First Grade
23 March, 2020
“Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy.”
– Pope Francis
Parent Action Items –
- Log on at 9:00 for phonics and 11:30 for math with Mrs. Kelly! Links are in your emails.
- Please check each subject below for your child’s daily work and ensure they complete their assigned work each day, plus any optional activities they wish!
- The order of subjects below is the same order we learn in at school. Hopefully this helps you structure learning at home.
- March is Whooo’s Reading Month! Please help your child continue to track their reading online and ask for donations for their reading.
This Week’s News – As we begin our e-learning, I want to express my sincere thanks for your help in furthering the education of your child during this time. This is a new experience for all of ask and I ask for your patience and feedback as I seek to provide a meaningful learning experience at home. Our website will be updated each Monday with that week’s activities, which will include expected work as well as optional enrichment activities. Please let me know any way in which I can help and any suggestions you may have as we begin this new stage of learning over the next week.
Virtue of the Month – Industriousness
Saint of the Week – Saint Maximilian Kolbe- “Without sacrifice, there is no love.”
PowerschoolAssignments
Reading
Chapter 3: A Lost Button
Monday- March 23
1. Review today's new words: across, large, river, places, pocket, excuse, four, walked and sight words: only, oh.
Parents, you may choose to use our sight word resource below- make sure you scroll down to ch. 3 for this week. You may print this page and use it to track what sight words your child needs to review throughout this week. I find that having students read through the list first allows me to mark what words they already know and then having the students make flashcards for any words they need more time practicing is helpful.
2. Complete page 32 in your student workbook.
Students should mark the special sounds in the "say each word" section before reading and writing it. The "read each sentence" section is best done after reading today's pages of Frog and Toad.
3. Read pages 28-33 of Frog and Toad aloud.
Parents please note, your child will be reading this chapter multiple times throughout the week. Multiple exposures to a text allows students to increase their reading fluency and accuracy while working on expression while reading aloud. Please have your child read the assigned pages each day and reach out with any questions you have on what your child should be working on while reading.
Optional Activities- Review sight words as needed, create sight word flashcards for review or to play memory or Go Fish! with, click on the Frog and Toad life cycle in the materials section to learn more about frogs and toads, use the Literature Link in the resource section for more activities, crafts, and games for Frog and Toad: A Lost Button.
Tuesday- March 24
1. Review today's new words: behind, heard, square, angry, screamed, whole, slammed, floor, beautiful and sight word: sew
2. Read Frog and Toad pages 34-39 aloud
3. Complete page 33 in your workbook
You may choose to complete any of the optional activities above or create your own.
Wednesday- March 25
1. Review chapter 3 words as needed until your child can read them fluently.
2. Read Frog and Toad pages 28-33 aloud
3. Complete page 34 in your workbook
You may choose to complete any of the optional activities above or create your own.
Thursday- March 26
1. Review chapter 3 words as needed until your child can read them fluently.
2. Read Frog and Toad pages 34-39 aloud
3. Complete page 35 in your workbook
You may choose to complete any of the optional activities above or create your own.
Friday- March 27
1. Review chapter 3 words as needed until your child can read them fluently.
2. Complete an NWEA reading fluency assessment - Mrs. Kelly will send an email with more detailed instructions as well as your child’s username and password.
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Monday- March 16
1. Read and review today's new words: today, very, drank, story, front, perhaps, house, stood, standing - and sight words: why, one, are, all, could. Parents, you may choose to use our sight word resource below- make sure you scroll down to ch. 2 for this week. You may print this page and use it to track what sight words your child needs to review throughout this week. I find that having students read through the list first allows me to mark what words they already know and then having the students make flashcards for any words they need more time practicing is helpful.
2. Complete page 28 in student workbook- students should mark each word in the "say each word" section before reading and writing it. The "read each sentence" section is best done after reading today's pages of Frog and Toad.
3. Read pages 16-21 of Frog and Toad aloud. Parents please note, your child will be reading this chapter multiple times throughout the week. Multiple exposures to a text allows students to increase their reading fluency and accuracy while working on expression while reading aloud. Please have your child read the assigned pages each day and reach out with any questions you have on what your child should be working on while reading.
