First Grade
Welcome to the First Grade homepage at Garden School!
Your homeroom number is: 7
This year, your teachers are:
Ms. Ahlfeld- Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Reading, Computer, Library, Lunch, Recess
Mr. Heineman- Music
Mr. Dervishi and Ms. Ferreira- Physical Education
Ms. Yang- Mandarin
Mrs. Bruzzese- Science
Mr. Zelles- Art
First Grade Assignments
Week of June 1st
We did it! Great job parents! It wasn’t easy, but you all did a great job homeschooling your children in these difficult times. As this most unusual school year comes to an end, I would like to thank all for the support you have provided throughout the year. It has been a pleasure getting to know your children and their families. I wish you all the best, safest and healthiest summer. Please feel free to continue to share your connections, pictures and stories throughout your endeavors.
As we wrap up this week, please remember to find any library books and hard cover Treasures Reading Series books that need to be returned to school. Over the summer students should continue with journal writing, reading and math games to keep their skills sharp. If you need help with ideas or resources please feel fee to reach out. This last week I would like the students to have some fun along with their studies. Tuesday June 2, we will have a Talent Zoom show during 10:00 am music class. Please keep sending pictures of their work. Make sure to scroll all the way down for updates from other teachers.
Zoom Meetings this Week (please check your email for links to sessions)
Tuesday 930-9:50 Ms. A
10:00-10:30 Music
Wednesday 9:30-9:50 Ms. A
12:30-1:00 Science Zoom Link PW: 2s9w5k
Thursday 9:30-10:10 Ms. A
11:00-11:45 Chess
Art 1:00pm
Click the time for Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 428 150 6261
Password: 071840
Friday 9:30-9:50 Ms. A
10:00 -10:30 Mandarin
11:00 -11:30 PE
Focus
Language Arts: journal writing
Math: measurement
Spelling words: measure, inch, foot, ruler, about
Challenge words: length, height, width, perimeter, measurement
sight words: about, estimate, pound, shortest, longest
Monday, June 1
Practice reading new list, write spelling words 3x each
Handwriting next page (Look closely at how the letters are formed at the top of the page.) If you have completed handwriting book use red notebook to practice writing the states. (For example, each day you may practice writing a new state in alphabetical order, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas , write the names of people in your family.
https://jr.brainpop.com/math/measurement/nonstandardmeasurement/
Math wkbk: p 407,408
Journal topics. Try a Scholastic story starter, or measure the length of your room with a standard and nonstandard unit of measurement. Draw and write what you used.
Reading: Treasures: Preview next story Vocabulary and pre story. Treasures Reading Book read next story. (If able, choose corresponding pages in practice and grammar book. 1-2 pages each day.) Or read book of choice see above for journal activities.
Story starters: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/fantasy-writing-prompts/
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv
Tuesday, Jun 2
Write spelling words in rainbow colors
Math p 409, 410
Reread Treasures story choose a practice page that corresponds to story/ read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
Journal writing: Topic suggestion- spin the wheel in story starters, or How tall are you? How much do you weigh/ what helps you grow?.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/fantasy-writing-prompts/
Wednesday, June 3
Write spelling words in ABC order
Math p 411, 410
Journal: In complete sentences tell three cool or interesting things you learned in first grade this year.
Thursday, Jun 4
Write questions, sentences or exclamations using spelling words
Math p 413, 414
Explore measurement in Brainpopjr
https://jr.brainpop.com/math/measurement/inchesandfeet/
Music: Week of June 1st
Hello, students and parents. Below is the link to a video pertaining to Joni Mitchell, an artist whom I would argue was without peer. I have once again included close captioning/subtitles, which I believe may be helpful (if they don’t appear, you can click on “cc” on the bottom strip of the video). I am not giving you any assignment to accompany the video- just a coloring page you can do at your leisure.
Week Of May 26th
The last few weeks of school are usually quite eventful in normal circumstances. Typically we would have had our Walkathon, Spring Show, closing field trip , and opportunities for transition and closure. In lieu, these last 2 weeks we will have a Zoom visit from Mrs. James to familiarize students and parents moving up, and Tuesday June 2, we will have a Talent Zoom show during music class. Performers should practice their 2-3 minute act and in front of computer screen. Please continue to email any concerns and keep sending pictures of their work. Make sure to scroll all the way down for updates from other teachers. I’ve condensed classwork and homework to daily assignments.
