Miss Mitchum’s Monthly News

Dear Parents, We have an exciting fieldtrip to the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific this month on May 9. If you have not turned in your permission slip or $13 please do so by May 5. Please let me know ahead of time if you will be coming along with us and make sure to turn in your $13 as well. Parking money will be provided to those parents who will be transporting other children and are an official driving chaperone. If you need another copy of the permission slip, it can be found and printed out from the school website. This week we will begin our in class ocean unit study. Each student will choose an ocean animal to research and prepare a presentation to share with our class on Monday May 15. The letter describing the entire project is attached to this homework packet and will be posted on the school website. If you have any questions please ask.

Reminders:

*Please dress your child in their P.E. uniform on Tuesday and Friday

*You are invited to join us at our school Masses on Wednesdays at 8:45am. *Library books are due back every Friday.

Miss Mitchum lmitchum@sbdiocese.org

Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns!

Dates to Remember:

May 2- Spring Pictures May 3- Progress Reports go home May 5- Minimum Day May 9- Fieldtrip to Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific May 10- Flores de Mayo School Rosary 8:45am May 12- May Crowning Mass 10:00am May 17- School Rosary 8:45am May 25- Minimum Day SHA Spring Symposium 5:00pm May 26- No School May 29- No School: Memorial Day May 31- School Mass 8:45am

1st Grade Weekly Homework

Name: ___________________ Due: May 8, 2017 1. Language Arts:

a. Complete Superkids worksheet p. 57 b. Read 20 min each night use arbookfind.com to search for AR approved books c. Complete spelling and memory (sight) words practice pages: Sort it, Shape it, Seek and Find

it, Use it d. Practice your spelling and memory words for unit 5 using the flashcards provided e. Knights of Columbus Essay: Optional (guidelines attached: DUE this Fri. May 5)

(Unit 5 Spelling test next Wed. May 10) 2. Math:

a. Complete Go Math Standards Practice Book p. 213-220 (Please tear out and attach sheets to the rest of this packet)

b. For extra practice and homework help: Visit https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com 1. Choose My Library and Interactive Student Edition 2. Choose Chapter 12 to review lessons we are studying this week: 12.4-

12.7 (Chapter 12 Test next Friday May 12)

3. Religion: a. Complete Rhyming worksheet 2A

4. Science: a. Complete ocean animal report (See instructions attached)

What we’re learning this week: Religion Language Arts Math Science Social Studies

RCL Benzinger Family Life

Lesson 2:

Families Love and Help

Unit 1 Test this Friday

More Adventures of the Superkids

Unit 6 -Words with –oy, & -oi Spelling test this

Wed. 5/10

Go Math

Chapter 12

2D Geometry Lessons 12.1-12.3

Chapter 12 test next Wed. 5/12

Scott Foresman Science

Unit A

Life Science The Ocean

History and Social

Science

Unit 3 Lesson 5

Food to Market

Level 4 Unit 6 memory words:

kind right buy wash find light Level 4 Unit 6 spelling word patterns: -oi -ion -oint -oy oil coin point joy soil join joint toy boil

*Students will be tested on these words and word patterns next Wednesday

Knights of Columbus “Doing Good Prayer Writing Contest”

SHA has been asked by our parish’s Knights of Columbus to participate in a prayer writing contest. This is not a mandatory assignment however, it is encouraged that you participate. The top paper from each group could win $25 prize! Please help your child with this assignment and return it to school by this Friday, May 5. Here are the guidelines:

• Topic: Describe what steps I can do to do good in my family • Typewritten, double-spaced or handwritten in ink.

The following math pages can also be found in your California Go Math Standards Practice Book. Just tear them out and attach to your homework packet.

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4. Draw lines to show how the shapes on the left combine to make the new shape.

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COMMON CORE STANDARD—1.G.2 Reason with shapes and their attributes.

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3. How many children chose and ?

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Use the picture graph to answer each question.

1. Circle the shapes that can combine to make this new shape.

Lesson Check (1.G.2)

2. How many more children chose than ?

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Lesson 12.5PROBLEM SOLVING

Problem Solving • Make New Two-Dimensional Shapes

Use shapes to solve. Draw to show your work.

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2. Use to make a .Step 1. Combine shapes to make a new shape.

1. Use to make a .Step 1. Combine shapes to make a new shape.

Step 2. Then use the new shape.

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2. Circle the shape that has no flat surfaces.

3. Which flat surface does a cylinder have?Circle your answer.

Spiral Review (1.G.1)

Follow the steps. 1. Which new shape could you make?

Circle your answer.

Lesson Check (1.G.2)

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Lesson 12.6HANDS ON

Find Shapes in Shapes

Use two pattern blocks to make the shape. Draw a line to show your model. Circle the blocks you use.

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Make the shape to the right. Use the number of pattern blocks listed in the exercise. Write how many of each block you use.5. Use 3 blocks.

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Draw a line to show the parts.

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5. How many triangles are there?

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Spiral Review (1.MD.4, 1.G.2)

1. Look at the picture. Circle the pair that shows the parts.

Lesson Check (1.G.2)

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Family Life Grade 1

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3. Mother, father, sister, brother,

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4. Here is how to show you care:

by being kind and being .

Activity Master 2A

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Rhyming WordFinish each rhyme.

Choose the word to use.

1. We are happy as can be.I love my family, my family loves _____________________

2. Whenever we are sharing,it shows that we are _________________________________

3. Mother, father, sister, brother,show their love and help each ________________________

4. Here is how to show you care:by being kind and being _____________________________

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Resource 2A

To the Teacher: Invite your students to read each rhyme and then choose a word from the box to finish it. The students will need pencils.

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Name:__________________________

I am excited to announce that this week we will begin our study of the ocean habitat and the ocean animals that live there! As part of our ocean study, your child will complete an ocean animal research project for homework.

Your child has chosen ______________________ as his/her ocean animal.

Your child will be writing a short report about his/her ocean animal. They will need your help finding credible research information. Some good sources for information might include:

• Newspaper/magazine articles • Books or encyclopedias • Credible internet websites and articles (Here are a few helpful ones):

o http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/ o http://discoverykids.com/category/animals/ o http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/ o http://www.kidsplanet.org

Please help your child to find this information and organize it into the My Ocean Animal Report page. Please try to find information that is close to the reading ability of your child. After you have completed the My Ocean Animal Report, make a creative display for your in class presentation. Your display can be a posterboard, a display board, a diorama, brochure etc. Make sure to include pictures that you print or draw! Feel free to get creative and have fun! (see ideas on reverse side)

Your child’s grade is partially based upon the criteria below. Use this as a checklist to make sure you have included all of the following:

Did you… ________ Write in complete sentences? ________ Begin each sentence with a capital letter? ________ End each sentence with a punctuation mark? ________ Spell all words correctly? ________ Remember to write your name? ________ Draw a picture? ________ Make a display of pictures and facts?

The ocean animal research project is due on Monday, May 16 . Students will begin presenting these projects on Monday, May 16.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you, Miss Mitchum

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