First Grade News September 29, 2014

Curriculum Highlights

Math tools, number line, hundreds chart
Science - Scientists use tools to extend their senses
Word study ch, sh, th, wh
Writing Writing cycle
Reading What do you do when you come across a word you dont know?


Reminders

Friday October 3 - Free Dress Day. Bring RM5.
Monday October 6 No School
Tuesday & Wednesday October 14 & 15 Parent Teacher Conferences


News From Ms. Tindalls Class

As we begin to dive into our science unit on natural cycles and the weather you can
keep your childs new knowledge alive by talking about weather in your daily lives.
Ask your child what they think the wind speed is today? Is there any precipitation?
(liquid/ solid water in the air such as rain, snow, hail) and how much? EG light
rain, heavy showers, no precipitation. How much of the sky is covered with cloud
0, !, ", #, 1 whole? Describe the clouds you see. Do you think they will bring
rain or fair weather? Measure the temperature together. Look at weather forecasts
on the Internet or television and compare them to the actual weather the next day.
Compare what the weather is like in Malaysia to what it is like in other parts of the
world such as your home country. Talk about how the weather affects our choices
in life such as what to wear, type of transport and activities we do. Ask your child
to forecast the weather for the day.

In partnership,
Ms. Tindall

















Monday
Reading: Look for a chunk. What smaller parts of words do you see that can help
you figure out the larger word?
Word Study: Go on a /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /wh/ hunt. Take a piece of scrap paper or
white board, make four columns and hunt around the house/ in books/ in
conversations, for words that contain these sounds. Remember the sound might be
at the beginning, middle or end of a word. Keep a running record for a week or so.
Make a predication about which sound youll find the most of.
Math: Skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s. Do a self-check. Which one have you
mastered? Which do you still need to practice. Make a plan more improvement.
Tuesday
Reading: Look for a chunk. Find base words and suffixes. (EG jump + ing, play +s,
box + es, call + ed, teach + er)
Math: Take a box of dominoes. Count the total number of dots on each domino.
Line them up from smallest to largest number.
Wednesday
Reading: Look for a chunk. Find base words and suffixes. (ing, s, es, ed, er)
Math: Take a pile of coins. Study them carefully. What do you notice? Do you
have currencies from multiple countries? How are the coins alike/ different?
Thursday
Reading: Look for a chunk. Find base words and suffixes. (ing, s, es, ed, er)
Math: Grab handfuls of 5 sen (cent/ any currency) coins. Practice counting the
total amount of money you grabbed by skip counting by 5s. Repeat with 10s.
Friday
Reading
Poem collection: Please return it to school on Monday.


Picture Sort Ior ch, sh, and th Digraphs
Enlarge this sheet to a Iull 8 1/2 by 11 size. Cut apart the pictures and use the letter cards as headers Ior
the three categories. Model how to sort several pictures under each heading to help students get started,
and then turn the sorting task over to them. AIter sorting in a group, give children their own individual
sheets to cut apart and sort Ior themselves. Follow up by asking children to Iind and cut out pictures Irom
magazines that begin with these same sounds. Paste them into categories, or place them in baggies Ior
continued sorting.