Zoom Meetings this Week (please check your email for links to sessions)
Tuesday 930-9:50 Ms. A
10:00-10:30 Music
Wednesday 9:30-9:50 Ms. A
10:00-10:30 Science Zoom Link PW: 6xVs1W
Thursday 9:30-10:10 Ms. A
11:00-11:45 Chess
Art 1:00pm
Click the time for Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 428 150 6261
Password: 071840
Friday 9:30-9:50 Ms. A
10:00 -10:30 Mandarin
11:00 -11:30 PE
Treasures Reading series: We read one preview story with new vocabulary and a main selection each week. There is a practice book that accompanies these selections but it can be difficult for them to do independently. Please use your own discretion with them. I have not assigned social studies, grammar and practice pages but if your child is capable please feel free to utilize.
If you have finished the Treasure’s Reading please choose a book from home to write about in your journal. Some journal activities can also include making lists of proper nouns, adjectives, and verbs from the the story they read. If your child is reading a chapter book, in preparation for second grade and next skill level, write a brief summary of each chapter in notebook or follow reading log journal format.
The students are all able to open into Microsoft Word and type their spelling words each week and type sentences. Also Starfall.com is free on a PC, they all know how to use it independently, and they enjoy the free learning games.
Focus
Language Arts: focus on two-syllable words open and closed syllables
Math: Time
Spelling words: apple, table, purple, circle, turtle, title
Challenge words: happen, begin, certain, minutes
Sight words: Clock, face, half, hour, second,
Tuesday, May 26th
Spelling wkbk p 117, practice reading new list, write spelling words 3x each
Handwriting next page (Look closely at how the letters are formed at the top of the page.) If you have completed handwriting book use red notebook to practice writing the states. (For example, each day you may practice writing a new state in alphabetical order, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas , write the names of people in your family.
Math wkbk: p 373, 374
Journal topics. Try a Scholastic story starter, or write about what you never want to be late for.
Reading: Treasures: Preview next story Vocabulary and pre story. Treasures Reading Book read next story. (If able, choose corresponding pages in practice and grammar book. 1-2 pages each day.) Or read book of choice see above for journal activities.
Story starters: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/fantasy-writing-prompts/
Wednesday, May 27th: Rocket Launch 4:33pm today
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv
Spelling p119, write words ABC order:
Math Challenge p 375, 376
How many clocks can you find in your home? Do you have analog or digital clocks?
handwriting page and or State, countries in notebook, or write names of family members, superheroes, characters
Reread Treasures story choose a practice page that corresponds to story/ read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
Journal writing: Topic suggestion- spin the wheel in story starters, or I love when it is time to..
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/fantasy-writing-prompts/
Thursday May 28 Spelling p119, Write questions or statements using at least 4 spelling words. Challenge: write a story using all the spelling word: math: p 377, 378
Reread Treasures Story, choose corresponding page, read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
Friday, May 29 Happy Birthday Zoe!
Spelling p 120, take your last spelling challenge
Math p 379, 380 (you may choose to finish unassigned pages in this chapter)
journal writing activity: Make a birthday Card for Zoe and send.
Reread Treasures Story, choose corresponding page, read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
More math activities Brainpopjr. search Counting coins: user name kpa317, password garden1923
https://jr.brainpop.com/search/?keyword=Counting+Coins
https://jr.brainpop.com/search/?keyword=Telling+time
https://jr.brainpop.com/search/?keyword=Telling+time
Social Studies activities: Brainpopjr. Health section Mindfulness
Explore June
Scholastic Weekly Reader
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my account email is kpa317@aol.com
password: garden1923
Topic: PreK – 1st Grade PE Meeting
Join Zoom Meeting
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We continue to do our best together from home, and I sincerely thank you for all the support. I will be again trying to speak with each child and parent this week to check in. Please email some windows of time that may each work for you, and I will try to accommodate. Penelope’s mother graciously will continue a Zoom chat for daily meeting sessions. Please continue to email any concerns and keep sending pictures of their work. Make sure to scroll all the way down for updates from other teachers. I’ve condensed classwork and homework to daily assignments. Set a pace that works in your own household.
Zoom Meetings this Week (please check your email for links to sessions)
Monday 9:30 -10:10 Ms. A
Tuesday 930-9:50 Ms. A
10:00-10:30 Music
Wednesday 9:30-9:50 Ms. A
10:00-10:30 Science Zoom Link PW: 6xVs1W
2:00 Rocketboys
Thursday 9:30-10:10 Ms. A
11:00-11:45 Chess
Art 1:00pm
Click the time for Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 428 150 6261
Password: 071840
Friday 9:30-9:50 Ms. A
10:00 -10:30 Mandarin
11:00 -11:30 PE
Treasures Reading series: We read one preview story with new vocabulary and a main selection each week. There is a practice book that accompanies these selections but it can be difficult for them to do independently. Please use your own discretion with them. I have not assigned social studies, grammar and practice pages but if your child is capable please feel free to utilize.