Optional Activities- Review sight words as needed, create sight word flashcards for review or to play memory or Go Fish! with, illustrate a book cover for chapter 2 of Frog and Toad. Make caffeine free tea to drink while you read. Write your own story for Toad to tell Frog. Create a Frog and Toad themed snack for your family
Tuesday-
1. Review today's new words: your, began, better, anymore, because, know, answer, fallen- and sight words: friend, two.
2. Read Frog and Toad pages 22-27 aloud
3. Complete page 29 in your workbook
4. You may choose to complete any of the optional activities above or create your own.
Wednesday-
1. Review chapter 2 words as needed until your child can read them fluently.
2. Read Frog and Toad pg. 16-27 aloud
3. Complete pg. 30-31 in your workbook
4. You many choose to complete any of the optional activities above or create your own.
Phonics
All materials may be found in the resources section below under "phonics lesson materials". Log on at 9:00 for our daily phonics lesson with Mrs. Kelly! If possible, have the phonics board printed or a piece of paper you can copy onto.
Monday → lesson 130, March 23
1. Review phonics charts 11-12 and special sound cards 53, 68-70, 81-86, 119 (all suffixes) in the phonics resource section below (note that the slide number corresponds to the special sound card number)
2. Complete lesson 130 phonics board
3. Complete page 130 in your phonics book
Optional extra practice- put the names of your family members in A-B-C order
Tuesday→ lesson 131
1. Review phonics chart 13 and special sounds 89-118
2. Complete lesson 131 phonics board with new special sound tain in mountain and reading practice page
3. Complete page 131 in your phonics book
Optional extra practice- find/create a visual of a mountain/mountain climbers and/or fountains
Wednesday→ lesson 132
1 .Review phonics charts 11-12 and chart F as well as special sounds 71-105. For chart F, you can point to several words for your child to practice, try timing them as they read all the red words, have your child give rhyming words for a specific word, or play a guessing game where you give them clues for a specific word (ex: a red word that is something to write with - chalk).
2. Complete lesson 132 phonics board
3. Complete page 132 in your phonics book
Optional extra practice- see chart F ideas above
Thursday→ lesson 133
1. Review phonics charts 11-12 and phonics special sounds 120-121
2. Complete lesson 133 phonics board
3. Complete page 133 in your workbooks
Optional extra practice- contraction game https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/contractions/scoot-contractions_AHUJI.pdf?up=1466611200 great for hiding cards around the house and having your child find them! Or you may use this cut and paste activity at a table https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/phonics/contractions-cut-outs_WBMQT.pdf?up=1466611200
Friday→ lesson 134
1. Complete phonics test 25 and send a copy to Mrs. Kelly. You may listen to the recording in the resource section to have the test read to you. Don’t forget the back!
2. Complete page 134 in your phonics workbook
Review special sounds and skills as needed
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Monday --> recognizing homonyms & applying y to i suffix rule
You may print each lesson's phonics board in the resource section below to go through with your child or recreate it on a piece of scrap paper to use.
1. Review phonics charts 11 and 13 below under the phonics resource section "Phonics Charts" and cards # 71-72, 78, 89-93, 100-101, and 118 under "Phonics Special Sounds".
2. Complete the #25-26 phonics board (please print or recreate it on scrap paper)
3. Have your child complete pg. 125-126 in their phonics workbook- I have the answer key and can upload it or send it out if that would be helpful.
Optional activities- Have your child read page 147 in the supplementary phonics packet that was sent home. Review any special sounds needed from the resource section below under "Phonics Special Sounds". Pick a page from Frog and Toad to find special sounds in.
Tuesday--> applying y to i suffix rule and recognizing are in care
1. Review phonics chart B in the "phonics chart" resource
2.Complete 127-128 phonic boards below (please print or recreate it on scrap paper)
3. Have your child complete page 127-128
Wednesday-Friday --> test 24
1. Please print test 24 below and have your child complete it on their own. This will be used to help inform my teaching and will only be helpful if it is your child's own work. You may play the recording of me dictating the test for them or dictate it on your own. Please send me a picture via email of your child's completed test for me to grade by Friday.
2. Complete page 129 in your phonics workbook
3. Review any missed questions/special sounds with your child
Spelling
This week's words focus on the suffix -ed sounds. Our sight words for this week are don't and here. Students are expected to be able to identify and spell these words below.
Our test will be on Friday. I will send out a copy of the test as well as a recording of myself dictating it should you choose to play it for your child. Please send me a photo of your child's completed test for me to grade via email.
