First Grade News April 27, 2015 Curriculum Highlights

Exploring non-standard measurement Writing Small Moments Reading Visualizing finding words in texts that help you visualize with

your five senses Word study when adding a vowel suffix, if the base ends with a single silent

e, drop the e, before adding the suffix. EG like + ed = liked

Reminders

Tuesday April 28 Early Release 11:30am Friday May 1 No school Does your child ever ask what happened the day she was born, how Mom and

Dad met, or about other family events from the past? Take the time to tell her all the details. Research shows that the more a child learns about her family -- and her place in it -- the greater her sense of self-confidence and competence. Kids who have close connections with family and friends generally struggle less with emotional issues. From http://www.RealAge.com/ParentingCenter/intro.aspx

Word Study

liked using named timing used coming having giving giver timer

News From Ms. Tindalls Class This final Social Studies unit of the year is all about personal history. Its a wonderfully motivating time as kids get to explore in depth the thing that interests them most themselves ;-) It assists our curriculum greatly if you tell your child stories from the past. Look at photos and other artifacts from when they were young. Also, if youre able, its great for the children to see photos and artifacts from your childhood. Rich conversations can be had about how their life as a child is different from your life and their grandparents lives too. Why do things change over time? Creating timelines to show when things happened is a fine way to help children put things into perspective and gain a deeper understanding into the concept of time. Well also take these final weeks to look at how children have changed over the first grade year. In partnership, Ms. Tindall

Monday Reading: Whats the important idea? What message is the author trying to convey? Give evidence from the text. Word Study: Write each word as a word sum. EG come + ing = coming Math: Cook something! Follow sequenced directions. Note what came first, second, third last. Pay attention to fractions. How do you know something is a whole or a part? Social Studies: Ask your parents to tell you your life story. This may take a few days! Begin with: Where did you live when you were born? Did you have your own room or share? Who took care of you? Did you already have some older siblings or were you the first? What are the traditions in your family for caring for a baby? What type of bed did you sleep in? Did you participate in any type of religious ceremonies? Look at some baby pictures and talk about what you can learn by looking at artifacts from the past. Does your family keep any mementos from when you were an infant? Baby clothes, books, toys Tuesday Reading: Whats the important idea? What message is the author trying to convey? Give evidence from the text. Word Study: Find words in books that follow the rule. Math: Share out groups of objects between 2, 3, 4 people. If I have 20 toys cars and I share them equally with a friend, how many will each of us have? Write a fraction to match. (EG half) Write a number model to match. (EG of 20 is 10). Social Studies: Where does your name come from? Whats the story behind it? Who named you? What does it mean? Be ready to share your name story at school tomorrow. Wednesday Reading: Whats the important idea? What message is the author trying to convey? Give evidence from the text. Word Study: Complete these word sums: Attached Math: Find these 3D solids around your home: sphere, cylinder, cube, cone, pyramid, rectangular prism What are the properties of each faces, vertices, edges? Social Studies: Talk with your family about your milestones as you were growing up. Ask about the time when you: first sat up; learned to walk; said your first word; got your first tooth; learned to ride a bike; went to school; learned to swim; wrote your name Try to find some artifacts such as photos or mementos from the past. How can these things help you keep a record of history and see how things change over time? Thursday Reading Math: Whats the difference between these solids: sphere, cylinder, cube, cone, pyramid, rectangular prism? What do they have in common? What makes them different? Word Study: Write your own word sums with words you know that end in a single silent e. Try adding some vowel and consonant suffixes. Social Studies: Ask your parents about the most naughty thing you ever did. Why did you do it? What were the consequences? What is the most naughty thing your parents have done?

Friday Social Studies: Talk with your parents about the different places you have lived. Have you always lived in the same place or moved around? Why? What languages do you speak? Why? What cultural/ religious beliefs do you have? Why? What types of food does/nt your family eat? Why?

When adding a vowel suffix, if a word ends with a single silent e, drop the e before adding the vowel suffix. Consonant suffixes have no power to change the base word. EG vowel suffix consonant suffix time + ing = timing time + ly = timely (drop the e) (no change to the base word) care + ful = _________ care + ing = ___________ care + ed = _________ love + ing = ___________ love + ly = _________ love + ed = ___________ use + ed = _________ use + ing = ___________ use + ful = _________ drive + ing = ___________ drive + er = _________ drive + en = ___________