If you have finished the Treasure’s Reading please choose a book from home to write about in your journal. Some journal activities can also include making lists of proper nouns, adjectives, and verbs from the the story they read. If your child is reading a chapter book, in preparation for second grade and next skill level, write a brief summary of each chapter in notebook or follow reading log journal format.
The students are all able to open into Microsoft Word and type their spelling words each week and type sentences. Also Starfall.com is free on a PC, they all know how to use it independently, and they enjoy the free learning games.
Focus
Language Arts: focus on two-syllable words open and closed syllables
Math:money, counting coins
Spelling words: dentist, happen, protect, begin, rabbit, baby
Challenge words: reuse, unpack, before, been
Sight words: coins, penny, nickel, dime, quarter
Monday, May 18th
Spelling wkbk p 113, practice reading new list, write spelling words 3x each
Handwriting next page (Look closely at how the letters are formed at the top of the page.) If you have completed handwriting book use red notebook to practice writing the states. (For example, each day you may practice writing a new state in alphabetical order, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas , write the names of people in your family.
Math wkbk: p 353, 354
Find and nickels and pennies in your home and count them,
Journal topics. Try a Scholastic story starter, or write about what you would like to save up to buy .
Reading: Treasures: Preview next story Vocabulary and pre story. Treasures Reading Book read next story. (If able, choose corresponding pages in practice and grammar book. 1-2 pages each day.) Or read book of choice see above for journal activities.
Story starters: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/fantasy-writing-prompts/
Tuesday, May 19 Spelling p114, write words rainbow colors
Math Challenge p 355, 356
How many dimes can you find in your home? What is the value?
handwriting page and or State, countries in notebook, or write names of family members, superheroes, characters
Reread Treasures story choose a practice page that corresponds to story/ read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
Journal writing: Topic suggestion- spin the wheel in story starters, or If I had a$100 dollars I would buy my parents…..
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/fantasy-writing-prompts/
Wednesday, May 20 Spelling p115, write spelling words in abc order , math p 357, 358
handwriting page, and or State, names of friends, family members, superheroes, characters in notebook
Reread Treasures Story, choose corresponding page/ read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
How may quarters can you find? How many quarters equal $1
Thursday May 21 Spelling p116, Write questions or statements using at least 4 spelling words. Challenge: write a story using all the spelling word: math: p 359, 360
Reread Treasures Story, choose corresponding page, read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
Friday, May 22 take a spelling challenge
Math p 361,362 (you may choose to finish unassigned pages in this chapter, moving onto Time next week)
journal writing activity: If I had a million dollars…….
Reread Treasures Story, choose corresponding page, read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
More math activities Brainpopjr. search Counting coins: user name kpa317, password garden1923
https://jr.brainpop.com/search/?keyword=Counting+Coins
Social Studies activities: Brainpopjr. Health section Mindfulness
Explore May
Scholastic Weekly Reader
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my account email is kpa317@aol.com
password: garden1923
Art Update May 21st
For anyone who missed the Zoom meeting here is a YouTube video I did. Hope this helps!
Art
Art Update May 18th
Celebrating NYC at Rockefeller Center
To honor the city that built us, we’re getting creative – by inviting you to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to design the iconic flags at Rockefeller Center. This summer, we will raise your artwork on the 192 flagpoles surrounding the rink to celebrate New York’s diverse culture, vibrant energy and strength. The prompt is simple: Show your love for New York
PE
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet Friday 5/12 at 11am
Join Zoom Meeting
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Week Of May 11th
Hope everyone has a nice weekend and good Mothers’s Day. We continue our home stretch of the academic year. We continue to do our best together from home and I sincerely thank you for all the support. I will be again trying to speak with each child and parent this week to check in. Please email some windows of time that may each work for you, and I will try to accommodate. Penelope’s mother graciously will continue a Zoom chat for daily meeting sessions. Please continue to email any concerns and keep sending pictures of their work. Make sure to scroll all the way down for updates from other teachers. I’ve condensed classwork and homework to daily assignments. Set a pace that works in your own household.
