Visit a church, school, etc & learn Go to village and click on the church. It will take kids into the church to learn all about it. Visit other place in town as well.
Dear Parents and Students,
Last week's was the final homework sheet for the year. Final tests begin on Tuesday. Here is the schedule for 1st Grade:
---Tues.-Religion & Math Computation-Problem Solving
---Weds.- ILA-Language Skills & Spelling
---Thurs.-Reading-Benchmark for Book 6
---Fri.-Finish Benchmark if more time is needed
ALL CHILDREN NEED 5 SHARPENED PENCILS AND AT LEAST 1 GOOD ERASER EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FOR TESTING.
Children should be studying:
REVIEW FOR END-OF-YEAR-TESTS: Review problem areas on Check-ups sent home on Friday. Also review:
MATH: adding and subtracting numbers to 18; number words for one to ten; ordinals-first, second—tenth; first, next and last; groups with 1 more or 1 less than the set given; look at 2 sets of things and tell how many more are in the larger set; numbers before, between and after using the numbers, etc. SEE FULL LIST IN PARENT COPYBOOK.
ALSO, MATH HOMEWORK PRACTICE AND PROBLEM SOLVING WILL BE SENT HOME AND SHOULD BE KEPT AT HOME NOW. CHILDREN MAY USE ANY PAGES THAT WE DID NOT DO TO REVIEW. WORK WILL NOT BE CHECKED AS BOOKS WILL STAY AT HOME NOW.
I.L.A./LANGUAGE ARTS: asking sentences and telling sentences; identifying nouns, verbs, pronouns etc.; substituting a pronoun for 1 or more nouns in a sentence; contractions; identifying words in a sentence that should begin with a capital; proper use of is, are, was, were, etc.; SEE FULL LIST IN PARENT COPYBOOK.
READING-Review all vocabulary using Studysheets. We will continue to work on pages in the READING PRACTICE BOOK this week so that won’t come home right away.
RELIGION: Review using the studysheet that was sent home in the Studysheet Copybook.
Spelling for End-of-Year Test-Study 30 words—15 will be on final Spelling Test
Word list is in the Parent Copybook.
OTHER: 1. End-of-the-Year testing will take place next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The schedule is posted above and Review Sheets have gone home. Children should spend time studying and reviewing for exams. If pages in the workbooks have not been done by next week, children can feel free to work on them at home. I will not have a chance to check them at school. Children will bring most of their books home to KEEP after End of the Year Testing is done.
2.) KLEENEX is needed DESPERATELY! WE HAVE NONE LEFT. PLEASE SEND IN!
MATH: Review adding and subtracting numbers to 18; number words for one to ten; ordinals-first, second—tenth; first, next and last; groups with 1 more or 1 less than the set given; look at 2 sets of things and tell how many more are in the larger set; numbers before, between and after using the numbers 1-100; greater than, less than and equal to; counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s; tens and ones; odd & even numbers; fact families with 4 related number sentences; shapes: cubes, spheres, cylinders, rectangular prisms, diamonds, ovals and basic shapes; symmetry; fractions ½, 1/3, ¼ ; reading a calendar; time on the hour and half hour; money; measuring inches and centimeters with a ruler; writing number sentences—2+10=12 to solve a word problem; separating a set into fair shares for 2 people, 3 people or 4 people( e.g. 12 balls given to 2 people-each would get 6, given to 4 people-each would get 3).
USE GLOSSARY AND ADDITON & SUBTRACTION REVIEW WORKSHEETS IN THE BACK OF THE BIG RED MATH BOOK TO HELP REVIEW! CHILDREN CAN ALSO USE ANY PAGES THAT WE HAVEN’T DONE IN THE MATH HOMEWORK PRACTICE BOOK OR IN THE MATH PROBLEM SOLVING BOOK.
LANGUAGE ARTS: Review asking sentences, telling sentences, exclamations & commands; parts of a sentence: subject (also called Naming Part) & predicate (also called Telling Part); identifying nouns—proper nouns & common nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives etc.; substituting a pronoun for 1 or more nouns in a sentence; contractions; identifying words in a sentence that should begin with a capital; using capital and ending marks in sentences; proper use of is, are, was, were, etc.; recognizing homonyms, synonyms and antonyms; adding endings: -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -er, -est; how to drop silent e to add an ending; how to change y to i before adding an ending;
READING: Review all vocabulary from studysheets—especially HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS; beginning, middle and ending sounds including wh, ch, th and sh, blends with r and l: br, cr, bl, cl, fl, etc.; s blends: st, sw, str, etc.; short & long vowels and vowel rules; r-controlled vowels; reading a story and looking back at the story to answer questions about it; understanding slow, slower, slowest, etc.
