Neptune News rd February 23 , 2015 Dear Parents, Reading Star Neptune We will do Reading Street Unit 4 Week 1. The Unit 4 focus The Star Neptune this week is Tyler. The next Star question is what do we treasure. The question of the week Neptune will be Eoin. He will present this Friday. is how can a surprise be a treasure. Our story this week is a play “Mama’s Birthday Present”. We will learn to read, ARC Class Schedule segment and blend words with vowel digraphs ai and ay, and singular and plural possessives. (sail, say, boy's, boys', Monday Disc. FFL (gym shoes) hen's, hens', etc). We will continue working on drawing conclusions. We will work on reading sentences with correct Tuesday Music expression and tone. We will learn to name adjectives in Wednesday Spanish sentences. Thursday Expl. FFL (gym shoes) Math We will continue Topic 10: Adding with Tens and Ones. We will use basic facts to add tens. We will use a hundred chart to add tens to a number. We will add tens to a number by skip counting. We will use mental math to add two-digit numbers. We will add one-digit numbers to two-digit numbers. We will solve problems by drawing pictures and writing number sentences. The test will be on Friday, February 27th. Conferences Spring conferences are coming up Thursday, March 19th. I'm sending home a preliminary conference schedule. It is nearly the same as the fall schedule. If you want or need a different time mark and return the schedule or contact me via dojo, email, or phone. I'll send out official conference time confirmation letters in a couple weeks. Sincerely, Sean B. Ferguson Friday Creative Arts Next Monday Disc. FFL (gym shoes) This is a rotating schedule. When we have a short week due to a scheduled day off we will continue in order of the class regardless of the day. I will update the posted schedule accordingly. Coming Events Feb. 19th → th Feb. 27 → Reading and Spelling tests Reading and Spelling tests Topic 10 Test th Mar.7 → Book orders submitted Mar. 8th → Daylight savings time begin. th Mar. 19 → Conferences – No School Mar. 20th → Staff Work Day – No School Homework Week of February 23rd Monday Review the contents of your take home envelope with your parents. Return the empty Homework envelope on Tuesday. Read your Unit 4 Week 1 High Frequency, list words, and Ten Important Sentences to someone. Share our Sing With Me song with someone. Tuesday Complete the Math Challenge worksheet attached. Wednesday Read a book to someone. Study for your spelling test. Library books are due tomorrow. Thursday Rewrite and correct the the sentences below. The trane may be late today _______________________________ The trane wont very fast. _______________________________ There was a birthday card in the male for me _______________________________ _______________________________ she saw them eet lunch. _______________________________ Are momm likes to play games. _______________________________ Library books are due Thursday. Additional resources may come home with the homework. These are suggestions for extra study but are not required homework. Use them as you see fit. Child's Name: _____________________________ Parent Signature: ____________________________________________________________________ Unit 4 Week 1 Word Lists Mama’s Birthday Present High Frequency Words about enjoy gives surprise worry would Amazing Words celebrate cherish delicate genuine Spelling Words; Long a Spelled ai and ay afraid play day rain gray tail mail train may way Story Words Long a Spelled ai and ay braid always brain Bay chain birthday claim clay drain fray fail Friday grain hay hail lay main Monday nail pay paid ray pail Saturday pain say paint stay rail stray sail Sunday snail sway strain Thursday trails today wait tray Tuesday Wednesday Possessives Ben’s boy’s bride’s Chuck’s Dad’s Dan’s everyone’s family’s Frank’s Gail’s Gina’s Girl’s Grandma’s Greg’s break buñuelos confetti guitar grateful loot rarest piñata present tortilla wonderful hen’s Jane’s Jay’s Ken’s king’s Liz’s Mama’s man’s Mike’s Perez’s Ray’s Sam’s Steve’s Tom’s Name Mama’s Birthday Present 1. “Next Sunday is Mama’s birthday!” (said Francisco). 