First Grade News

April 15, 2013

Curriculum Highlights Math Money, place value Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Connected spellings, connected meanings Procedural Writing and Reading - Verbs, transition words Reminders Friday April 19th, No School - Teacher In Service Word Study

ear where

hear two

heard twin

here twice

there between

News From Ms. Tindalls Class This week well be exploring procedures in both reading and writing. You can support this learning by noticing procedures in your home and talking about how a procedure is alike and different to other types of writing. Recipes, craft books and assembly instructions are great examples. You can talk about what makes one procedure easier to follow than another. EG Pictures, numbered steps, clear simple language. Notice verbs such as, cut, draw, measure, roll, paste etc and transition words such as next, after that, following, finally, before etc.

Time continues to be a challenging concept for many students as it is so abstract not something they can physically hold and manipulate. It is valuable for us to try to make it as relevant to their lives as possible. At home, notice what time you do things and how long they take. Talk about how you plan your time. EG, I need to wash the car, write a letter and have a shower before seven oclock. Now its 5:30pm so that gives me an hour and a half. I should be able to wash the car in about half an hour. That leaves one hour to write the letter and have a shower. I think Ill have my shower first because that only takes a few minutes and then Ill have the rest of the time to write the letter. Look at both analogue and digital clocks. Help your child match the time from a digital clock to an analogue clock and vice versa. Talk about how long activities take. EG. You can brush your teeth in a few minutes, but to go to the movies you may need a few hours. Exposure, not mastery, right now is the most important thing. In partnership, Ms. Tindall

Monday

Reading: Look for verbs and transition words. (Verbs are action words eg cut, draw, run, jump, slide. Transition words move you from one idea to the next eg next, then, after that, before, the next day, in the morning, after lunch, at noon etc) Math: Making amounts with coins extra practice. Turn over 2 number cards (or roll a dice twice). Use the numerals to make the biggest 2 digit number you can. Make that number using coins. Repeat. * Math challenge: turn over 3 cards to make the biggest money amount using dollar and cent notation. EG. If you turn 3 , 2 & 5. You could make $5.32 Homelink 7.8 Word Study: Study the words carefully. Highlight any connections you see. Science: How does your family reduce waste? Have a discussion. Be prepared to share at school.

Tuesday

Reading: Look for verbs and transition words. Math: Homelink 8.1 Word Study: What is the difference between hear and here? How can you remember the spellings? Science: What does your family reuse? Have a discussion. Be prepared to share at school.

Wednesday

Reading Math: Homelink 8.2 Word Study: Whats the difference between their, there and theyre. How can you remember the spellings? Science: What does your family recycle? How do you prepare materials to be recycled? (EG wash out cans, separate paper etc) Where do you take your recycling? Have a discussion. Be prepared to share at school.

Thursday

Reading Math: Homelink 8.3 Word Study: What do twin, twice, two, between have in common? Can you think of any other words that might be related? Hint: Use a dictionary to find other words with tw. EG: twig (place where the branch splits into two) twist (move from side to side 1, 2, 1, 2)

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