Weekly Homework
Arithmetic: pg. 11 Due Tuesday.
Language: Letters and Sounds pg. 6 Due Tuesday.
Art: Draw a picture of a flower garden. Due Tuesday.
Arithmetic: pg. 13 sent home to complete due Wednesday!
Letters and Sounds: pg. 7 sent home to complete due Wednesday!
Spelling: Study Spelling list two
Bible: Study Bible A for quiz tomorrow.
Arithmetic pg. 15 sent home with scholar due Thursday!
Letters and Sounds pg. 8 sent home with scholar due Thursday!
Spelling: Study spelling list Two.
Letters and Sounds : pg.9 sent home and due on Friday!
Arithmetic pg. 17 sent home and due on Friday!
Spelling/ Poetry: Study spelling list two and poem “The Elephant”
Language: Read a story of your choice!
Spelling list three will be sent home Friday.
Study Poem “The Elephant”
Go to www.starfall.com for Arithmetic practice.
Practice writing your first name in cursive neatly using the lines.
Practice your words using the following link: http://myclass.theinspiredinstructor.com/spelling/spellingfirst.html
Select the correct spelling list and choose a free game!
Quarter 1 Objectives
Language and Reading Quarterly Objectives
- Review Short and Long vowels, consonant
- Review Consonant – vowel blends
- Review one and two- vowel rule
- Learn the use of ff, ll, or ss at the end of words
- Learn to use of ck or ke at the end of a word
- Fluently read one and two-vowel words
- Learn and identify Possessives
- Learn and identify sentences and begin to structure sentences
- Learn Rhyming words
- Learn plurals and correct ending punctuation for sentences.
Reading:
- Begin Reading groups three times a week with the following books:
- Handbook for Reading
- Fun with Pets
- Tiptoes
- Learn to describe the setting and identify characters in the story
- Learn the difference between fiction and nonfiction stories
Spelling:
- Learn One and two-vowel words
- Learn the K/C rule ( K goes with i and e, and C goes with o, u, and a).
- Learn the ck/ ke rule (ck goes at the end of a short vowel, and ke geos at the end after a long vowel).
- Learn special sounds and how to spell words with special sounds charts 6- 8.
- Learn what a poem needs and the parts of a poem ( author, illustrator, rhythm, stanzas, and rhyme).
- Learn to discover the poet’s purpose or intent of the poem.
- Learn poems: The Elephant, The Secret, and Boats Sail on the Rivers
Practice your words using the following link: http://myclass.theinspiredinstructor.com/spelling/spellingfirst.html
Select the correct spelling list and choose a free game!
- Counting to 100
- Writing numbers to 70
- Counting by 1s and 10s
- Addition/Subtraction Families to 6
- Money
- Bar graph
- Story problems
- Geometric shapes
- Calendar
- Place value to tens
Science
- Scholars will learn that they are fearfully and wonderfully made by God.
- Scholars will learn that everyone has unique fingerprints.
- Scholars will learn about the uniqueness of their hair. (Matthew 10:30)
- Scholars will learn the five senses.
- Scholars will learn about force and how water, air, and the wind help things move.
- Scholars will learn about magnets and how they function.
- Scholars will learn about simple machines, including the wheel, ramp, and levers.
- Scholars will learn about how God makes their bodies grow every day.
- Scholars will learn about the importance of good habits.
- Scholars will learn about the five food groups and eating balanced meals.
Music
- Scholars will gain an understanding of a song’s message
- Scholars will exercise creativity while acting out songs with props
- Scholars will define unfamiliar words
- Scholars will develop coordination through motions that keep time with words
- Scholars will learn to follow a song leader
- Scholars will learn about dynamic contrasts, tempo changes, and solfège pitch
Art
- Scholars will practice cutting, gluing, coloring, folding
- Scholars will learn about and practice mixing colors
- Scholars will enjoy directed drawings
- Scholars will practice painting
- Scholars will enjoy play dough modeling
- Scholars will be introduced to the color wheel
- Scholars will learn the primary colors and secondary colors, color mixing
- Scholars will be introduced to patterns
- Complementary colors h
- Scholars will learn the fall colors
- Scholars will draw from geometrical shapes and from memory to make familiar items
- Scholars will be introduced to line types: curved, short, long, straight, broken, zig-zag
Writing
- Scholars will develop good writing posture
- Scholars will learn proper pencil hold, slanted paper position
- Scholars will practice careful writing
- Scholars will practice correct letter placement and formation
- Scholars will practice good control of fine motor skills
- Scholars will practice writing their first name
- Scholars will practice a consistent slant of letters and words
- Scholars will review the correct formation for all lowercase letters, numbers 1–10, and the 12 capital letters learned in Senior K
- Scholars will learn the formation for the remaining 14 capital letters
- Scholars will practice making smooth connections between letters, difficult letters, and blends
- Scholars will perfect key strokes: trace, smile, wave, loop, oval, mountain h
- Scholars will gradually decrease the size of their writing
History
- Scholars will review Community Helpers
- Scholars will discuss community helpers such as firefighters, police officers, doctors, nurses, dentists, postal employees, pastors, salespersons, bakers, teachers, servers, mayors, and farmers
- Scholars will learn about the U.S. flag, including its history, meaning of colors, and flag etiquette
- Scholars will learn the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance
- Scholars will learn about America’s freedoms
- Scholars will learn about American Symbols such as the Great Seal of the U.S., Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty, U.S. coins, the American bald eagle, the Liberty Bell,
- Scholars will learn about great U.S. documents: the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights
- Scholars will learn about Great People of America, including the Pilgrims (First Thanksgiving), George Washington, Abraham Lincoln h Paul Revere, and Benjamin Franklin
Technology
- Scholars will learn and identify the computer parts
- Scholars will practice using a mouse to click, drag, and scroll
- Scholars will practice using typing and identifying letters on a keyboard