First Grade News

April 25, 2016

Curriculum Highlights

Exploring non-standard measurement

Writing Developing Character
Reading Visualizing finding words in texts that help you visualize with
your five senses

Word study when adding a vowel suffix, if the base ends with a single silent
e, drop the e, before adding the suffix. EG like + ed = liked

Reminders

Monday May 2 No school

Does your child ever ask what happened the day she was born, how Mom and
Dad met, or about other family events from the past? Take the time to tell her
all the details. Research shows that the more a child learns about her family -and her place in it -- the greater her sense of self-confidence and competence.
Kids who have close connections with family and friends generally struggle
less with emotional issues. From
http://www.RealAge.com/ParentingCenter/intro.aspx

Word Study

liked
coming

using
having

named
giving

timing
giver

used
timer

News From Ms. Tindalls Class

This final Social Studies unit of the year is all about personal history. Its a
wonderfully motivating time as kids get to explore in depth the thing that
interests them most themselves ;-)
It assists our curriculum greatly if you tell your child stories from the past.
Look at photos and other artifacts from when they were young. Also, if youre
able, its great for the children to see photos and artifacts from your
childhood. Rich conversations can be had about how their life as a child is
different from your life and their grandparents lives too. Why do things
change over time?
Creating timelines to show when things happened is a fine way to help
children put things into perspective and gain a deeper understanding into the
concept of time. Well also take these final weeks to look at how children have
changed over the first grade year.
In partnership,
Ms. Tindall

Monday
Reading: Whats the important idea? What message is the author trying to convey? Give evidence
from the text.
Word Study: Write each word as a word sum.
EG come + ing = coming
Math: Cook something! Follow sequenced directions. Note what came first, second, third last. Pay
attention to fractions. How do you know something is a whole or a part?
Social Studies: Ask your parents to tell you your life story. This may take a few days! Begin
with: Where did you live when you were born? Did you have your own room or share? Who took
care of you? Did you already have some older siblings or were you the first? What are the
traditions in your family for caring for a baby? What type of bed did you sleep in? Did you
participate in any type of religious ceremonies?
Look at some baby pictures and talk about what you can learn by looking at artifacts from the past.
Does your family keep any mementos from when you were an infant? Baby clothes, books, toys
Tuesday
Reading: Whats the important idea? What message is the author trying to convey? Give evidence
from the text.
Word Study: Find words in books that follow the rule.
Math: Share out groups of objects between 2, 3, 4 people. If I have 20 toys cars and I share them
equally with a friend, how many will each of us have? Write a fraction to match. (EG half)
Write a number model to match. (EG of 20 is 10).
Social Studies: Where does your name come from? Whats the story behind it? Who named you?
What does it mean? Be ready to share your name story at school tomorrow.
Wednesday
Reading: Whats the important idea? What message is the author trying to convey? Give evidence
from the text.
Word Study: Complete these word sums: Attached
Math: Find these 3D solids around your home: sphere, cylinder, cube, cone, pyramid, rectangular
prism What are the properties of each faces, vertices, edges?
Social Studies: Talk with your family about your milestones as you were growing up. Ask about
the time when you: first sat up; learned to walk; said your first word; got your first tooth; learned
to ride a bike; went to school; learned to swim; wrote your name
Try to find some artifacts such as photos or mementos from the past. How can these things help
you keep a record of history and see how things change over time?
Thursday
Reading
Math: Whats the difference between these solids: sphere, cylinder, cube, cone, pyramid,
rectangular prism? What do they have in common? What makes them different?
Word Study: Write your own word sums with words you know that end in a single silent e. Try
adding some vowel and consonant suffixes.
Social Studies: Ask your parents about the most naughty thing you ever did. Why did you do it?
What were the consequences?
What is the most naughty thing your parents have done?
Friday
Social Studies: Talk with your parents about the different places you have lived. Have you
always lived in the same place or moved around? Why? What languages do you speak? Why?
What cultural/ religious beliefs do you have? Why? What types of food does/nt your family eat?
Why?

When adding a vowel suffix, if a word ends with a single silent e,

drop the e before adding the vowel suffix. Consonant suffixes have
no power to change the base word.
EG

vowel suffix

time + ing = timing

(drop the e)

consonant suffix

time + ly = timely
(no change to the base word)

care + ful = _________

care + ing = ___________

care + ed = _________

love + ing = ___________

love + ly = _________

love + ed = ___________

use + ed = _________

use + ing = ___________

use + ful = _________

drive + ing = ___________

drive + er = _________

drive + en = ___________