Spelling list 23 - wanted, lifted, painted, sounded, looked, thanked, washed, kicked, played, prayed, joined, sighed, snowed, don't, here
Monday - read through our spelling words and choose a spelling page to complete in the spelling resource below
Tuesday- choose a spelling page to complete in the spelling resource below
Wednesday- choose a spelling page to complete in the spelling resource below
Thursday- choose a spelling page to complete in the spelling resource below
Friday- complete the spelling portion on your phonics test and send a picture to Mrs. Kelly
Optional activities- create a wordsearch or crossword puzzle with your spelling words. Create a bingo board and play bingo with your spelling words. Create a spelling word scavenger hunt by writing out and hiding your spelling words for others to find. Play I-spy by looking for your spelling words in a book!
Writing
This week's poem is A Flea and a Fly in the Flue. We will begin our writing this week and continue our work with picture writing next week. All materials can be found under the "poem and writing materials" below.
Monday- March 23
1. Poetry- read through the poem, discuss any unfamiliar words, find the flaw in the flue in the illustration.
2. Phonics- Find rhyming words and explore homophones (two words that sound the same but are spelled differently- flea/flee, flue/flew) and homonyms (two words that are spelled the same but have a different meaning- fly/fly)
3. Grammar- review end marks and the use of quotation marks in conversation
4. Writing- create our key word outline on the SH 23.3 KWO pages. Students may copy mine or try to create their own. *NOTE- we have not practiced writing our own KWO’s and I do not expect students to do so, but they may try if they wish.
Tuesday- March 24
1. Poetry- read the poem with expression and begin to memorize it.
2. Phonics- Circle ould and ough special sounds in the poem.
3. Grammar- how many dress-ups can you remember? (strong verb, strong adjective, -ly adverb, who/which clause, because clause). Dress-ups are used to strengthen or “dress up” our writing.
4. Writing- copy your key word outline (KWO) and make sure your illustrations are in the correct order.
Wednesday- March 25
1. Poetry- read and practice memorizing the poem
2. Phonics- this poem is a tongue twister. Give these a try! Why are they so hard to say?
Three fluffy feathers fell from Phoebe’s flimsy fan.
Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.
3. Grammar- review the dress-ups that are underlined in paragraph one. Can you name all of them? What do they do?
4. Writing- Write out paragraph 1
Thursday- March 26
1. Poetry- read and practice memorizing the poem
2. Phonics- try these tongue twisters! What do your tongue and teeth do to make the f, tr, fr, fl, and sh sounds?
Try fat flat flounders.
Fran feeds fish fresh fish food
3. Grammar- review prepositions (sung to Yankee Doodle- a preposition is a word that tells us where something is: above, below, in front, behind, inside, or outside)
4. Writing- Write out paragraph 2. Don’t forget to underline the dress-ups!
Friday- March 27
1. Poetry- recite your poem for a family member
2. Phonics- review the special sounds in the poem
3. Illustration- complete your poem illustration page
4. Writing- Write out paragraph 3 and assemble all of your writing pages together.
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Monday- Please read through our poem
Tuesday- Color the pictures for this poem. What do you think is going on in each one?
Wednesday- Cut our and glue the pictures in order onto the appropriate key word outline page.
Religion
We are studying unit 5 in religion: The Paschal Mystery and the Mass. As you go through each day's religion lesson, please also have your child spend 5-10 minutes in Jesus time. This is silent prayer time that can be used to meditate on each day's Gospel, practice Lectio Divina with a Bible reading, say a Rosary, or simply talk and listen to God.
Each religion lesson has a parent page and absent student handout that covers the main points of the lesson. We will use these as a resource for you and your child to review together before they complete their religion book page. Religion is best taught through love, not a textbook. Please take time to not only read through but talk about each lesson together and how it pertains to your child's life. Their insights always inspire me!
Monday- Complete the Unit 5, lesson 4, day 2 lesson in the resource section below.
Tuesday- Complete the Unit 5, lesson 4, day 3 lesson in the resource section below.
Wednesday- Complete the Unit 5, lesson 5, day 1 lesson in the resource section below.
Thursday- Complete the Unit 5, lesson 5, day 2 in the resource section below.
Friday- Complete the Unit 5, lesson 5, day 3 in the resource section below.
Optional activity- write a letter to Father Bill or Father Dan thanking them for all they do to guide us in staying close to Jesus.
