Curriculum Check up from Miss Church

Dear Devoted and Loving Parents,

We know that you cannot be with us when we are in school. But, we want to tell you all the wonderful things we are doing. We hope that you can see these things coming home as well as see the smile on our face, knowing that we are growing as learners.

I would like to tell you what is going on in each subject. Then, I am going to interview the kids to see what they can tell me about their learning. Let's hope it matches up!

Reading: suffix /ed/, /ing/, sequencing a story, author's purpose, using pictures with diagrams as clues, initial and final blends, all short vowels, sneaky e, text to self connections, retelling a story, contractions, digraph /th, /sh/ and /ck/

Grammar: common and proper nouns, different types of sentences, end marks, capital letters, irregular plural nouns, suffix -s and -es

Math: finding a base 10 to add, number bonds, related addition and subtraction facts, story telling to match a math picture, beginning concepts for subtraction, fact families, using a number line to add and subtract, ordinal numbers

Writing: focus on the 6 traits: conventions and sentence fluency while writing about what we do with our families, how we help at home and funny stories about animals who play instruments

Spelling: using letters to build sounds, sneaky e, contractions, usage, homophones, capitalization

Religion: A unit on Saints: Saint: Gregory the Great, Mary- Mother of Jesus, Gabriel, Therese, Francis of Assisi and Luke, prophets, 10 commandments, Moses, Abraham, Noah

Vocabulary: we examine words, their definition, an illustration, using it in a sentence, synonyms and antonyms for several words that come from our curriculum

Science: investigations of 3 types of rocks: tuff, scoria, basalt- how they smell, sound, wet and dry properties, river rocks- collecting data, sorting and comparison

Social Studies: families, change over time, community, transportation, holidays and rules

Handwriting: all upper case letters, magic c lowercase letters, the focus is on: below the line, on the line and above the middle line orientation, alignment, size and neatness

Please know that your child is working so very hard. I see their effort and care each day. I feel thankful that they come to school with healthy bodies and minds to take in all that I have to offer them. I too feel thankful for all they give to me in return. I am learning a lot from them, too!

With Kindness,
Miss Church

Coming soon:
-what we are learning quotes from my first graders
-guess the toothless/toothful mouth... :)