Out and About with Pete the Cat

Out and About with Pete the Cat

Please remember to check RenWeb Weekly for Specials assignments.

April 27-May 1, 2020

Pete the Cat and the Lost Tooth

Pete the Cat and the Tip Top Treehouse

Pete the Cat: Snow Daze

Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses

Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues

Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School

Reading:  Please watch a Pete the Cat book Monday through Thursday.  Write a 4-5 sentence summary for the story.  Use describing words to tell me about the characters in the story.  On Friday write your own Pete the Cat story after watching one Pete the Cat book.  

Please practice your sight words:

• buy
• myself
• school
• city
• party
• seven
• family
• please

Please read The New Friend by Maria Puncel Illustrated by Ed Martinez.

Please draw the main characters and write a sentence about each character.  Please write a sentence about the setting.  Write a sentence about the problem in the story and the solution.  

Please complete the contraction sheets in OneDrive.  Feel free to have your child write the answers on paper if you need to print fewer pages.  

Please talk with your child about synonyms.  I've given you some resources in OneDrive.  I will also give them some synonym practice on IXL.

Please turn in contraction practice by Sunday, May 3, 2020.

Please turn in writing on The New Friend story by Sunday May 3, 2020.

Please turn in one Pete the Cat summary and your own Pete the Cat story by May 3, 2020.

Phonics:

This week we are working on the sounds ou/ow, oi/oy, au/aw.  I've compiled some resources for these sounds in OneDrive.  Please watch these YouTube videos that focus on those sounds.

Spelling: 

• how
• ouch
• gown
• now
• house
• town
• cow
• found
• shout
• owl
• out
• power

Please complete 3 TicTacToe Spelling choices.  The choices are in our Weekly Homework Resources folder in OneDrive.

Please write six sentences using your spelling words.  (Use two spelling words in each sentence.)

Please turn in your spelling practice by Sunday, May 3, 2020.

Math:

Please complete the following pages in the Math Chapter 9 folder.

9.4 pdf

Check My Progress 1-4

9.5 pdf

9.6 pdf

9.7

Check My Progress 5-7

The pattern blocks.pdf will be very helpful in completing these pages.

Please watch these YouTube videos for Math:

Here are great resources for working with pattern blocks at home:

https://classplayground.com/pattern-blocks/

https://www.roomrecess.com/Tools/PatternBlocks/play.html

Please turn in the Check My Progress 1-4 and Check My Progress 5-7 by Sunday, May 3, 2020.

If I were teaching this unit in school I would have students take pictures on iPads of shapes in the classroom, create shapes out of recycled items, and draw shapes on scrap paper.  The extra resources in OneDrive are for students who need extra practice and for those who need enrichment.

Social Studies:

This week we are going to explore the continent of Asia because one of the characters in our reading story is from Japan.  We will also be looking at different landforms.  I have put a lot of books on continents and landforms in your child's mailbox on Epic. 

This website is a great place for learning about Asia.

https://www.ducksters.com/geography/asia.php

Please read the following articles on Asia and landforms on Pebble Go.

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/5/categories/9712/articles/9742

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/5/categories/8632/articles/10012

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/5/categories/8632/articles/8636

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/2/categories/2964/articles/2072

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/2/categories/2964/articles/2073

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/2/categories/2964/articles/2074


Science:

We are learning about the phases of the moon.  Please complete the activity on OneDrive.

Please watch these videos on the phases of the moon.

We've also been reading books on plant parts in our small groups.  These books are on Epic.  We've read Exploring Seeds, Exploring Flowers, Exploring Leaves, and today we will read Exploring Stems and Exploring Roots during Table Talks. (April 29).

Please make a diagram of a plant and label the flower, stem, leaves, roots, and soil.  Please write three facts about plants on your diagram.  Please turn in your diagram by Sunday, May 3, 2020.

IXL:

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1

Please complete the following IXL Math objectives.

R 1-7, T 1-3, V 1-11.

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-1

Please complete the following IXL Language Arts objectives.

Q 1-2, X 1-2, Y 1, X 1-2, JJ 9, OO 1-4

Optional IXL Work:

https://www.ixl.com/science/grade-2

Science Objectives: K 1-2, M 1

https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-2

Social Studies Objectives: A 3- A 6, D 1-9

I will continue to record books for my YouTube channel.  Please refer to last week's posts for ways for your child to review math if needed.  Please let me know if you have any questions about our lessons.  I don't expect any child to complete every resource.  My goal is to give you a variety of tools so that all students' needs are met.  I will continue to assign books in Epic and RAZ Kids on our science and social studies objectives.  Please make sure your child takes at least 2 quizzes a week in RAZ Kids.  I will also start to give optional IXL work for science and social studies.  