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Monday- Complete the Unit 5, lesson 4, day 2 lesson in the resource section below.
Tuesday- Complete the Unit 5, lesson 4, day 3 lesson in the resource section below.
Wednesday- Complete the Unit 5, lesson 5, day 1 lesson in the resource section below.
Thursday- Complete the Unit 5, lesson 5, day 2: Who is our Church family? Open to page 213, review yesterday’s lesson by brainstorming answers to complete the chart. Read and complete pages 215-219 then ask your child how the first Christian community is similar and different to our parish.
Friday- Complete the Unit 5, lesson 5, day 3: Who was the first priest? Listen to the song We Are One Body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-3BO_PQbqY which is about our parish. Our parish is a large family centered on the Eucharist. Everytime we gather for Mass, we come together as the Body of Christ, which is another name for the Church. Just as the body has many parts, the Church has many members. Just as a foot is not a hand, we are all different but still a part of the one Body of Christ. Each of us plays a specific and important role and each time we listen to Jesus, we continue His work in the world! Complete pages 218-219.
Optional activity- write a letter to Father Bill or Father Dan thanking them for all they do to guide us in staying close to Jesus.
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Monday- Unit 5 lesson 3 day 2: What is the first part of the Mass?
Read pages 185-186 together. After reading, have students turn to pg. 187-188 and complete the puzzle.
Tuesday- Unit 5, lesson 3, day 3: What is the second part of the Mass?
Observe and discuss the image on pg. 189 in student’s books. What do you notice first? How does the painting make you feel? What do you think is happening in this painting? Read Luke 22:14-20 and explain that the event in the painting is the Last Supper which we remember in the second part of Mass, the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Have your child follow along/read with you pg. 190-192 in their books, then complete pg. 193-194 as you read it to them.
Wednesday- Unit 5, lesson 4, day 1: Is there a present hiding in the Eucharist? Read pages 195-196 together and read & explain to them the importance of bread in the Catholic faith (see the parent handout for more information). Complete pages 197-200 and allow your child to color their illustration.
Handwriting
As we begin cursive, it is important to stress proper letter formation and good writing habits from the beginning. Please take care that your child continues to print their words until we learn how to connect cursive letters correctly.
At home, your child may continue to practice their cursive strokes using our cursive book and viewing the powerpoint in the resource section below.
Please make sure you tilt your paper and have good posture and pen grip before you begin!
History
Monday
Complete the “Medieval Armor” lesson in the history resources below.
Tuesday
“Visit” the Arms and Armor exhibit at the Met using the link below. You can pause the video and use the arrows in the upper left corner of the screen to pivot the camera yourself! https://youtu.be/JydrKFwSFkE
Wednesday
Read “Animal Armor” (or have the website read it to you!) in your Epic! Books account. Parents should have received an email with your login code, if not please let me know! The book is already in your account. :)
Thursday
Think about it: What animal-like armor did you see in the Met Arms and Armor exhibit? Did knights during the medieval times model their armor after a particular animal? What do you think? Draw or find a picture of the animal and an example of armor that copies it.
Friday
Design your own armor! Your knights need armor to keep them safe during battle. Using what you learned about animal armor, what animals might you copy to make your own armor design? Create an illustration of your armor with arrows labeling the parts of your armor you copied from different animals.
Math
Log on at 11:30 for the live lesson! Please read what your child will need for each lesson and have it for the video, if possible. At the bottom of this page are images of our class math meeting board- students, can you lead someone through our math meeting?
Monday- Lesson 108 Using comparison symbols , =
For this lesson you will need- math book pg. 473, 2 crayons (pens or pencils also work)
1. Complete fact page 471 and your yellow +9 fact cards.
2. Watch live lesson 108
3. Complete pages 475-476
Optional Enrichment- page 21.2 or Comparison Alligators Resource below
Tuesday- lesson 109 Dividing a set of equal objects by sharing
For this lesson you will need- a set of 10 small objects (pennies, beans, cereal pieces, etc.) 1 piece of blank paper, something to write with, math book
1. Complete fact page 477
2. Watch lesson 109 video and follow along
3. Complete pages 479-480
Optional Enrichment- have your child divide a group of toys/books among siblings, food at the table, etc., chapter 24 enrichment page
Wednesday- lesson 110-1 Estimating and Measuring Capacity using cups
For this lesson you will need- math book page 483. After the video, they will need the following to complete today’s activity on their own (if possible): gallon, liter, quart, liquid measuring cup, small paper cup
