Tuesday, January 5th, 2016

Today we.....

Math: More position words! Drew objects according to their position in the pictures and practiced telling our right side from our left side, this can be tricky!

Language Arts: Review of nouns and introduction to verbs. We can recognize and identify verbs but we will be working on the different tenses of verbs and their positions within a sentence. 

Social Studies: Predictions! Why is it important to make predictions? How can predicting weather behaviors and patterns help us everyday ?

Science: More on Natural Resources! What they are, how to use them and why we should conserve them!
 
Today I am sending home their new electives sheet for quarter 3, please fill out your three preferences and send it back as soon as possible. 

Homework:
Language Arts: WBP page 47-48
Math MPB  8.2

Have  a great day!

Monday, January, 4th, 2015 ~Welcome Back!~

Welcome back dear parents and students! Hope everyone had a holly and jolly Christmas vacation and New Years celebrations! I wish great blessing on each of your homes and family, and I am really happy to have your children back for a new year of learning and having fun!

So to start of 2nd semester here is what we did today:

- Welcome back assembly

- Language Arts: Copied new spelling words and made sentences with them. The first 8 words are words with the controlled R sound, and the last ones are words pertaining to our science and math lessons:

1. stir
2. bird
3. fur
4. hurt
5. turn
6.third
7. curl
8. first
9. soil
10. river
11. lake
12. ocean
13. near
14. next
15. above

- Math: Began our new chapter on position words. Understanding left, right, above, inside, under etc. How to use these words to describe the location of an object. This is a pre topic before learning about grids and how we can use them.

- Social Studies: Understanding what are resources. What are natural resources? How do we reuse resources? Which ones are non renewable? What resources can we find in our community? Why is it important to save our resources? Today we discussed water, plants, trees, air and fossil fuels as resources we use.

Homework:
Math MPB 8.1
Write Spelling words 3 times in Spelling Tab.

Phonics Review Quarter 2

Phonics Review

Grade 1 Quarter 2

Unit 1: Initial, Medial and Final Consonant Sounds

Review the 21 consonants and their sounds. Associate each of the consonants with the sound it stands for in the initial, medial and final positions.

Recognize the sounds and associate them with the sound they represent.

Identify and spell pictures names that begin and end with consonants.

Unit 2: Short Vowels

Review and extend understanding of short vowels and the sound they stand for.

Short vowels: a, e, i, o and u.

Identify rhyming elements containing the short vowel sounds.

Distinguish among the short vowel sounds.

Recognize high frequency words in context.

Apply the long vowel rule as an aid in decoding and in using words in context.

Unit 3: Long Vowels

Associate the vowels a, e, and i with the long sounds they stand for.

Identify rhyming elements containing the short vowel sounds.

Distinguish among the long vowel sounds.

Recognize high frequency words in context.

Apply the long vowel rule as an aid in decoding and in using words in context.

Math Q2 Review

Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction Facts Through 10

Chapter 5: Addition Strategies Through 10

1.     Count on to add: Writing sums to 10 by counting on. Pg. 125

2.    Use a number line to add: Find sums to 10 using a number line. Pg. 127

3.    Use double to add: Add using doubles and plus 1. Pg. 129

4.    Using addition strategies: Add using different strategies. Pg. 133

5.    Problem solving addition sentences pg. 135

Vocabulary words:

Count on

Number line

Double addend

Chapter 6: Subtraction Strategies Through 10

1.     Count back to subtract: Find differences by counting back (taking away) 1, 2 or 3. Pg. 145

2.    Use a number line to subtract: Find the difference by using a number line. Pg. 147

3.    How many more? How many fewer? Show the meaning of subtraction by comparing. Pg. 149

4.    Relate Addition and Subtraction: Write and solve number sentences using related addition and subtraction facts (inverse operations). Pg. 153

5.    Fact Families: Write fact families using related facts (inverse operations) pg. 155

6.    Use subtraction Strategies. Pg 157

7.    Problem Solving: Solve problems by choosing the correct operation. Pg.159

Vocabulary words:

