We hope everyone had a great
weekend!!! We have been learning a lot since we started school and
students are excited. Please read the blog every Monday, so that you are aware
of what is happening in grade 1!
Under
the heading Pages (to the right of our blog) you will find all
the links to the different blogs. Please refer to them weekly so that
you are informed of what is happening in special classes.
This week your child will be learning these five words:
there
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use
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an
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each
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which
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The
students will be doing various activities and chants with the words. Please practice them at home on a daily basis since
they will have their spelling challenge every Friday.
This week your child will be reviewing his/her book
knowledge. Your child will be inquiring into book elements. We will be
discussing the major events of A Kiss for Little Bear. Your child will discuss
the major events of the story, write, and draw the beginning, middle and end of
the story. We will use the new vocabulary from the story in sentences.
Your child will
continue exploring Opinion Writing. The students will be able
to write, state their opinion, supply at least one reason for their opinion and
provide a sense of closure. We will help them focus on a topic, answer
questions and add details to strengthen their writing.
The students will learn
about the properties of addition. They will be introduced to adding with zero
and to the commutative property.
Last week we talked about COURAGE. The students
created their own poster to represent this important value. This week your
child will be inquiring into citizenship. We will define RESPONSIBILITY,
COMPASSION and RESPECT. Your child will learn these citizenship values through
shared reading, watching videos and various role playing activities. We
will also be discussing some adjectives that describe Discovery School. This
will help to get ready for the school´s anniversary celebration. Remember this
celebration is going to take place on Friday, August 31st. This is
an early dismissal day. Students will be leaving school at 11:45 a.m.
Last week we sent a piece of paper taped to your child´s folder with
your child's username and password. Please feel free to practice the skills at
your leisure. Sometimes we will assign certain skills to be done as homework.
You may want to practice the following skills:
Counting
and number patterns
A.2
Count to fill a ten frame
A.3
Counting review - up to 20
Last week the students were assessed in the following sight words. These
are words they should already know from last year. Please make sure your child can recognize them all.
the
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of
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and
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a
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to
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in
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is
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you
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that
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it
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he
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was
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for
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on
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are
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as
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with
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his
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they
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I
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at
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be
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this
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have
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from
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or
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one
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had
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by
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words
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but
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not
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what
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all
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were
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