Mrs. McClurg’s First Grade
September 25-29, 2023
Concepts Covered This Week:
Religion:
- We participated in a school Mass.
- We listened to the Gospel story where we learned that God’s generous love is for everyone.
- We discussed how God is Almighty and cares for our needs.
- We learned that we grow closer to God through prayer.
- We learned that God created us out of love.
Language Arts:
- We practiced reading more sight words.
- We wrote words and illustrations for words in the –op and –ot families.
- We practiced the correct formation of the letters a,b,c,d,f,g,h,j,I,k,l,m,n,p, qu ,r,s,t,v and w and reviewed the sounds that these letters make.
- We wrote sentences and drew illustrations of things that we like and do not like to do.
- We wrote a journal entry about a special friend.
- We read and illustrated a poem about counting that used the words for numbers.
Math:
- We reviewed numbers 0 to 12 and practiced using ordinal names.
- We identified and practiced using the math vocabulary words; before, after, between, fewer, more.
- We used graphs to answer questions about numbers 0 to 12.
- We counted to 22 with coins by using 2 dimes and 2 pennies.
- We completed the unit on number sense to 12.
Social Studies/Science:
- We discussed how laws are a special kind of rule. We drew pictures us our families following a community rule.
- We learned some ways to focus attention. We also learned that practicing and trying again helps us get better at anything we want to learn.
- We participated in a Hispanic Culture Heritage assembly.
- We made a warm color background with tempera paints. Next week we will add shadows.
Specialist Classes- Physical Education/Art/Music/Spanish/Library:
- In art we learned about surrealism and focused on the art of the Argentine painter and sculptor, Xul Solar. We observed three different elements within a composition and created beautiful backgrounds using watercolors.
- In music we sang a scale and showed the 8 notes of the scale with our bodies while singing Jack and Jill. We practiced holding and using mallets and practiced audiation (inner singing/hearing) with the song Deep and Wide
- In Spanish we practiced numbers by counting farm animals. We also listened to the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Spanish.
- In physical education we practiced how to strike an object with our different parts of our hands and body using balloons. We also learned to use the parachute.
- We listened to a story and checked out 1-2 books of personal interest. We also made birthday cards for our teacher. She loved them!
