.........First Class..........
News from Mrs. Tempelman's First Grade Classroom
........May 6-10, 2024......
......Bible.......
Samuel is Called- 1Sam.1-3
Philistines Capture the Ark--1Sam. 4-6
* In class I will be using The Children's Illustrated Bible by S. Hastings and Jesus Calling Bible Storybook by Sarah Young as references.
....Memory Work....
We will work on Exodus 15:2 in class next week
In first grade we focus on a memory verse for about 2 weeks at a time. I will send home a hard copy of the verse with a "To be said by" date on it.
ABC Bible Memory Verse: L--1John 4:7
Let us love one another for love comes from God.
Each week we will focus on a verse that will go in order of the ABC'S. We will use these verses during our class devotions. They will not be required memory work but will , hopefully, become memorized because of frequent use.
....Reading....
We will read: Wonders Unit 6 -How Weather Can Affect Us
Vocabulary Words to Know:
been, children, month, question, their, year
Phonics and Reading Skills:
Compound words, words with wr, gn, & kn,
Grammar
indefinite pronouns
Comprehension:
Cause and effect
.....Spelling.....
Spelling Test ---Friday, May 10
This week's spelling words:
gnat, gnu, know, knife, wrong, write, cause, dawn, been, their
....Writing......
Mother's Day surprise
......Math....
Reviewing all the strategies' we have learn to fact solve
Working with math facts to improve quick recall.
*Students should be able to identify and count using all of the coins.
*They should also be able to easily tell time to the hour and half hour and be using those skills to tell time to the minute.
*Students should also know addition and subtraction facts to 20.
Fact Solving Strategies:
Make Ten-
Ten Friends - We need to memorize all the fact families that equal ten. 9+1, 8+2, 7+3, 6+4, 5+5
Missing Middles- We can use Double Facts to solve 3+4, 4+5, 5+6,7+8, 8+9
Doubles + 1 facts They can also be called near Doubles or Next door Neighbor facts. This is where we look for the numbers that are neighbors on the number line and then you can double the number that is least and then add one more. 3+4 = 3+3+1more
Doubles" facts.
1+1, 2+2, 3+3,...9+9.
These facts need to be memorized because most of our other fact finding strategies are based on this strategy.
Counting on 1, 2, 3 & 4 Facts like 4+1, 8+2 11+3
....Science.....
Egg update: Almost their! We are hoping by Monday, 5/5, our 23 days of waiting will be finished and we will see baby chicks!
We are trying to hatch Bobwhite quail eggs! They came just in time on Friday to get started and now we wait! 23 long days! Hopefully, your egg expert will keep you informed.
Our egg supplier sent 2 orders instead of 1 so we really do have 25 eggs this year!!! The first graders think it is great; Mrs. Tempelman is undecided:)
......Social Studies..........
Mother's Day activities
Beach Theme unit
........Links..............
..............Comments................
This week Tuesday, we will be taking the Math MAP Test.
The Robot Monkey Concert is scheduled for May 22 at 2:00 in the Gym! YEAH!
This will be a very short performance which will really be our class tapping out song beats on cardboard boxes.
You do not need to do anything for this except, if it is possible, come to the gym and have fun and cheer and clap for us. This is something the first graders have been planning at lunch and recess and all of the students have been putting in ideas. So we turned it into a fun-end-of-year activity. It will last about 10 minutes and then you may take them home because it is an Early Dismissal Wednesday. Hope you can make it.
Three Days To Hatching! We hope Monday is Hatching Day!
We candled the eggs when they were taken ut of the turner. This egg won't hatch. The next egg should hatch.
Naomi thinks maybe this one will hatch. Everting is ready; now we wait 3 long days!
