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3933 I Street [Map]
Sacramento, CA 95816
Voice: (916) 456-1576
Fax: (916) 456-4773
Grades: K - 8
Principal: Theresa Sparks
Pastor: Reverend Robert Walton
Office: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
First Grade

First Grade

Teacher: Janet Gill
Aide: Chris Chilimidos
Room Parents:  Megan Geary, Margot Evans

 

Info for parents:

1.  1st grade is preparing the school Mass on March 18.

2.  The class will be singing songs at Mercy McMahon on March 22 as our Lenten service project.  Words to the songs will be sent home this week. 

Work for the week of March 8-12:

Religion:  Ch. 20  We Love Others

3rd week of Lent:  making good choices, a time of forgiveness and making peace 

Stations of the Cross:  every Friday during Lent

Faith Concepts:   the 4th -10th Commandments, respecting others and what belongs to them, respecting ourselves and our belongings, honesty and truthfulness

Scripture:  Matthew 5:37; John 14:6 

Prayer:  a prayer of intercession

begin learning hymns for 1st grade mass   

Math:  continue Ch. 7  Geometry

solid figures

attributes of solid figures

plane figures on solid figures

graphing attributes

roll, slide, and stack

slides (moves a figure along a line) and flips (turns a figure over)

Reading:  conclude Unit 6 Journeys 

Word study:

/r/ spelled "wr"

/er/ spelled "or" and "ar"

/f/ spelled "ph"

high freqency words: 

     Feb. 8:    as, just, know, may, that, then

     Feb. 15:  boy, than, time, way, which

     Feb. 22:  jump, keep, kind, tell, their

     March 1:  but, if, long, part, up, word

     March 8:  came, every, must, our, say, soon   

Mini-books and phonics focus   

#  105  Little Wren's Surprise  (/r/ spelled "wr")

#  106  Bookworm  (/er/ spelled "or")

#  107  Oscar the Bear  (/er/ spelled "ar")

#  108  A Photo for Fred  (/f/ spelled "ph")

#  109  The Secret Sauce  (/aw/, /oi/, /r/, /f/)

Language Arts:

review commas in a series

review capitalization of cities and states

comprehension stategies:  summarize, making connections, asking questions

comprehension skills:  sequencing, drawing conclusions

writing:  thank you letters to Officer Gill

unit test

Reading Strategies:

     ask:  Does it make sense?

     ask:  Does it sound right?

     re-read a sentence or page if you lose focus

     remember new words used repetitively in a story

     ask yourself questions about the story

     use chunks of words you know to help figure out new words

 

 

 

 


 

 

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