Bennett Bright Stars

March Calendar

Hello to Everyone,

The homework assignemnts have been very well done lately.  You will see weekly CRCT practice tests.  Please review these with your child.  Thanks for all you do!

Download March calendar

Download February Homework Calendar 2009

Thank you to everyone for coming out. I enjoyed talking to everyone and discussing all of the great work going on in here.

Due to conference week our lunch tomorrow is 10:38-11:08.  After tomorrow it goes back to our normal time. 

Have a great weekend. 

1st Grade Mathematics

Third Nine Weeks

 

Dear Parents:

The objectives listed below will be used to lead your child to mastery of the concepts covered in the 3rd Nine Weeks Unit of study.

 

Graphs

·         Organize and record data using rally marks and bar graphs

·         Interpret data

·         Create and read bar graphs

 

Money

·         Equivalent quantities of coins by making fair trades – pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters

·         Count out combinations to less than a dollar

·         Identify bills by names and values

·         Fair trades of bills

 

Addition and Subtraction (Facts to 18)

·         Skip counting forward and backward to and from 100 by 2, 5, 10

·         Break numbers apart to 10

·         Strategies for addition (facts to 18) and corresponding subtraction facts

·         Use subtraction in a variety of situations

·         Inverse relationship of addition and subtraction

·         Problem solving with addition and subtraction

·         Concept of commutative property

 

Measurement/Time

·         Tell time to the nearest hour and half hour

·         Sequence and order duration of events

·         Know the days of the days of the week and months of the year

·         Compare and order sequence or duration of events

 

Fractions

·         Halves and fourths with pictures and models

·         Equal parts of a whole

 

 

Here are some suggestions as to what you can do at home to help your child:

 

• Have your child count the change that you have in your pocket. 
• Look in the paper or a magazine and have your child find coupons.  Have them pretend that they are going to buy the item and that is how much it costs.  Have them count out that amount to you.
• Put some change on the table and ask your child to make a certain amount (for example: 50¢, 46¢, or 65¢) in as many ways as they can.
• Have your child tell you what time it is.  Be sure that it is only on the hour or the half hour. 
• Review the day with your child by making a list of the events of a day in order that they occurred.
• Choose a subject that your child can collect data on in your family.  For example how many pairs of shoes each family member has.  Using tally marks they can collect the data, make a bar graph to show the information.  It will be fun to see who has the most shoes in your family.

·         When you are getting ready to eat a sandwich or anything that can be cut into halves and fourths have your child show you how to cut it into halves and fourths.

 

Here is a game that you can play with your child to help them work on counting money.

 

Materials:  4 quarters, 6 dimes, 8 nickels, and 10 pennies

 

Have your child pretend that he/she is a banker.

 

Give the banker some of the above coins and you keep the rest.

 

Pretend that you are making a deposit into the bank and have your child count the amount.

 

Then pretend that you are making a withdrawal and tell your child the amount (for example 38¢) and have your child decide what coins to use and have them count that amount back to you.

 

Repeat this several times.

 

Sincerely,

Miss Bennett

 

 

 

Hello All,

Welcome back.  I hope everyone had a fun and safe break. I am attaching January's homework and specials calendar.  Please note conference week is January 26th- 30th. Report cards will be given out at that time.  Thanks for all you do!

Download January Homework good 2009

Thanks for all of the hard work with the landform projects.  They look wonderful.  The children were very proud of their work and learned so much.  Their presentations were well thought out and informative. 

Report cards were sent home last Friday.  I hope the new format was easy to read and helpful in gaining insight into your child’s work.  Please make sure to send back the signature card and envelope. 

We are off and running with the second nine weeks.  Be sure to follow our pacing guide on Picasso.

That’s all for now.  As always, thanks so much for all you do to support your child’s education.  It shows in everything they do. 

October 12, 2008

Hello,   

I can't believe it is already October.  We have been busy little Bright Stars.  We have completed all of the information for the first nine weeks.  I will send report cards home on Friday.  These are the new report cards.  They have an explanatory rubric on the back.  I will also send home a detailed rubric for the entire year.  There is only one per family so please put it in a safe place. 

Please remember that Wednesday is an early release day.

Thank you to Mrs. Smith for making out flower box beautiful!

The homework has been wonderful.  Please remember to also have your child read 10-20 minutes each night.

Please also remember to send in a healthy snack with your child each day.

This is a great group of children.  Thanks for all you do!

Download october_2008_good.doc   Here is the homework specials calendar for October. 

Spelling List for 9-29-08

up

us

run

fun

to

penny

dime

dollar

We just finished our unit on Weather.  The children learned about types of weather, weather patterns, weather instruments, and the weather cycle.  We performed experiment after experiment.  Today we ended the unit learning about how rainbows are formed.  Below are the children's thoughts on the process. 

Rainbows

The sun can go through the water.  It makes a rainbow.  –

DeVaughn. 

The sun goes through the water, and it shines in the sky, and it makes a rainbow.  Josue.

The sun goes through the clouds, and it shines the colors. -

Tyler

If you put a small bit of light in water it will make a rainbow.  -Shivani

The sun shines on the water and makes a rainbow. -Tyson

When the sun comes out in the rain drops, it makes a rainbow.  - Kalissa

It forms from the sun and goes into the water and makes a rainbow. -

Hampton

It rains and the sun comes out, and it forms into a rainbow.  –Samara

Well, first it has different colors.  And second, it has some

stuff on it like dots; circles of color.  And you need a light.  It makes rainbows colorful. –Joshua

Rainbows are made of rain and light.  It’s a prism. -Mayukh

The rainbow is going to come out when it rains and the sun comes out.  It will make a rainbow. -Fernando

They are made out of colors.  –Sheila

You need light and rain.  It makes a rainbow.

–Stephanie

It rains and when the clouds clear up the sun shines down.  Then you get a rainbow. –Martha

When the sun shines down through the rain clouds, it makes a rainbow. – Hannah

Um, probably from rain and then when it stops raining it turns into a big huge rainbow that has all different types of colors.  -Abigail

Rainbows are made of water and light.

-Naomie

The sun shines through the water. It makes rainbows. –Stephen

They are made from colors.  You need light and rain.  - Rhyka