Count back

Number line

Related facts

Fact families

Unit 3: Geometry and Fractions

Chapter 7: Plane and Solid Shapes

1.     Classifying and Sorting Objects: Classify, sort and compare objects by one attribute such as size, shape or color. Pg. 183

2.    Plane Shapes: Identify, describe and compare attribute of triangles, rectangles, squares and circles; find plane shapes in your environment. Pg. 185

3.    Classifying and Sorting Shapes: Classify and sort plane shapes; identify open and closed shapes; sort objects by more than one attribute. Pg. 187

4.    Solid (3D) Shapes: Identify, describe and compare solid shapes.

5.    Classifying and Sorting Shapes. Pg. 193

6.    Identify Faces of a Solid Shape. Pg. 195

7.    Problem Solving. Draw a picture. Pg. 197

Vocabulary words:

Side

Corner

Faces

Edge

Triangles

Squares

Rectangles

Circles

Cubes

Cylinders

Cones

Pyramids

Sphere

Rectangular prisms

Social Studies Q2 Review

Unit 3: The Land Around Us

Lesson 1: A Neighborhood page 94-95

·         What is a neighborhood?

·         What are some places that people in a neighborhood share?

·         Be able to locate key symbols on a neighborhood map and their location

Vocabulary words: Neighborhood

Lesson 2: Land and Water (Landforms) page 98-101 and Landforms mini book

·         Understand and recognize and label each landform

·         Describe Landforms by their shape and unique characteristics

·         Taiwan is an island in the Pacific Ocean

Vocabulary:

Valley, mountain, lake, hill, plain, island, river, volcano, desert

 Lesson 3: Globes and Maps page 104-107

·         Identify the continents and oceans on a map.

·         Locate the different continents

·         What is the Equator?

·         Know at least 1 important piece of information about each continent

·         Locate the Pacific Ocean on a map

·         Understand that we live in the continent of Asia

·         What is a compass? Recognize and label the 4 cardinal directions (North, South, East and West)

Science Q2 Review

Unit 3: Animals

Lesson 1: What Are Living and Nonliving Things? Page 83-92

·         Understand that all the living and nonliving things in a place make up an environment.

·         Living things need food, air, shelter, water, to reproduce and space to live. They are animals, plants and people.

·         Differentiate between living and nonliving things.

·         Observe and classify things as living and non living.

Vocabulary: living, reproduce, nonliving, environment

Lesson 3: How are Animals Different? Page 107-118

·         Know facts about all the animal kingdoms.

·         Find different ways of grouping animals.

·         Know how they have babies, their appearance and if they cold or warm blooded.

Vocabulary: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects

Unit 4: Plants

Lesson 1: What do Plants Need? Pages 131-137

·         Understand what plants need to grow: sunlight, air and water.

·         Importance of soil and space to grow.

·         How people can help plants grow.

Vocabulary: sunlight, soil, nutrients

Lesson 3: What are Some Parts of Plants? Pages 143-152

·         Identify and compare the major parts of a flowering plant, including stems, leaves, roots, flowers and seeds.

·         Describe the function of each of the major parts of a flowering plant.

Vocabulary: root, stem, leaf, flower, seed, fruit

Lesson 4: How Are Plants Different? Page 155-163

·         Distinguish between plants and animals

·         Understand there are many different types of plants on Earth.

·         Classify plants into groups.

Vocabulary words: flower, cone.

LABEL PLANT PARTS

Unit 5: Environments

Lesson 1: Where do Plants and Animals Live? Page 175-186

·         Know that an animal’s environment provides all the things that it need in order to survive,

·         Recognize and describe some of the different types of environments found on Earth.

Oceans

Rain Forests

Deserts

Tundra

Prairies

·         Describe how living things depend on each other to survive (food chain and shelters).

Vocabulary: environment, shelter, environment