In school I would be reminding them to not waste paper so please know I do not expect you to print every sheet.  

Items that I need turned in or completed will always be highlighted in purple. 

I miss your children very much and cherish my teaching opportunities with them more than you know.  

Have a blessed weekend!

Miss Deem

Welcome Back to the Neighborhood April 20-24, 2020

Welcome Back 1-D!

Here is a summary of what you need to accomplish this week: Please make sure you have turned in your child's assignments to me by Sunday, April 26, 2020.

Reading:  

• Listen to A Butterfly Grows.  Illustrate and write about the four stages of a butterfly's life cycle.  Please send me a copy of your life cycle paper.
• Complete a multiple meaning word worksheet each day.
• Please watch the two book videos on multiple meaning words. (Dear Deer, and Aunt Ant Leaves through the Leaves).
• Practice your sight words
• Please make sure you read at least 2 books on RAZ Kids and take the quiz for each book.

Math:

• Work on the worksheets for Lessons 9.1-9.3.
• Practice recognizing circles, triangles, rectangles, squares, and trapezoids and discussing their characteristics

Spelling:

• Complete 3 choices from the Spelling TicTacToe menu using this week's words.  Please send me a copy of your child's spelling practice.  

Writing:

• Listen to a Pigeon Story Monday through Thursday.
• Illustrate and write what happened first, then, next, and last.
• Write your  own Pigeon Story on Friday.  Please send me a copy of that story.

Science:

• Please explore butterflies and complete one additional activity about their life cycle.

Social Studies:

• Please complete the activities about Africa.
• Please talk about Earth Day

IXL:

• Please complete as much as you can of the IXL posted.  

We have so many fun things to do and learn this week.  Our theme for reading is Don't Let the Pigeon STOP Reading!

Spelling Words for April 20-24, 2020: Please complete 3 spelling choices for your words this week.  The Spelling Choices are in the Homework folder in our OneDrive.

• soon
• boot
• soup
• new
• too
• you
• noon
• moon
• grew
• zoo
• blew
• scoop

Sight Words for April 20-24, 2020:

• also
• anything
• flower
• kind
• places
• ready
• upon
• warm

Reading:

Please listen to A Butterfly Grows.  

Please illustrate and label each stage of a butterfly's life cycle.

There are also activities in the Butterfly folder in our OneDrive.

Please complete one worksheet a day from the Multiple Meaning Words file in our OneDrive.

Science:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/butterfly.html

Here are some ways you can make a bird feeder at home:

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.thesprucecrafts.com%2fbird-feeders-for-kids-to-make-2764688&c=E,1,9v6h0fXQOmh5H6gVXiJQsxb23KJvB1XiVz9p7bVCZpL9fWKIISe3Z4XKvSJJPHkJToAOLUa9qfujBV1VqFYp0dH7d_9zAkT1JQZmNRyu09gz7Rzcn6GdSM_3qQ,,&typo=1

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+make+a+bird+feeder&oq=how+to+make+a+bird+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l3.9849j0j4&client=ms-android-hms-tmobile-us&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_Mc-UXvqCGOmqytMP5Ki36A070

Here are some ideas to make a butterfly craft at home:

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.thesprucecrafts.com%2fbutterfly-crafts-for-kids-4129196&c=E,1,eeMWyliU63d3M8qq7HEsFXBB0yVL0zR0BqLqxfYEScyYSnv_JzCFdeEZWwnuFeisclD2ACexVaGve9aElFRAZg9Xy9uizrQENsmxD6PzsO7quDaAGDIs0Wlu&typo=1


Math:

Please complete lessons 9.1-9.3 in the Chapter 9 folder in our OneDrive.  

Here are some additional ways to work on math as well.

Subtraction games:

https://www.splashlearn.com/subtraction-games-for-1st-graders

Measurement Activities:

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/length_strength1_inches/

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/length_strength1_centi/

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/length_strength3/


Computation Activities:

https://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/K-2-IWB-Resources.html

Symmetry:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching

Shape Recognition:

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/exploring-shapes.html

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/shape-riddles-first-grade.html

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/compose-shapes-using-one-square-four-triangles.html

Geometry Worksheets:

https://www.k5learning.com/free-math-worksheets/first-grade-1/geometry

Base Ten Blocks Worksheets:

https://www.k5learning.com/free-math-worksheets/first-grade-1/base-ten-blocks


Social Studies: Learn about the continent of Africa.

https://www.ducksters.com/geography/africa.php


Here's a video about one of the families who has been helped by our service project for our friends in Africa.

https://vimeo.com/360856323

For more information on how to help the Kula Project go here.

https://www.kulaproject.org/

Wednesday is Earth Day.  Here are some activities to celebrate Earth Day.

https://www.edhelper.com/math_worksheets/earth-day-activity-worksheets-for-kids-first-graders.pdf

In honor of Pigeon Week watch one Pigeon book each day.  Write and illustrate what happens first, next, then, and last in the story.  On Friday write your own Pigeon story.

