Mrs. Fabian and Mrs. Patton – First Grade

Posted on December 10, 2009, by Betty Fabian, under First Grade.

Math

We will cover Chapter 4 this month.  It will consist of data and graphs.  Graphs will be comprised of Venn diagrams, tally charts, real graphs, picture graphs, pictographs, and bar graphs.  We will conduct simple surveys then organize and interpret the results of a survey.  Then using sets of data, we will find and use the range, mode, and median. We will have a test over Chapter 4 on Thursday, December 17^th.

Religion

We will study about the Advent Season.  This will include discussing that Jesus is our Savior, Adam and Eve, the Holy Family, the story of Jesus’ birth, our families and parish families.  We finish the month performing the Nativity Story at the 7:00 Children’s Mass on Christmas Eve.

Social Studies

We will finish Unit 5 before the Christmas break.  We will talk about holidays we celebrate, Abraham Lincoln, choosing our country’s leaders, and Eleanor Roosevelt.  After the break, we will review Unit 5 and have a test on Thursday, January 7^th.

Science

The field trip has been rescheduled for December 16, 2009.   For the month the topic will be water and how it changes, how we need to conserve water, how we use water, and soil.  Unit test will be on December 15^th, 2009.

Health/Guidance – Empathy will be covered for this month.

Language Arts

Phonics- sound of /y/ and long /a/.  Grammar – continue with sentences, nouns, verbs, verbs with /ed/ endings, and pronouns.  Word families of /og/ and /un/.  Read with you child every night for at least 20 minutes.

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