Zoom Meetings this Week (please check your email for links to sessions)
Monday 9:30 -10:10 Ms. A
Tuesday 930 -9:50 Ms. A
10:00-10:30 Music
Wednesday 9:30-9:50 Ms. A
10:00-10:30 Science Zoom Link PW: 6xVs1W
Thursday 9:30-10:10 Ms. A
11:00-11:45 Chess
Click the time for Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 428 150 6261
Password: 071840
Friday 9:30-9:50 Ms. A
10:00 -10:30 Mandarin
11:00 -11:30 PE
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Treasures Reading series: We read one preview story with new vocabulary and a main selection each week. There is a practice book that accompanies these selections but it can be difficult for them to do independently. Please use your own discretion with them. I have not assigned social studies, grammar and practice pages but if your child is capable please feel free to utilize.
If you have finished the Treasure’s Reading please choose a book from home to write about in your journal. Some journal activities can also include making lists of proper nouns, adjectives, and verbs from the the story they read. If your child is reading a chapter book, in preparation for second grade and next skill level, write a brief summary of each chapter in notebook or follow reading log journal format.
The students are all able to open into Microsoft Word and type their spelling words each week and type sentences. Also Starfall.com is free on a PC, they all know how to use it independently, and they enjoy the free learning games.
Focus
Language Arts: focus on two-syllable words with prefixes “re, un“: Math: directions, symmetry, patterns, chapter test
Spelling words: retry, reuse, remake,unpack, unsafe, unlike
Challenge words: saw, cause, goes, build
sight words: sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred
Monday, May 11th
Spelling wkbk p 109, practice reading new list, write spelling words 3x each
Handwriting next page (Look closely at how the letters are formed at the top of the page.) If you have completed handwriting book use red notebook to practice writing the states. (For example, each day you may practice writing a new state in alphabetical order, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas , write the names of people in your family.
Math wkbk: p 328, 329
Journal topics. Write about someone special in your life. why are they special?
Reading: Treasures: Preview next story Vocabulary and pre story. Treasures Reading Book read next story. (If able, choose corresponding pages in practice and grammar book. 1-2 pages each day.) Or read book of choice see above for journal activities.
Tuesday, May 12 Spelling p110, write words rainbow colors
Math Challenge p 330, 331
handwriting page and or State in notebook, or write names of family members
Reread Treasures story choose a practice page that corresponds to story/ read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
Journal writing: Topic suggestion- 10, 9 8,7,6 5,4,3,2,1 blast off…
Wednesday, May 13: Spelling p111, write spelling words in abc order , math p 332, 333, 334
handwriting page, and or State, names of friends in notebook
Reread Treasures Story, choose corresponding page/ read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
Thursday May 14 Spelling p112 ,Write question or statements using at least 4 spelling words. Challenge: write a story using all the spelling word: math: p 335,336, 337
Reread Treasures Story, choose corresponding page, read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
Friday, May 15 take a spelling challenge
Math p 338, 341, 342 ( you may choose to finish unassigned pages)
journal writing activity: Draw a rocket ship with shapes
Reread Treasures Story, choose corresponding page, read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
More math activities Brainpopjr. Geometry section: user name kpa317, password garden1923
https://jr.brainpop.com/math/geometry/slidesturnsandflips/
More Social Studies activities: Brainpopjr.: Reading maps https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/readingmaps/
Explore story elements in Brainpopjr :https://jr.brainpop.com/readingandwriting/storyelements/character/
Colors brainpopjr.
Explore May
Scholastic Weekly Reader
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Topic: PreK – 1st Grade PE Meeting
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet Friday 5/15 at 11am
Join Zoom Meeting
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Art Update May 15
Hello everyone here is a link for anyone who missed the Zoom.
Art Update May 12
Hello everyone I hope everyone is doing well. This week I want to go back to drawing and try something called metamorphosis art. For this project I want you will transform an object into another object. The way to do this is by drawing several drawings that gradually turn one object into another. I know sounds hard, but I think the examples below will make this assignment make sense. There is no limit on the amount of drawings you can do, but you should have at least three. You are free to use any medium and size paper of your choice. I remember doing a project like this in middle school and I loved it, I hope you do too. Due Date it Tuesday May 19th.
Topic: Space
- Videos: Magic School Bus- Lost in Space & Magic School Bus- Out of this world
- Reading: sunstarreading1STEM
- STEM Activity: Spaceship Design
Music: Week of May 11th
5/11/20
Hello, 1st Grade students and parents. I am posting a link to a video about one of the most notable artists in Popular Music, Stevie Wonder. I have included close captioning/subtitles, and this may help you in terms of picking up information and understanding what is said (if they don’t appear, you can click on “cc” on the bottom strip of the video). I am also attaching a Stevie Wonder coloring page. For those of you who are feeling ambitious, I will include a puzzle worksheet that I gave to the 2nd Graders; this is an optional assignment. The video is over 12 minutes long, but all the answers to the worksheet are revealed by just after the 8-minute mark; you don’t have to watch the entire video. Best of luck!