The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems

Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems

The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems

The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! by Mo Willems

Check out these amazing Pigeon activities from Mo Willems' website:

http://pigeonpresents.com/get-busy/#pp-series-the-pigeon


Here are some areas to focus on in IXL for the next two weeks:

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1

R 3-R6, T1- T2, V1-V10, and W1-W10


https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-1

S1-S3, Z1, GG1-GG5, HH1-HH3, II1-II5, JJ1-JJ3, JJ9

Just for fun if you'd like to try to draw Woodstock check this out:

Remember first graders to work hard, listen to your parents, and look for ways you can help your family.  You are all making great progress, and I look forward to seeing you soon.

Miss Deem

It's Spring Break, Charlie Brown

Dear First Graders,

Here are some fun things to do over Spring Break!  First and foremost, I hope that you are able to have lots of fun playing outside:)  Please give all your family members my wishes for a blessed Easter.  I miss you all very much.

Let's try to draw Snoopy:

I found these directions to draw Snoopy from the Charles Schulz Museum Instagram account.

Now let's try to draw Charlie Brown:

Here are some activities from the Peanuts Movie:


http://ymiclassroom.com/lesson-plans/peanutsmovie/


Here are some Peanuts activities about space:


http://ymiclassroom.com/lesson-plans/peanuts-nasa/


Here are some activities I found from the Pittsburgh Pirates:

https://www.mlb.com/pirates/fans/activities?sf119579246=1


Here are some school resources to keep practicing reading and math:


https://wideopenschool.org/?j=7723549&sfmc_sub=171287736&l=2048712_HTML&u=144169164&mid=6409703&jb=1479&utm_source=WOS_announcement_20200331&utm_medium=email


https://bookcamppd.com/covid-19-resources/


Check out Blueberry's video created by Mr. Forbes for Mrs. Forbes:

https://mixcord.co/picplaypost/p/3vrSa7ApCVUVxrLnPfZOSw/

Interactive Clock Tool:

https://www.visnos.com/demos/clock

Interactive Measurement Games:

https://www.splashlearn.com/measurement-games-for-1st-graders


Please take time to practice measuring things around your house with a ruler.

I look forward to seeing you soon First Graders!  Remember you are the Best in the West!!! ;)

Miss Deem

Elephant and Piggie We Are Home

Elephant and Piggie: We Are Home Celebration

March 30-April 7, 2020

Reading: Please read or listen to one Elephant and Piggie book each day.  Please continue to do one book on Epic and RAZ Kids as well.

Math: Please complete one worksheet each day from the Telling Time folder in our shared OneDrive.  Practice reading clocks you have at home.  If you've finished your worksheets you can try these games.  

https://www.abcya.com/games/telling_time



https://www.mathgames.com/time


https://www.splashlearn.com/time-games


https://www.visnos.com/demos/clock


Phonics: Please complete at least 3 worksheets from the Phonics folder at some point during our celebration.

OO Words: 

troop
pool
tools
broom
spoon
zoo
hoop
snooze
choose
moose
broom

April Fools Day Word Search:

https://www.edhelper.com/April-Fools-Day-Word-Search-grade1.pdf

Mo Willems Lunch Doodles:

https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/

Dear First Graders,

I know we are all VERY excited to start our Elephant and Piggie celebration.  I've prepared a video for you to begin the celebration.

Musical Monday

Please watch these videos about Elephant and Piggie We Are in a Play.  

Listen to the songs: Write about your favorite Elephant and Piggie song and tell us why it is your favorite.

Share your favorite song during afternoon meeting.  

Maybe even make up an Elephant and Piggie dance to share with the class.

Artistic Tuesday

Watch an episode of Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems.  

Share your Elephant and Piggie doodles with the class in our chat on Skype or live in Table Talks on Zoom.  Your parents can also email them to me.  

Remember to ask your parents permission before posting in our Skype chat.

Wonder-full Wednesday

Read your favorite Elephant and Piggie story aloud to someone in your family.  

Write down what  you would like to ask Elephant and Piggie in that story. 

 Write down what wonders you have about elephants and pigs.

Thankful Thursday

Draw a picture of yourself with Elephant and Piggie thanking someone who has helped you.
Thank a family member, friend, neighbor, or classmate for making your day.

