Thursday, April 21st, 2016

Homwork tonight:

Math: Telling time down to minutes worksheet
Language Arts: WBP pages 89 and 90
Spelling: Study for spelling quiz tomorrow

Yesterday we had our Easter Egg Hunt! Congrats to Luca for Finding the Giant GOlden Egg :D

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

Hi everyone!

Today we had a busy morning with the KCPD (Kaohsiung City Police Department) paying us a visit to present safety tips to students. In math class we practiced reading time and daying half past as well as calculating time elapsed between activities.  We read some library book stores to focus on story elements and reading comprehension as well. We finanlized Unit 9: All About Matter in science with their assessment and had a quick introducgtion tot he new unit: Energy and Forces. 

Science Fair Info:

We have designated a group leader for Science Fair project and they have taken their science reports back home with notes for your groups to discuss. Leader only entails taking home the notes, participation is expected equally from all partners. All that is left is results and conclusions, you can send any of them in any time this week if you would like for it to be reviewed by me. We will dedicate Wednesday 27th to practicing our presenations in class, so please send in their project any time before that. 

Groups and Leaders:
1. Leader: Jinny
2. Leader: Julia
3. Leader: Kevin
4. Leader:  Hank
5. Leader: Jackie
6. Leader: Luca    
 
If you have any questions or need help beofre then just let me know.

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

Hi everyone! We have had a busy and terrific day!

Today Mario visited us to help the kids make model rockets! We saw the reaction that is made when we mix vinegar and baking soda and creates air pressure to send a rocket off into the sky! 

We had to try a few times, but finally, we had success! We had a great time! He also brought us pizza and we had the kids do some show and tell time with him. :)

Science: We reviewed for our exam Unit 9: Matter. We talked about the main key words which include: properties, weight, temperature, mass, liquid, solid, gas, mixture, and dissolve.

Math: Understanding how to read a clock, new saying: It is half past…. Its is 30 minutes past…

Phonics: New words and vocabulary with the consonant digraph: -wr.

Homework:

Math: MPB 13.3 and 13.4

Phonics: Word Meanings page 120

Science: Unit 9 Assessment tomorrow!

Here are some pictures from the activities today.

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Good morning and Happy Monday!

Spelling Words: calendar, before, after, events, minutes, energy, motion, speed, rocket, sound, problem, beach, knock, wrong

We began a new Math Chapter: Telling Time

Important  information for this week:

Tuesday - Rocket Building day with Mario (my husband) will come and help the kids build model rockets, they are also free to bring one item from home if they would like to present it for a"show and tell" session.

Wednesday: Science Unit 9 - Matter  Assessment

Thursday: Phonics exam, will include: hard vs. soft letters G and C. Consonant blends and digraph blends. 

Friday: Spelling Quiz

Homework for Tonight:
Math - MPB 13.1 and 13.2
Spelling - Write words 3 times
Science -  Unit 9 Review pg. 365-367 in SF book

Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

Hi everyone! These BUSY bee first graders have been up to a lot today!

Math: Chapter and unit review for exam tomorrow!

Language arts: Review for all of Unit 4 to begin unit 5 and new writing activities next week.

Phonics: Introduced new consonant digraph: kn. Used workds: knock, knight, knit, knock, know, known.

Science: Lesson 3 in Unit 9: Matter! How to take temperatures and record them to use them as properties. How different property in different matter can change.

Homework:

Reading: Reading comprehesion worksheets number 5-7 for Friday

Math: Count by 5's Maze worksheet

Important Info:


Also since we are hosting Mass on Friday, if possible and if you would like please send one piece of fruit or some kind of bread for the offering during Friday Mass. Thank you for the support,

Ms. Lopez