What's Happening the Week of September 23rd Through September 27th

Kindergarten

Phonics----The students wil continue learning about the sound that the letter "Hh" makes---keyword---hat.  Then, the students will learn about the sound that the letter "Tt" makes---keyword---tent.

Reading----The students will be reading the words----log, hog, got, hot, and tot.  The students will continue learning to read color words.  A phonics booklet will also be read-----"Hot".

Handwriting----The students will be printing the letter "Hh" and "Tt".  The students will continue to print their first name. 

Math----The students will be reviewing the shapes----square and rectangle.  Then, the students will learn about the terms----top, middle, bottom, over, on, under, inside, and outside.  The colors "orange and brown" will be studied.  The numbers "6" and "7" will be studied.

Religion----In Chapter 6, the students will learn about "The Church Year".  We celebrate God's love by singing and praying.  We celebrate God's love all year.

First Grade

Phonics----The suffix "s", the letter sounds of "Dd" and "Ff", and blends---will be studied.  The "ack" and "ick" word families will be studied.

Reading----The students will be reading the story "Todd's Box" and the booklet----"A Sack For You".  Then, the story "All That Corn" will be read. 

English----The students will be learning how to decide if a sentence is a telling sentence or an asking sentence.  Then, the students will be learning about "Question Words"----"Who, What", "When", "Where< and "How".

Spelling----In Unit 9, the students will be learning words that have the "short "U" sound".  This week's spelling words are:  us, bus, sun, fun, run, but, puppy, are, one, and there.This week's spelling word test will be on Friday, September 27th.

Handwriting----The students will be printing several pages in their "Handwriting Workbook".

Writing----The students will be writing spelling word sentences and question word sentences.  The students will also be writing their own story using the characters from "Todd's Box" story.

Math----The students will be learning hwo to "compare" numbers----greater than or less than.  The students will be reviewing number words---one through twelve and ordinal numbers---first through tenth.  The students will also be working numbers whose sum are "11 or 12".  The students will be using ten-frames to help figure out the sum.  "Rocket Math"---addition and subtraction workshhets will be done.

Religion----In Chapter 4, the students will that "Jesus Worked Among the People". 

Social Studies----Everyone will learn about "Our World".  Our country is part of tha continent of North America.  Then, everyone will learn about "Earth"---it has seven continents, land and water.  The differnt types of land and water will be studied.  Later, everyone will learn about "Johnny Appleseed".