Monday June 15, 2020

**** Today Mrs. Binetti and I will be in front of the school with your child's supplies. Please stay in your cars and we will bring you everything. We will be outside in front of the school at 11 a.m. 

Reading - please scroll to the link section and listen and enjoy When a Dragon Moves In
After you finish listening to the story, please write about a day you spent at the beach. What do you there? (find shell, crabs, dig, make sandcastles, play football) Please write at least 5 sentences. Make sure that you put a topic and summary sentence. Send this to me in an email. This will count as attendance. 

Math - please continue to take out the real coins. Go over the features on each coin and identify the coin with it's name and value. Please complete pages 83-84 in your workbook 

First Grade Memory Book - please go to the document section and print out the First Grade Memory Book. Please complete and draw and color pictures. On the autograph page, I would suggest to just write all the students names in the class that we spent the year with. Save this book and look at it when you get older. (I don't think anyone will forget this year!)

Optional:

IKnowIt Assignments - there is one assignment that is coin identification. It will help your child idenify U.S. coins 

Raz Kids - optional this week. 



*** I will send an invitation today  for our Zoom Pet Parade  It will be Tuesday at 1:00 p.m.  I hope all can join us. Please let me know if you can not.  


Tuesday June 16, 2020

Reading - please listen to and enjoy Next Stop, Second Grade under the link section. Second grade is a special year. In your notebook, please write about what you are looking forward to in the Second Grade, what do you want to learn, what are you excited about. Don't forget to include a topic sentence and summary sentence. Pleae take a picture and send to me in an email. This will count as attendance. 


Math - before you begin the lesson, please have your child handle the coins. Make sure they identfy the coins with the names and values. Next, give them simple combinations to count (dimes and pennies, nickels and pennies, all nickels , all dimes) When you are done, please complete page 87-88 in your workbook. 

Social Studies - The Fourth of July is a great holiday in the Summer and Flag Day was on Sunday.  Under the link section, I have a show, a book, or an information video on the holiday. Your child can either view all three, or choose anyone of them to look at. When they are finished, they can color one/two of the coloring pages under the document section in  honor of the Fourth of July. 

Don't forget our Zoom today at 1:00 p.m. I can't wait to meet your pets.   

*** Future planning - please have a joke ready for the last day of school We will Zoom at 9:00 A.M. We  will be getting fun awards, reading a book, and telling jokes. Please do not open up the fun awards until Thursday. I mailed the students who did not get their award. It should arrive by Thursday. If not, we will announce your award and you will be receiving it shortly. 

Wednesday June 17, 2020

Reading - under the link section, listen to and enjoy The Night Before Summer Vacation. In your journal, tell me how do you feel right now on the day before Summer vacation, what will you miss, what are you looking forward to? Don't forget a topic and summary sentence. Please send this in an email to count as attendance. 

Math - Handle and identify the real coins. Make sure you practice the names of each coin and its value. After a few minutes of play with real money, please complete pgs 91-92  and 95- 96 . This will complete your work on coins. The rest of the book can be completed in the Summer for practice for Second Grade. 

Social Studies - under the document section there is an activity for Father's Day to complete. Please place it on construction paper. 

Our last day of school and zoom session will be tomorrow at 9:00 A.M. Please do your best to make this session. This is our last time we will be together as a class. Don't forget to have a joke ready for us. 


Thursday, June 18th -   Last day of First Grade!  It's been my absolute pleasure to have been your First Grade Teacher. I wish you all a fun and safe summer. Remember to make time for some great books, relax, catch fireflies, jump in the pool. Summer goes fast so make it a fun and memorable one. 


 ***  There will be optional work,  a supply list and information sheets posted on the 2nd Grade teachers' websites. Mrs. Joerger and Mrs. Reistad  will have the same work.


Some reminders and optional work for the summer:

*** Keep doing Raz Kids every day.  Keep working to keep your fluency and comprehension skills strong.  Remember,  you must listen, read and quiz for each book to progress to the next level.

*** There are a few more lessons left in the math workbook. The rest of the book can be completed over the Summer for  extra practice for Second Grade. 

 

*** Don't forget to join us for our last Zoom at 9:00 A.M. with a joke and the fun award envelope.

See You Soon!  xoxoxoxo


           

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Zearn Class Code- The Class code to join our class is BN6N3K