1. Complete fact test 16 alone, then page 481. You may send me a picture of the fact test to grade.
2. Watch the lesson 110-1 video
3. If possible, after the video find and label a gallon, liter, and quart container. You will also need a 1 cup measuring cup and another paper cup as well as a funnel or careful hands. Estimate how many cups of water will fit into each container (gallon, quart, and liter) then use the measuring cup to find out! Use page 481 to write down your findings. Then, estimate how many paper cups of water will fit into each container before trying it. Congratulations! You used two different sized cups to find the capacity of a larger container. We will learn more about capacity next week!
Optional enrichment- page 18.4 capacity search
Thursday- lesson 110-2 Acting it out to solve a problem
For this lesson you will need- 12 pencils and 20 pennies (if these cannot be found you may substitute other objects), math book page 485
1. Complete written test 21 and send a copy to Mrs. Kelly to grade.
2. Watch lesson 110-2 video and follow along.
Optional enrichment- 5.1 number riddles
Friday- lesson 111 Addition facts
For this lesson you will need- 2 sets of 10 different objects (ex: 10 cheerios and 10 cocoa puffs, 10 pennies and 10 dimes, etc.), 2 different colored crayons, preferable to match your objects (ex: yellow for cheerios and brown for cocoa puffs), and math book page 489. Optional- notecards
1. Fact page 487
2. Watch lesson 111 video. Optional- create your own fact cards for this lesson on notecards.
3. Complete pages 491-492
4. Read math news 11
Optional enrichment- 17.7 on perimeter. Remember- the perimeter is the outside of a shape.
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1. Complete written test 20 (found under "math materials & tests" below) and email a picture to Mrs. Kelly. Please make sure that your child is able to complete this test on their own without any help. You may read the questions to them but please allow them to complete the test alone. This allows me an accurate understanding of what skills they can complete and what they may need more practice in. Thank you.
2. Use the "dollar bills" resource in the math section below and have your child observe and identifying one, five, ten, and twenty dollar bills. If possible, make a bag of 100 pennies and discuss how one dollar is the same as 100 pennies. Practice writing different dollar amounts using a $.
Optional Enrichment Activity- complete page 11.1
Tuesday - lesson 106
1. Complete fact practice page 461
2. Write the answers on the back of your yellow fact cards and practice them.
3. Complete pg. 463
4. Complete pg. 465-466 and have a parent check it.
Optional Enrichment Activity- make a fact test for a family member to take or try enrichment page 1.4
Wednesday - lesson 107 Identifying 1/2, 1/3, and 1/6
1. Fact practice page 467
2. Use the 3/18 materials page under math materials. Cut out all of the shapes on the first page and use them to complete the second and third page.
3. Complete page 469-470
Optional Enrichment Activity- try page 19.2
A link is available below under our class resources tab for math unit newsletters and student book pages!
Nature Studies
Please check under the resources tab below for our class science portal, which includes an e-book, videos, and games related to our science units! Our class username and password is kellyscience2019
Monday
Watch the “Light and Darkness” video on our class science page (link below- science class page). The username and password are kellyscience2019
Read “Seeing the Light” in your science books or on our online class page.
Tuesday
Science challenge- read the question below and use objects around your house to try and answer it. Hint- you will need more than just what is listed under materials!
Question: How can you get light to shine on an object (ex: book) with the flashlight/light source facing away from it?
Materials you might need: flashlight or other light source, book or other object, what else?
Figure it out? Here are some extra challenges: Use two mirrors to reflect light around a book. Use two mirrors to reflect light around a corner.
Describe your system to a parent or sibling! How’d you figure it out?
Wednesday
Science challenge- Create a system to communicate using light
Goal- Use your system to tell someone in another room when to come in
Materials- 1 flashlight or other light source, 2 mirrors, various household objects, colored paper
Draw a diagram of your system once you have created it! Good luck :)
Thursday
Read “Communicating with Light” in your science book
Complete the science extension in the resources below. No handheld mirror? Fold your paper on the dotted lines for each shape and hold it up to a bathroom mirror.
Friday
Complete the investigation 4 I-check in the resources below and send a picture of it to Mrs. Kelly.
