News from 1C

Curriculum News:

In reading, we are working on the sounds of ch, sh, tch, wh, and th. We are really enjoying our Superkids stories on the SmartBoard! In class we are also able to work on our workbook pages on it as well. We are also working on learning sight words, oral comprehension, ordering events, as well as cause and effect. In addition to Superkids, we are also working with poetry and adding poems to our poetry journals. We have been learning about writing journal entries each Monday that report about the weekend. In addition we are enjoying lots of great stories about friends and lots more. Our spelling words are important as well. Each day we day we complete "word work" to help with our mastery. The kids enjoy this very much. We are also very excited to have met our new grade three Reading Buddies in Mrs. Rodriques' class!

In math, we are working on skip counting by 2, 5, 10 and even hundreds! We are reviewing the value of coins, calendar skills, and graphing during morning meeting time. We are also comparing numbers, following directions, and skills which will prepare us for computation. We have been enjoying hands on games with dominoes, creating geometric shapes, dice games, as well as reading number words.

In science, our first unit is all about the study of how people grow. The children have enjoyed being "Developmental Scientists" when they are highlighting key words, reading text, and learning about the stages of growth. We are learning about characteristics of infants, toddlers, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. When we complete the unit in the coming weeks the children will be bringing home their very awesome science journals!

In social studies we are beginning to learn about needs vs. wants. We are learning about classifying basic needs: food, clothing, and shelter. In the coming weeks we will be learning all about maps and communities. We will be learning about how communities grow and change over time. On Sept. 26 we will be celebrating a famous Massachusetts native, Johnny Appleseed! We will be visiting Mrs. Gough's and Ms. Gorczynski's classes for projects and fun. As mentioned in my last posting we will also be sampling 3 colors of apples and graphing our results.

In religion we have enjoyed learning and reading our big religion books. We are learning about being followers of Jesus, the Church is a community, sign of the cross, as well as ways to pray. We are learning that prayer is listening and talking to God. We can pray when we are thankful, sad, scared, or even excited. We can pray when we need God's help and His blessing. We can also give Praise to God in our prayers.
Our class will be attending morning Mass on Friday mornings at 8:30. Feel free to join us if you wish!

Have a wonderful week! Until next time...Mrs. Dufault