Monday, April 16, 2012

Week 35- April 16th-20th

Dear Parents,

We hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!
The first graders will be taking the MAP assessments starting the second week of May. You can practice the various MAP skills by asking our child to play the online MAP reading and math games. They can be found under the 'Links' heading.
We would like to remind all parents that Discovery will be having its annual Family Night this Friday, April 20th from 5-8P.M. This year the theme is 'Jungle Night'! You are all welcome to dress as your favorite animal or just wear a mask. This is a fun night for all filled with games and food!
This week your child will inquire into the following:

Language Arts
  • Phonics- This weeks words are meansany, old, same, and tell. The class will be reviewing these words and other Word Wall words through various words activities and chants.
  • Reading- This week your child will continue reading Mouse Soup. Your child will inquire into the problem of the story, relate the story conflict to personal experience, and identify the beginning, middle and ending of the story. You can help your child with these reading skills by asking them to identify the problem or the sequence of a story he/she reads at home. You can ask your child to tell you of a time that he/she experienced a similar problem in real life.   
  • Writing- Your child will continue writing about his/her Easter break this week. Your child will be expanding his/her ideas with adjectives and be learning how to make his/her ideas more interesting.
Math- This week your child will continue exploring estimating and measurement. He/she will be estimating the lengths and heights of vairous objects and then measuring them using both inches and centimeters. The class will also start weighing objects using pounds. We are finding that many of our students are not comfortable estimating. You can help your child become a more confident estimator by asking him/her to estimate the quantity or length of things at home. Ask him/her to estimate how many candies there are in a package or the lenght of your foot  for example and then have him/her figure out the answer.

Theme- Science-Organisims- The class will examine, identify and create a magazine page on the various features plants have that help them survive in different environments.

Homework

Monday
Science- Living/Nonliving worksheet
Math- Estimating and Measuring with Inches worksheet
Reading- read 10 minutes and fill out the reading log

Tuesday
Math- Estimating and Measuring with Feet worksheet
L.A.- Fill in the blank worsheet
Reading- read 10 minutes and fill out the reading log

Wednesday
Math- Find objects around your home that you estimate are shorter than 10 cm and then measure
L.A.- Word Search
Reading-read 10 minutes and fill out the reading log

Thursday
Math- Estimating, Measuring and Comparing Weights
L.A.- Study for Spelling Challenge
Reading-read 10 minutes and fill out the reading log

Reminders

Family Night- April 10th, 5-8 P.M.
1/2 Day- April 25th
Water Bottles- Your child needs to bring a water bottle to school everyday. Please write your child's name on the bottle.
Sweaters/Jackets and Other Objects: We ask parents to label all their child’s belongings with a permanent marker. This makes it easier for us to help you look for things if they are misplaced or lost. We also ask for your cooperation by sending back with your child any item he/she brings home that does not belong to him, and to notify the homeroom teacher about it (by text message, email or phone call).
Library- Please make sure your child brings back his/her library book on his/her library day every week.
P.E- Please make sure your child wears proper running shoes and clothes on the days when he/she has P.E

Links
MAP Reading
BBC.co.uk- Great literacy games
Childrens Library- International children's library- read books online in Spanish and English. You will need to help your child search for books. There are a few fairytales on this site
MAP Math
IXL- various math skills activites including measurment
National Geographics for Kids
Biology 4 Kids- information about plants. Your child will need your help to read this website
Science Kids- Plant Facts

Secret Word- family

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