Heineman- Stevie Wonder In 4 Letters Or Less Puzzle (2nd Grade)
Week Of May 4th
We are in the home stretch of the academic year. Though this end of year is nothing like we would have ever imagined. We continue to do our best together from home and I sincerely thank you for all the support. I will be again trying to speak with each child and parent this week to check in. Please email some windows of time that may each work for you, and I will try to accommodate. Penelope’s mother graciously will continue a Zoom chat for daily meeting sessions. Please continue to email any concerns and keep sending pictures of their work. Make sure to scroll all the way down for updates from other teachers. I’ve condensed classwork and homework to daily assignments. Set a pace that works in your own household.
Zoom Meetings this Week (please check your email for links to sessions)
Monday 9:30 -10:10 Ms. A
Tuesday 930 -9:50 Ms. A
10:00-10:30 Music
Wednesday 9:30-9:50 Ms. A
10:00-10:30 Science Zoom Link PW: 6xVs1W
Thursday 9:30-10:10 Ms. A
Click the time for Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 428 150 6261
Password: 071840
Friday 9:30-9:50 Ms. A
10:00 -10:30 Mandarin
11:00 -11:30 PE
–
Treasures Reading series: We read one preview story with new vocabulary and a main selection each week. There is a practice book that accompanies these selections but it can be difficult for them to do independently. Please use your own discretion with them. I have not assigned social studies, grammar and practice pages but if your child is capable please feel free to utilize.
If you have finished the Treasure’s Reading please choose a book from home to write about in your journal. Some journal activities can also include making lists of proper nouns, adjectives, and verbs from the the story they read. If your child is reading a chapter book, in preparation for second grade and next skill level, write a brief summary of each chapter in notebook or follow reading log journal format.
The students are all able to open into Microsoft Word and type their spelling words each week and type sentences. Also Starfall.com is free on a PC, they all know how to use it independently, and they enjoy the free learning games.
Focus
Language Arts: focus on sounds of digraphs “aw, au”: Math: slides, flips, turns, patterns, directions
Spelling words: haul, cause, saw, claw, paw, dawn
Challenge words: book, took, nothing, along
sight words: ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty,
Monday, May 4:Star Wars Day- May the Fourth Be with You
Spelling wkbk p 105, practice reading new list, write spelling words 3x each
Handwriting next page (Look closely at how the letters are formed at the top of the page.) If you have completed handwriting book use red notebook to practice writing the states. (For example, each day you may practice writing a new state in alphabetical order, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas , write the names of people in your family.
Math wkbk: p 316,318
Journal topics. Write questions you want to find out the answers to. Ex. Why is the sky blue?
Reading: Treasures: Preview next story Vocabulary and pre story. Treasures Reading Book read next story. (If able, choose corresponding pages in practice and grammar book. 1-2 pages each day.) Or read book of choice see above for journal activities.
Tuesday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo Spelling p106, write words rainbow colors
Math Challenge p 319, 320
handwriting page and or State in notebook, or write names of family members
Reread Treasures story choose a practice page that corresponds to story/ read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
Journal writing: Topic suggestion- How to people celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Draw illustrations to match your story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2XxRi6CpVg&feature=emb_rel_pause
Wednesday, May 6: Spelling p107, write spelling words in abc order , math p 321, 322
math: look at the objects in your house. Find 4 shapes to flip, slide turn. Write and draw what they are in notebook.
handwriting page, and or State, names of friends in notebook
Reread Treasures Story, choose corresponding page/ read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
Thursday May 7: Spelling p108 ,Write questions using at least 4 spelling words. Challenge: write a story using all the spelling words. math: p 323,324
Reread Treasures Story, choose corresponding page, read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
Homophones
Friday, May 8: take a spelling challenge
Math p 326,327
journal writing activity: How do you know it’s spring? What happens in spring?
Reread Treasures Story, choose corresponding page, read from a chapter book and write or draw what happens
More math activities Brainpopjr. Geometry section: user name kpa317, password garden1923
https://jr.brainpop.com/math/geometry/slidesturnsandflips/
More Social Studies activities: Brainpopjr. geography section
Explore May
Scholastic Weekly Reader
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my account email is kpa317@aol.com
password: garden1923
Science Week of 5/4
- Video: The Phases of the Moon
- Activity: learning-moon-phases
- STEAM Project Ideas: Paper Rocket
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