Quarter Letters

 

QUARTER LETTER 2

GRADE 1

RELIGION

We will be learning about the birth of Jesus, the Son of God. We will find out how Jesus is still with us and He teaches us about forgiveness. We will continue to use Bible stories to reinforce these concepts. As we enter into the Advent season, there will be specific activities in preparation for His coming.

 

READING

This quarter’s stories will include a variety of genre. Realistic fiction, humorous, fantasy, nonfiction and informational articles will continue to be reinforced. We will compare and contrast the stories to increase their comprehension skills. Emphasis will be placed on reading with fluency.

 

PHONICS/ENGLISH

This quarter we will introduce long vowel sounds and their rules. Example: silent e at the end makes the first vowel long (came) or the first vowel does the talking and the second vowel does the walking (coat) Blends at the beginning and end of words will be reinforced.

 

SPELLING

Spelling words continue to reinforce the current phonics skills, which this quarter will be long vowels and blends.

 

MATH(Taught by Mrs. Missel)

Math concepts to be taught are:

            Identify/compare plane and solid shapes

            Symmetry

            Patterns

            Identify one half, one third, one fourth

            Problem Solving

            Identify, read, write, order to 100

            Count and regroup tens and ones

            Place value through 99

            Counting by 2’s, 5, and 10’s

            Greater than/less than

            Ordinal numbers (first, second)

            Even and Odd Numbers

            Addition/Subtraction facts to 12

 

HANDWRITING

We will continue to practice proper letter/number formation. Strong emphasis will be placed on turning in neat work in all subject areas.

 

SCIENCE(Taught by Mrs. Dunning)
Our unit teaches us about Earth Science.

The concepts covered will be:

            Rocks and Soil

            Land Changes

            Natural Resources

            Reduce, Recycle Reuse

            Different kinds of Weather

 

SOCIAL STUDIES(Taught by Mrs. Dunning)

We will begin our unit on geography. We will focus on our part in our community, state, country and continent. We will look at pictures, maps, globes, and places around you to learn about geography.