2. “If we begin today, we will have seven days to plan a party,” (said Grandma). 3. “What present can I give Mama?” (asked Francisco). 4. “We can make a piñata to break,” (said Grandma). 5. “I can play my guitar,” (said Papa). 1 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. 6. “I can bring some hot tortillas, fresh off the stove,” (said Señora Molina). 7. “We can make confetti eggs to crack on people’s heads,” (said Gina). 8. “We can make some sweet buñuelos,” (said Grandpa Pérez). 9. “I did not know what to give you for your birthday, Mama,” (said Francisco). 10. “The best present of all is having my family and friends here with me,” (said Mama). Ten Important Sentences • Grade 1, Unit 4, Week 1 1•25 A Memory to Cherish To the tune of I've Been Workin' on the Railroad. We have planned a birthday party. It's a big surprise. We lead Mom into the room and She opens up her eyes. We all celebrate together. It is plain to see Mom is grateful, and she'll cherish This good memory. Name: Date: Teacher: Ferguson Math Challenge Circle the biggest number in each group. 1. 6. Solve. 11. Solve. 12. 7 5 3 2. 113 122 124 7. 20 26 31 44 70 21 3. 8. 6 8 5 6 3 9 4. 9. 129 148 114 56 15 40 Class: Neptune 5. 10. 9 3 2 3 5 4 Jennifer has four more peaches than Jackie. Jackie has nine peaches. How many peaches does Jennifer have? Sharon has sixteen apples. Marcie has seventeen apples. How many more apples does Marcie have than Sharon? -1- 2/21/2015 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. 1 Here are ways to help your child practice skills while having fun! 0H 0H 0H 0H 0H #0<4 Help your child write sentences, using as many ai and ay words as possible. Some words to use are: main, wait, paid, aim, day, stay. Write each word on a card: Kris’s, Jake’s, Sam’s, Kate’s, the Smith Family’s, the first graders’, the lions’, the dogs’. Take turns picking a card and thinking of something for them to possess. re your child’s firs a u o Y t and best teacher! This week we’re Reading Mama’s Birthday Present Write the following words in a list: about, enjoy, gives, surprise, worry, would. Together write a story about a surprise party. Write each spelling word on a card: train, way, tail, play, day, may, rain, gray, mail, afraid. Have your child sort the words into piles by ai and ay. Then have your child read the words and spell them aloud. This week your child is learning to draw conclusions using text and what he or she already knows. As you read, stop and discuss how the author leads you to conclusions. Talking About How a surprise can be a treasure Learning About Vowel Digraphs ai, ay Singular and Plural Possessives Draw Conclusions Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. 1 $=4'08=H0H Materials paper, pencil, paper clip, index cards, 1 button per player ay Game Directions 1. Prepare a set of word cards: aim, gain, rail, main, nail, paid, pain, pail, sail, wait, day, gray, hay, may, maybe, play, say, stay, today, way. Sort the words into ai and ay piles. Prepare a spinner as shown below. 3. If players land in a mud puddle, they must go back one space. If they land on hot chocolate, the other player must go back one space. 4. Play continues until a player reaches End. ai ay ai ! ud le m udd p 2. Place markers at Start. Players take turns spinning the spinner, moving their button the number of spaces indicated, and then picking a card from the indicated pile. If the player can read the word card correctly, then he or she stays on that space. If not, the player goes back two spaces. ay ai ay hot chocolate ! ay ai 2 1 3 ay ai Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday, March 19th, 2015 Morning 7:30 – Ben 7:45 – Tyler 8:00 – Paige 8:15 – Drew 8:30 – Jillian 8:45 – 9:00 – Raymond 9:15 – 9:30 – Erik 9:45 – Ava 10:00 – 10:15 – Eoin 10:30 – Malachi 10:45 – 11:00 – Kayla 11:15 – 11:30 – Lauren 11:45 – Evening 5:00 – Lydia 5:15 – Devin 5:30 – Shaun 5:45 – Imogen 6:00 – Sofia 6:15 – 6:30 – Alayna Afternoon 12:00 – 12:15 – 12:30 – 12:45 – 1:00 – 1:15 – 1:30 – 1:45 – 2:00 – 2:15 – 2:30 – 2:45 – 3:00 – Hunter 3:15 – Willow 3:30 – 3:45 – Marleigh 4:00 – Peyton 6:45 – Kaden 7:00 – 7:15 – 7:30 – 7:45 – Scarlett Unscheduled
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