Holy Cross - First Grade

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Weekly Spelling Lists -

Phonetic List - Blends -
grab
best
flip
frog
jump
crash
next
drip
block
brush

High-Frequency List - Trick Words - Words 81-90
made
over
did
down
only
way
find
use
may
water

Reading - Our word work focus is making sentences (subject/predicate) and making words. We continue to meet in our reading groups and work in centers in daily five. Next week Tuesday we will be taking the MAP test in reading.

Writing - We have been working on New Years writings. This week we are going to start learning about the writing process in a writer's workshop format.

Phonics - We are learning about blends. Blends are when 2 consonants are together in a word and they still make their own sound. They are different from digraphs because digraphs make a new sound. We are also starting to learn about r-controlled vowels. So far we have learned about -ar and -or. We also call them the bossy r.

Math - In math we worked on dimes. We learned about how much dimes are worth, as well as what is on the dime. We worked on counting money using dimes and pennies. We learned about symmetry and basic fractions. (1/2, 1/3, 1/4) We practiced making pictures with pattern blocks that had symmetry. We also worked on odd and even numbers.

Religion - In Religion we read from our Promise Paper each Friday. Last week we learned about the trinity and about the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. We made beautiful mobiles of stained glass windows. We are learning about different types of prayer. The four types of prayer we are focusing on are praise, thanks, sorry, and asking.

Science - We started a new Einstein kit called solids and liquids. We have now been introduced to the 20 solids. We started out with a lesson with the spoon and the ball. Then we had a sorting lesson. We sorted the solids by color and then by shape.