Reminders

• Gym is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Your child should wear their gym uniform and sneakers on both days. 

• Band is on Wednesdays.

• Library is on Tuesdays. 

• Your child’s green folder is their “Take Home” folder. Please empty it and return it to school each day.

• Please join Google Classroom and Remind. 

• Pizza order and money are due on Wednesday each week. 

Math - Break Shapes into Equal Parts  

Children build on their understanding of shapes and equality as they learn to partition shapes into equal parts. They extend their understanding of equality to include spatial equality as they learn that same size parts are equal parts. They decompose circles, squares and rectangles into two or four equal parts and describe the parts as halves, fourths or quarters. They describe relationships between a whole shape and its equal parts.

 ELA

Wonders 

Essential Question: How did our country begin? 

Vocabulary: flag, freedom, landmark, hero, national holiday

Comprehension skill: key details

Fundations:  vowel sounds: ar, or, er, ir, ur, vowel teams: ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy, oa, oe, ow, ou, oo-ed and -ing endings 

Heggerty: Blending Syllables, Segmenting a Word into Syllables, Adding phonemes within words, Deleting phonemes within words, Substituting Vowels, 

Phoneme- Grapheme Connection

Religion - God’s Chosen King 

In this chapter the children learn that David was chosen by God to be king. Dave trusted that God would protect and save him from Goliath. 

Science - The Life Cycle of Chickens

The first grade students are embarking on a 21 day learning adventure. The children will be preparing an incubator habitat and welcoming chick eggs! As they observe the 21 day life cycle and prepare for hatching, students will work as real-world scientists: observing, recording, analyzing, experimenting, problem solving and designing.

Social Studies - Our Country 

In this unit the students will learn how the United States of America  was founded.  We will be discussing the importance of the United States flag and learn about different American symbols and how these symbols represent America's history. Students will learn about important documents that help guide our country and songs that explain America's history. We will also discuss many American heroes who were historical figures that fought for justice.