Ms. Nemeth - 1A
jnemeth@stdomschool.org
March/April
Dear Parents,
Welcome to the third trimester of First Grade. The strides we made both academically and emotionally are remarkable. We are getting ready to become successful Second graders!
March:
- March 1st End of second trimester, early dismissal and don’t forget your snack
-March 4th Black and White Dress Down Day with a $1.00 donation for Read Across America. Please remember to bring your sneakers for gym class.
- March 8th Report Cards can be viewed online after 3:00 P.M.
- March 15th Dress Down in green with a $1.00 donation
-March 28th Holy Thursday - Early Dismissal 12:30 P.M.
NO AFTER CARE
-March 29th Good Friday - School Closed
- School reopens 4/8/24
Curriculum:
Religion:
• Jesus is our Good Shepherd
• Examination of Conscience
• The Stations of the Cross
• Story of St. Patrick and St. Joseph
• Passion Sunday
• Holy Week
• Celebration of Easter
• Jesus gave us the Gift of Peace
Language Arts:
• continue to work on fluency, intonation, comprehension, and expression
• make predictions and identify key ideas
• find text evidence while comparing texts
• cause and effect
• phonic skills such as /ar/, /ur/, /er/, /ir/, /or/
• long I with y, igh, ie
• long e with y and ey
• final e
• compound words
• correct verb tense with see and saw
• inflectional endings
• commas in a series
• contraction review
• adjectives that compare
• adverbs that tell when
• combining sentences
• proper nouns
• writing descriptive sentences
Math:
• comparing and ordering length
• indirect measurement
• problem solving- mixed strategies
• using units to estimate and measure lengths
• addition two-digit numbers
• adding ones and tens with dimes and pennies
• adding ones and tens with and without models
• estimating sums to the nearest ten
• multi-step problems solving
• reviewing math facts to 20
• graphing
• weekly time tests for mastery
Social Studies:
-Life Today and Long Ago
- Susan B. Anthony
- Juliette Gordon Low
-Ruby Bridges
-Schools and Communities past and present
-Changes in technology and transportation
Science:
Conclusion of topic 4
-Plant Parts
-Animal Parts
-How People learned from Plants and Animal Parts
-Where Plants and Animals Live
Curriculum related Stem Lab activities
We are almost there and what a great year this has been. Again, thank you parents for all you do!
The First Grade Teachers