May 15,2012
Parents,
The students in 1-H wanted to thank our parents for doing all that you do and for sending us to Villa. Some of our favorite things about Villa are:
Maddie-I like doing math activities.
Rachel- I liked making Gingerbread Houses
Kate-I love reading and learning to read chapter books.
Payton- I like the teachers at Villa
Keegan-I love reading chapter books and doing readers theater
Joey- I love Art
Parker- I loved learning how to write and Young Authors tea
Maia S- I love completing my work and participating in Fun Friday
Drew- I liked making the tea cups and pots for Young Authors tea
Liam- I loved being Teacher of the Day
Vincent- I liked when Liam was teacher for the day
Leah- I loved Young Authors Tea
Addyson- I loved learning how to read chapter books and journal.
Maya- I loved Young Authors Tea
Asha-I love Mrs. Horn
Jameson- I love making new friends
Atziri- I like having 8th grade buddies and doing activities with them
Emma- I love math and the fun activities we do in math
Math: We started a unit on measurement, using a ruler and measurement of an area next week. . At the begriming of the year I explained that memorization of the addition and subtraction facts is requested by the second grade teachers. Many students have not memorized the facts. Please review all facts nightly until your child is comfortable with the information.
Reading-..
Journal: .Journal is our weekly writing assignment. The assignment varies in length and information. We will begin journal on Mondays. Journal is due on good paper on Friday. Your child will know if he/she is behind in journal.Your child may come in at 7:30 to work on journal Tues. Thurs, Friday and most Wednesdays. Journal may not be taken home. All journal assignments must be completed in class. The students have ample time to complete the assignments.
We will work on Rainforest animals as one of our final journal entries for the year.
Spelling: I will send home examples of spelling homework beginning the week of August nth . Please keep these as a reminder for the future. Spelling test will be on Fridays beginning in September.
Spelling words -
Handwriting: The children will be learning the strokes used for each letter. Please review these with your child.
Social Studies: Please read special section on science and social studies for test information
Science: Please read special section for science and social studies.
Religion:.We will learn about the Sunday gospel readings and their meanings.
What's in a bag: On Fridays your child will participate in an activity which I call "What's in a bag?" Each week your child will bring in an object and place it in a small brown lunch bag.(you may also put the object in the box we created last week) Your child will write three clues about the object. The object will be related to something we are studying.This is an extremely important part of the reading/writing and oral speaking curriculum.
What's in a bag: No whats in a bag-Jungle Party with Ms. Horn!!!
Special events:
May 23- memory day for the entire first grade class.
May 24- last day of school-early dismissal 11:00
Curriculum:
Your child will receive new spelling words on Mondays. These will be on the web page. Spelling tests will be each Friday, unless otherwise noted. Spelling homework will consist of in-class workbook pages as well as writing the words independently at home. Please check your child's planner nightly for specific spelling homework.
Reading: Reading will consist of reading stories, phonics, spelling, and journal writing.
Your child will receive a reading contract on Mondays. Please read with/to your child for 15 minutes at least 5 nights a week. Please record what you and your child have read and if your child is reading independently to you or you are reading to your child. These will be collected on the following Monday morning.
Math:The first grade math curriculum is based on a combination of series called Trailblazers and Progress in Math. Math Trailblazers is based on the ideas that mathematics is best learned through solving many different kinds of problems and that all children deserve a challenging mathematics curriculum. The program provides a careful balance of concepts and skills.Computation,measurement, geometry, data collection and analysis, estimation, graphing, patterns and relationships, mental arithmetic, and simple algebraic ideas are all an integral part of the curriculum. Progress in Math will reinforce skills which are taught.
Journal Writing: Each week your child will work on a piece of writing which will be referred to as "journal". This is a very critical part of the first grade reading program. We will begin a new journal each Monday. Your child will have time each day to work on journal. Journal writings will be due on Fridays. Journal must be completed in school. If your child misses a day he/she may come in at 7:30 to work on journal or he/she may work on it at 7:45 when they enter the classroom. It is the responsibility of the child to complete the journal.
Mrs. Horn's Rain forest.pot (click the mouse button to advance the slides)
The following is a list of specials for Mrs. Horn’s first grade.
Monday: Art 1:00-1:45
Tuesday: Health: 8:30-8:50, Foreign Language-9:50-10:30,
, Library 12:05-1:00 Gym: 1:05-1:45
Wednesday: Music: 1:00-1:45
Thursday: Foreign Language 9:50-10:30, Computer 1:05-1:45
Friday: 9:00 Mass,1:00-1:45 Arts Enrichment
-mail address is tspaulding-horn@VillaMadonna.net You may also write me a note and ask your child to give it to me in the morning.
Please feel free to contact me if you ever have any questions or concerns. I will try to get back to you the same day. The best way to contact me is by E-mail.
Mrs. Horn