First Grade Happenings
We had a wonderful week in first grade! Our students had so much fun reading Tall Tales, creating landform cookies, and celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. God created a beautiful world filled with rich diversity that is worth celebrating! Thank you for your support, prayers, and encouragement.
Important Notes For The Week
Tuesday, October 20th
Please send your child to school in their NCCS Lower School t-shirts and jeans.
Friday, October 23rd
Orange Day! In celebration of the Fall season, your child may wear orange on Friday! Happy Fall!
Click Here for Student Bookmarks
We have listed several educational websites under Student Bookmarks. You can find the Student Bookmarks on the top left corner of the blog. The Everyday Math site can recap our lesson of the day and allow you to access previous lessons. There is also a link to all of the games we play in class. To log on, your student will use their same user name and password that they use to log on in computer (student id# then mask4Face).
What are we learning ?
Bible:
The students will be learning about the lives of Jacob and Joseph. We will discuss how we are called to forgive others. Verse of the week: Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV
Math:
Relating counting to addition and subtraction; finding the unknown number in addition and subtraction equations
Click on the picture below to go to a fun subtraction game!
Reading:
Introduction to Biographies and Check for Understanding Reading Strategy
Click on Ben Franklin to watch a video!
Reading Comprehension Strategy: Check for Understanding
Good readers stop frequently to check for understanding by asking who and what.
How can you help your child with this strategy at home?
When reading to your child, stop periodically and say,
“Let’s see if we remember what I just read. Think about who the story was
about and what happened.” Do this 3 or 4 times throughout the story.
Ask your child the following questions:
Who did you just read about?
What just happened?
Do you understand what was read?
What do you do if you don’t remember?
Phonics:
S blends- sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, sw, st, str, spl, scr, spr, squ, sch
We will not have a spelling test this week.
Writing:
Does your sentence have SWAG? Our amazing authors are continuing to
work on creating WOW sentences. This week, we are learning how to add "because" to
our sentences as a way to expand our thoughts and create more interesting sentences.
We also worked on using "SWAG" as a way to make great sentences:
S = Starts with a capital letter,
W= Written neatly,
A= A space between words,
G= Given punctuation
Social Studies:
Historical figures in American history- Ben Franklin
