Mrs. Bonica’s First Grade News
October 13-October 17
Religion:
Talk about several miracles that demonstrate how much Jesus helped people. Jesus teaches us about love with The Great Commandment.
Math:
Concepts covered will be sums for numbers up to 12. Use flash cards to practice addition facts. Show how to use a number line to add and subtract.
Spelling Words: Short o words
on fox not dog box stop rob pop cot shot
seven purple look here of log dot top hot ox
Sentences:
- Look at the dog hop on the box.
- The fox is in the sun.
Homework: Monday/Wednesday: write words and sentences two times each. Thursday: take a practice test, correct it, sign it and return in the folder.
Tuesdays: Math homework
Reading/Language Arts: New and review sight words:
do sing find no funny they and you be play help play with for he what look have too.
Introduce the sound of short o as in the word octopus and practice decoding words containing the sound. Work with sentences using punctuation to help with fluency. Learn to recognize and name verbs in a sentence and to determine the sequence of things in a story.
Read “Curious George at School” as well as several leveled readers to encourage comprehension and good oral reading.
Language Arts: “The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything” Read and dramatize the story using props.
Social Studies:
Fire Prevention Month Christopher Columbus
Science: Pumpkins
This week Grades 2-8 will be taking the standardized test known as the ITBS test.
First Grade does not take these tests.