First Grade News

January 18, 2016

Curriculum Highlights
Science Animals are living things
Writers Workshop Non-fiction
Readers Workshop Features of non-fiction texts
Math Fact Power
The suffixes <ful> and <ly>
Reminders:
Choice Bring in living things for Friday Choice Time, 2:10 2:40pm. Just let Ms.
Tindall know youre coming.
Friday January 22 - Red Hat Dress Up Day Bring RM5 to support charity
The purpose of word study is to expose students to the different ways words are made
and to help them understand that words in English are governed by a consistent set of
rules. Students in grade one are at all different stages along the reading/writing
continuum. Please adapt the word activities to suit your childs needs. EG Support by you
reading the words aloud and have your child notice the pattern aurally. Extend by
challenging your child to write/find other words that follow the same pattern. Reinforce
by noticing rules children have been exposed to already in their reading books.
Word Study

firstly
timely

helpful
useful

helpfully
homely

really
lastly

likely
usefully

News From Ms. Tindalls Class

Our first week back at school was full of alternating bursts of energy and sleepy yawns as
children got back into the school routine. It was lovely to see the children back in good
health and with many stories to tell about their holidays.
Before the break I sent a note asking that you keep your childs learning alive over the
holidays by making your child involved in the planning, implementation and evaluation of
your travel plans. I was so pleased to hear students recounting last week some of the
things you had them doing! I heard about maps and tolls and cinema prices and distances
between destinations and dividing cakes and pizzas into fractions and entrance costs and
value for money and reading menus and travel brochures and much more! You did exactly
what kids need to make the skills and content they learn in school relevant to everyday
life. Please share with other parents how you make learning come alive for your child at
home. You are often each others best resources and means of support. Thanks again!
In partnership, Ms. Tindall

Monday
Reading: Is your book fiction or non-fiction? How do you know?
Word Study: Find words with the suffixes <ful> and <ly>
Math:
Find math around your home. Think shapes, patterns, numbers, money, time,
measurement, story problems can you find math in just about everything you see?

Tuesday
Reading: Is your book fiction or non-fiction? How do you know?
Math: Play a skip counting game with your family. The starting person picks a number
to count by and a number to start the count. Each family member says the next number
in the sequence. See how high you can count. Start with some easy warm-ups and get
harder. EG Start at zero, count up by 5s. Start at 90 count up by 10s. Start at 200,
count back by 2s. Start at 7, count up by 2s. (You might like to use a number grid as a
resource to help you.)
Wednesday
Reading: What are some different types of non-fiction texts? (Think creatively
newspapers, some poemsetc)
Word study: Youve found words with the suffixes <ful> and <ly>. Identify what is the
base word and how does the suffix change the meaning of the word?
Math:
Take out your piggy bank (or ask mum or dad for a pile of coins). Count how
much money you have saved. How can you group the coins for easier counting?
Thursday
Reading: What are some features of non-fiction texts? How are they different to
stories?

Math:

Teach someone what do the symbols

<, > =
and

mean.

Friday
Poem collection: Recite poems and sing songs to family and friends. Return to school
on Monday.
(Optional) Science: Play a game with your family. Is it living/non living/ or once lived?
Justify your answers. Point to things in your environment, take a walk in the park, go on
a hunt for living things.