Holy Cross - First Grade

The last spelling lists of the school year!!! :)

Phonetic List y to i - add -es
baby
babies
cry
cries
pony
ponies
sky
skies
berry
berries

High-Frequency List - Trick Words - Words 171-180
along
while
might
next
sound
below
saw
something
thought
both

Math - We worked on identifying and adding dollar bills together (1's, 5's, 10's, and 20's). We learned who was on each bill and what was on the back of the bill as well. We worked on the 9's addition facts. We related the 9 facts to the 10 facts, which are easier. Example - If we know that 10+8=18, then 9+8=17 - you just take one away. We also worked on fractions this week - halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, and sixths.

This year our class has been collecting money. I never asked them to - kids just randomly brought in money! During art they made a "giving machine" with recycled goods. We discussed all sorts of things we could give our money to throughout the year. This week the class decided what they wanted to give their money to. They wanted to give their money to Quinn's Walk! Well, we had a great math lesson with it as well! We had to add up all the bills and all the coins. Our grand total was $28.68!

Phonics - We learned about another suffix - es. We learned that to make a word plural you usually add -s. However, if a word ends in s, ss, sh, ch, or x you add -es to make the word plural.

Science - We are continuing along with our organisms unit. This week we compared and contrasted the terrarium plants to the aquarium plants, as well as compared and contrasted the terrarium animals to the aquarium animals. We added the animals to our aquarium / terrarium pictures in our books. We then made aquarium and terrarium murals. We learned about four amazing plants - rafflesia, giant water lily, saguaro cactus, and venus flytrap. We also read a Scholastic News about ladybugs.

Reading - During Daily 5 I am working on the last running records of the year! The growth these first graders have shown is absolutely amazing! This week our word work / writing centers will focus on tongue twisters and subject/predicate (action parts and naming parts of sentences).

Religion - In Religion we have been working in our book on a unit about Mary - As May is the month of Mary! We also continue to work on our virtue card - self-control.