at Geography in Switzerland

Social Studies this week: Children will discuss plains, hills and mountains. They will also learn about rivers, lakes and oceans.

 

Religion

 

Unit 1-We Believe

·        God Loves Us

·        God is Our Father and Our Creator

·        Mary, the Mother of God: A Scripture Story

·        Jesus is the Son of God

·        The Good Samaritan: A Scripture Story

·        Jesus Shows God’s Love

·        The Holy Spirit is Our Helper

·        Jesus Gave Us the Church

·        The First Christians Follow Jesus: A Scripture Story

 

We are working on being attentive and participating during mass.  Being attentive includes following along (sitting, kneeling, and standing) and listening.  Right now, for participation, we are working on doing the sign of the cross, praying the Our Father, and responding when we can. 

We are also learning about God's love for us!

 

We will be learning different religious songs in the classroom!  

We are learning that there are different ways to pray!

 

Religion this week:  We will discuss the birthday of the church,what is means to be Catholic and who the saints are.

 

 

Writing

We are working on:

~ using illustrations to tell a story and writing sentences

 ~stretching out words

~leaving spaces between words and sentences

~capital letters at the beginning of every sentence

~punctuation marks at the end of every sentence

~writing a beginning, middle, and an end

 

Grammar this week:  Students will begin discussing proper nouns.

 

Spelling

The spelling tests have 2 different skills, recognition and recall.  The first six words have a spelling pattern:  short or long vowel, blends, etc.  The last four words are high frequency words, words that are often seen while reading.

 

WEEK OF November 9th

1.   snap

2.   pass

3.   flat

4.   doll

5.   miss

6.   puff

7.   about

8.   again

9.   around

10.        use

 

 

 

Birthdays

 

January

 Ayden   23

February

Anthony   20

John John 28

March

April

Samantha   13

Josh   28

May

Isaac   29

June

July

Michael   9

August

Luke   5

Sonali   7

Max   26

September

Mitchell   23

Will   27

October

Molly   10

November

December

 




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