Monday, March 16, 2020

Good Morning First Graders!!

Reading: This week we will be working on the story called "The Dot". You will find the reading pages and worksheets in the paper clip under that heading. Please do these today:

• Do Pages 73 & 74
• The Dot Word Search & Spelling Scramble (front and back of worksheet in folder)
• Read a book or Raz Kids for 30 minutes. (Raz Kid log-in information is in your folder)

Writing Journal: How do you think you can catch a leprechaun? Explain, draw and label. Please make sure that you write in complete sentences. Remember your capital letter in the beginning of the sentence and your period at the end. Use the writing journal paper that I sent home in your folder. You can also color the cover of the writing journal.

Spelling: page 77 writing each spelling word two times each. (This is not in the paper clipped Reading The Dot section. It is a separate stapled section.)

Math:

• Please take out 5 pennies and 3 nickels. What color is each coin? Which coin is bigger? What famous person is on the penny? Who is on the nickel? 
• Each penny = 1 cent. Count out the 5 pennies.
• The five pennies = 1 nickel. A nickel is 5 cents.
• Count out the 3 nickels  --- 5,10, 15. You are counting by 5's.
• If we wanted to add up our coins, we always start by adding with the coin that has the greatest value. Count out 1 nickel and 3 pennies. Count out 2 nickels and 2 pennies. Count out 3 nickels and 5 pennies. How much did you get for each?
• Do Pages 353-354

Religion: St. Patrick's Day Packet --- you will find this packet in your folder. Please work on it throughout this week.

Here are some Brain Break Movements you can do in between doing your schoolwork.

We would normally have Art Class today in school. Here is what Mrs. Viggiano posted that you could do:
Go to youtube.com, find Art for Kids Hub to watch a video on How to Draw a Funny Cheeseburger.  Students should follow the steps and draw their own cheeseburger, adding their own special details to complete the picture. 

Have a Marvelous Monday!
Mrs. Novak

March 13, 2020

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

-Mark Twain

I have placed a folder and reading textbook inside your child's backpack with work that will be used for this emergency closure due to the Coronavirus. I will post on my blog every morning (starting Monday) the work that should be completed for each day. Please do not allow your child to just work on anything they want. I will be assigning each piece, day by day, just like we would be in the classroom. I will be available by email everyday, Monday to Friday, 9am - 12pm, if you have any questions. All completed work and reading textbook is expected to be handed in upon our return to school.

Stay Safe & Healthy,

Mrs. Novak

March 12, 2020

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

-Dalai Lama

*****Delayed Opening Tomorrow*****

Reading: read for 15 or more minutes and log. Read this week's leveled reader (in backpack).

Spelling: choose one activity from spelling menu. Test tomorrow.

Math: workbook pages (in folder)

Tag Day tomorrow --- wear green!!

Thank you,

Mrs. Novak

March 11, 2020

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

-Confucius

Reading: read a book or Raz Kids for 15 or more minutes and log. 

Spelling: choose one activity from spelling menu. Test on Friday.

Math: workbook pages (in folder)

Friday, March 13th -- Tag Day -- Wear "St. Patrick's Day Green"

Please check the Friday Folder for many upcoming events.

Have a good day,

Mrs. Novak

March 10, 2020

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost;

he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

-St. Basil

Reading: read for 15 or more minutes and log. In addition, re-read today's decodable reader (working on words with apostrophe's)

Spelling: choose one activity from spelling menu. Test on Friday.

Math: workbook pages (in folder)

Friday, March 13th -- Tag Day Wear "St. Patrick's Day Green"

Please check the Friday Folder for many upcoming events.

Have a good afternoon,

Mrs. Novak

March 9, 2020

To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, 

Every inch of space is a miracle.

-Walt Whitman

Spelling: choose one activity from spelling menu. Test on Friday.

Reading: read for 15 or more minutes and log. In addition, re-read today's decodable reader (working on long a words spelled -ay and -ai).

Math: workbook pages (in folder)

Friday, March 13th -- Tag Day Wear "St. Patrick's Day Green"

Please check the Friday Folder for many upcoming events.

Have a good day!
Mrs. Novak

Week of March 2, 2020

Week of March 2nd

No homework this week! Get a good nights sleep and eat a good breakfast.

March pizza orders due Wednesday, March 4th.

Enjoy the nice weather!
Mrs. Novak