Mrs. Fabian and Mrs. Patton – First Grade

Posted on March 11, 2010, by Betty Fabian, under First Grade.

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It is almost the end of the 3^rd quarter.  The school year will be coming to an end before we know it.  Keep studying hard to keep those grades in the A’s and B’s.  The following is what we will be doing in our subject areas:

Math

Finish money and time.  Begin Measurement (length, height, perimeter, inches, feet, capacity – cups, pints, and quarts weight – pounds  centimeters, liters, kilograms, temperature, and seasons)

Social Studies

Unit 4 – Our Earth, Our Resources Kinds of Weather, Time Lines, Land and Water, Our Earth’s Resources, Farm History, Caring For Our Resources.

Religion

Continue our study of Lent, Stations of the Cross, Finish Unit 3 – Jesus Shows us He is Good.  Begin to study about Parables.   March 12^th 1A will host the Mass and on March 26^th 1B will host the Mass.

Guidance

Continue lessons from Second Step series about Empathy Training.

Health

Start with a quiz on Nutrition and  end with Basic First Aid.

Science

Will have a test on Zoology, and then will start a new unit on Parts of the Human Body.

English/Grammar

Review nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns.  We will start more capitalization, and punctuation.

Language Arts

Review the sounds of /oo/, /ow/, long o, /aw/, /au/, /n/ spelled kn, comparatives, /oi/ spelled oi & oy,  /r/ spelled wr,  and /f/ spelled ph.  We will complete all of our decodable books by the end of the month.  In class we will be reading from a book (Open Court) that will stay in the classroom.  The focus will be on comprehension for the rest of the year.  First grade students should be reading at least 50-60 words per minute by the end of the 3^rd quarter.  Keep reading at home every night.

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