First Grade Spirit Week -- Mindful Monday!
Do your best yoga move, take 5 deep breaths (see how below), color a picture, read a book (For example: I am Peace found in Epic Books), or spend time with your family! Share a picture to me of you being mindful today!
Reading:
- Long I being spelling -igh and ie. Please watch this video of me explaining it. https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/long-i-spelled-with-igh-or-ie/52759978/?s=vyEzsh&ref=appemail
- "Word Highlight Fun" -- This you will find in your email with Monday's work. Use a highlighter or yellow crayon to find the words that have the long i sound, spelled -igh and -ie. First color them and then write the words in the boxes.
- This week's spelling word list you will find in your email with Monday's work.
- Write each word 2 times each.
- Put your words in ABC order.
- "Write the time" telling time worksheet (emailed with Monday's work)
- Practice your math facts. Either choose a game/flashcards or play "Top It"! You will need a deck of cards and follow the directions below:
- Materials: A set of number cards with four cards each of the numbers 0-10
- Number of Players: 2 or 3
- A player shuffles the cards and places the deck number-side down on the playing surface. Each player turns over two cards and calls out their sum. The player with the highest sum wins the round and takes all the cards. In the case of a tie, each player turns over two more cards and calls out their sum. The player with the highest sum then takes all the cards from both players. Play ends when not enough cards are left for each player to have another turn. The player with the most cards wins.
Religion:
- Easter is a very important time. We celebrate that Jesus rose to new life and that he shares new life with us. What are some signs of new life? We see lots of new life during the beginning of spring when new grass and flowers start to bloom. Baby chicks and birds break out of their shells, bunnies and lambs are born, butterflies break out of their cocoons. All of these things in nature are signs of new life.
- Lenten Prayer Chain Piece: Take a walk outside and spend time observing the beauty and miracles of God's creation. Write a list of God's creations that you saw.
Science:
- Today, we are going to talk about stars. Stars are made of hot gases that glow.
- The night sky is a busy place. Stars can be seen from every continent on Earth. Where do the stars go during the day? Their light is blocked out by our closest star – the sun! The sun is the closest star to Earth and its light is so bright that we are unable to see the other stars in the sky during the day. It’s not until night when the Earth is turned away from the sun that we are able to see the other stars.
- A telescope helps you see things that are far away. This is what a telescope looks like.
- Let's learn some more about the stars and the sky: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-1-2-week-2.html
- After clicking the above link, go to week 2, you will scroll down until you see Day 8 Earth Science - Stars.
- On the upper left hand side of the screen, Click on "Watch the Story" --- you will listen to a read aloud story called "Stars, Stars, Stars";
- Next, read the book called "Looking through a telescope".
- Then, you can do the Puzzler sections: "Word Match" and "Fact or Fiction" if you would like.
- Finally watch video "What's in the night sky?" After watching, click on "quiz wiz" and answer questions, if you would like.
- Do this activity: Parents: Please take a picture and email me your child's work.
What can you see out your window during the day and during at night?
- Fold a piece of paper in half length-wise.
- Look out your window. On the left side of the paper, write or draw the things you see in the sky during the day.
- On the right side of the paper, write or draw the things you see in the sky at nighttime. (You can wait until nighttime to do this step, or you can do it during the day and imagine what you would see!)
- Are there any things you can see in the sky during the day and at night?
Optional: Do you love learning about space? Here is a great website for you to explore: https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
Art:
Today, we would have had art class. Here is an assignment from Ms. Viggiano.
Students will watch a drawing video " How to draw a dolphin" found at the following link.
Art:
Today, we would have had art class. Here is an assignment from Ms. Viggiano.
Students will watch a drawing video " How to draw a dolphin" found at the following link.
They should email me a picture of their work at
Additonal Information:
- Look at Mrs. Hall's blog for free access to a few websites. http://stscomputers.blogspot.com/
- Each child has an ABC Mouse account. Please email Mrs. Hall at tech4learn@stthereseroxbury.org for your child's individual verification code.
- Our code for Epic Books is available on school days from 6am to 4pm. The code was emailed to parents last week. Go to www.getepic.com/students Log in with our class code hyv9688
Extra Things to do:
- Mystery Science -- https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning. Scroll down to see the first grade section. You will find many "mini lessons" and "full lessons" to view. Have fun!
- Scholastic At Home --- day by day projects to do. https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-1-2.html
- Kids National Geographic https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
- https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/
- Don't forget your brain breaks!
Enjoy your day!
Mrs. Novak