RELIGION: Use Christ Our Life and Review sheets in the Studysheet Copybook.
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ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA
End of Level Testing Study Guide
Religion—Level 1 June 2011
Trinity
• God the Father, the Creator
• God the Son, Jesus the Savior
• God the Holy Spirit, the helper
Creation
• God made the whole world out of nothing
• God made people like himself—we can think, choose and love
• God made people to care for the world and to know, love and serve him
Jesus
• Annunciation—angel asked Mary to have God’s son and name him Jesus
• Nativity—born in Bethlehem on December 25; Mary is his mother; Joseph is
his foster father(a carpenter)
• Called the apostles to be fishers of men; did many miracles
Holy Spirit
Came to us the 1st time in Baptism; gives us grace (God’s life in us)
Helps us do the right thing; helps us respect ourselves/others
Mary
• Mother of Jesus(God), mother of the Church, our mother too
Liturgical Year
Ordinary Time—color green, means hope and life
• Advent—the 4 weeks before Christmas; color is purple to prepare our hearts
and do good works
• Christmas—Jesus’ birthday; color is white for joy/pure
• Lent—time before Easter to change our hearts; starts on Ash Wednesday;
color is purple for penance
• Holy Week—Palm Sunday; Holy Thursday(Last Supper—1st Mass/apostles
became 1st priests); Good Friday(Stations of the Cross—Jesus died for our
sins); Holy Saturday(time of waiting for Jesus)
• Easter—Jesus rose from the dead; color is white for joy/pure
• Ascension Thursday—Jesus went back to heaven; color is white
• Pentecost—Holy Spirit came to apostles/Mary; the birthday of the Church;
color is red for the Holy Spirit
*Church/church
• Capital C Church = God’s family/people; Lower case c church = the building
Saints/Feasts/Special People
• Blessed Mother’s Birthday—Mary was born on September 8
• Guardian Angels—keep us safe, brings messages from God; October 2
• All Saints Day—celebration of all God’s saints, November 1
• Saint Nicholas—saint who became Santa Claus, December 6
• Saints Joachim and Ann—parents of Mary; grandparents of Jesus; July 26
Prayer
• Talking and listening to God; morning, night, meals; ask, praise, sorry, thanks
• Trinity—Glory Be..
• God—Our Father(Jesus taught the apostles/us)
• Jesus—Sign of Cross
• Mary—Hail Mary, Rosary(sets of 10 Hail Mary’s)
Sacramentals
• Holy objects that help us pray
• Cross/crucifix; rosary beads; blessed medals/candles/statues; holy
water/oil
Sacraments of Initiation(means joining)
• Baptism—joining God’s family; forgives sins; Holy Spirit comes to us; need
name/holy water and oil/white clothe/candle/godparents/priest or
deacon/sign of cross
• Confirmation—Holy Spirit gives special strength; need holy oil
• Eucharist—sign of love and unity; receive Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
Worship
• Sunday is the Lord’s day; we go to Mass because “it is right to give him
thanks and praise”; we remember the Resurrection
• Readings response is “Thanks be to God”
• Gospel response is “Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ”
• When the priest gives us peace/Lord…response is “and also with you”
• Amen means I believe
Social Justice
• Care for God’s creation; be peacemakers by loving and forgiving others
Living in God’s World
• We belong to our family—each is special
• We belong to God’s family—the Catholic Church (we joined at Baptism)
• We belong to our parish family—the Pastor is the leader
• We belong to our diocese family—the Bishop is the leader (Cardinal Rigali)
• We belong to our world family—the Pope is the leader (Pope Benedict XVI)
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Spelling for End-of-Year Test
Study 30 words—15 will be on final Spelling Test
seventh much them
which fishes whale
brave thrive hopping
dances making mean
coat backpack blow
owl mailman carry
harder field bright
used running o’clock
hurt found fern
hoped write barnyard
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