First Grade: Week 4 Aug 29- Sep 2

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend.

During the month of September the students will be participating in several activities to commemorate the Independence Day of Honduras. We will begin the celebrations by having an assembly on the first day of September.

If you have any Honduran souvenirs, maps, coins etc. please send them in with your child so we can display them in our classroom.

This week, your child will inquire into the following:

Language Arts

Working With Words: Students will be reviewing all the word wall words we have studied up to this point through various activities and chants.

New words are: she, do, how, if

Reading- This week your child will be reading a nonfiction text: Let’s Get To Know Honduras. Your child will be using illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas

Vocabulary: independence, country, border, department, capital, nation, heroes, country, soldier, flag, emblem, stripe, citizen

Writing- Your child will be writing an opinion piece in which they introduce the topic they are writing about, supply a reason for the opinion and provide some sense of closure.

Math- This week your child will be learning how to solve vertical and horizontal addition problems and solving problems by writing number sentences. There are IXL skills I have added to the bottom of the blog. Your child is NOT required to do them. However, it’s a wonderful way to get some extra practice.

Social Studies: We will be learning about Honduras’ national heroes and symbols