Fun Friday

Let's make this a fun Friday!  Write an Elephant and Piggie skit or story.

Be prepared to share it with your tables in the afternoon.

Have an Elephant and Piggie party with your family.

Tell your parents there are lots of activities listed in our shared OneDrive in the Elephant and 
Piggie folder.

Here's Humphrey's First Palm Sunday by Carol Heyer.

Magnificent Monday

Let's learn all we can today about real elephants and pigs.

Please read the following articles on Pebble Go and write down 3 things you remember from each article in your panda notebooks.

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/25/articles/157

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/31/articles/396

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/409/articles/405

Listen to this awesome book that we learned about last week from one of our 1-D friends.

Tremendous Tuesday

Here are some ideas to make your Tuesday learning Tremendous:

Pretend you are Elephant or Piggie and write a letter from their point of view.
Make an Elephant or Piggie puppet.
Create Elephant or Piggie out of recyclable items you have at home.
Write Elephant and Piggie jokes.
Draw Elephant and Piggie in a habitat with your favorite wild animal.

EXTRA READ ALOUD FOR MATH:

Check this out:)

and this:)

It's a Beautiful Day (Week 2) March 23-27, 2020

Dear First Graders,

I hope you had a beautiful weekend with your family.  I wanted to send you a plan for the week of March 23-27.

Please read at least one book on Epic, one book on RAZ Kids, and one real book each day.  Please make sure you record your books on RAZ Kids and don't forget to take your quizzes.  I'll be working on assigning more books individually on Tuesday.  Please focus on your Reading Room and Level Up assignments right now.

Please listen to Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats on YouTube.

Writing Prompt for Monday:

Write about something you haven't learned to do yet.

Writing Prompt for Tuesday:

Write about your pet or a pet you would like to have.  Write about what adventures you have had or would like to have with that pet.

Writing Prompt for Wednesday:

Write about your favorite wild animal.  Write down questions you have about that wild animal.  Bring your questions to morning meeting.

Writing Prompt for Thursday:

Write a thank you note to someone who has helped you.  

Writing Prompt for Friday:

Write a silly story.  The sillier the better.

Words to practice spelling:

look

book

good

hook

brook

took

foot

shook

wood

hood

crook

hoof

Words to practice reading:

again

along

began

boy

father

house

nothing

together

If you have finished working on these words, please work on reviewing sight words and spelling words from our review list.

Sight Words for Stories 1-23:

Spelling Words for Stories 1-23:

Religion:

https://www.holyheroes.com/Lenten-Adventure-s/37.htm?utm_source=holyheroes&utm_medium=button&utm_campaign=LA

Spanish:

https://senoraapplegate.weebly.com/1st.html

Please work on the following pages in Sadlier phonics if you are able to access the book:

Unit 5 Lesson 23.  

Please work on these IXL language arts objectives.

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-1

B1, B2, CC1, DD1, DD2, HH1, HH2, HH3, PP1, PP2, PP3

Please work on these IXL math objectives.

https://www.ixl.com/math/

P1 through P13.

Please watch these videos on measurement:

Please watch these videos on clocks:

Practice measuring items around your house with a ruler.  Practice telling time to the hour and half hour with your parents.

Please read the following articles on butterflies and take notes in your panda notebooks:

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/21/articles/421

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/21/articles/422

Over the weekend, please gather any Elephant and Piggie books you might have at home.  I'll explain why soon:)

I would like to leave you with this Mister Rogers quote which you may have already seen.

My thoughts and prayers are with you.  

If you have any questions, please send me a message on Skype.

See you Monday Morning:)

Miss Deem

What's Your Story?

One of my favorite times of the year is when our school works together to serve others.  This past April we had our third annual Poverty Action Week.   One of the special learning opportunities every grade level experiences that week is to hear different ministry leaders share their stories with our students.  I had the privilege of talking with two of this year’s speakers.

In my short conversation with Sr. Margaret I listened with awe as she shared some of her experiences.  Her humility inspired me.  It was apparent that Sr. Margaret loved sharing the Gospel through her role as a Daughter of Charity.  Our conversation reminded me of that quote from Mother Teresa, “I am like a pencil in God’s hand...  He does the writing.  The pencil has nothing to do with it.”  Sr. Margaret’s joy stemmed from the story God was writing in the lives of the people she serves.

Sr. Margaret was first inspired by the work of the Daughters of Charity when she was going to law school in Saginaw, Michigan.  She shared how watching the Daughters of Charity’s work with the poor inspired her to become a sister.  Since becoming a nun, Sr. Margaret has used her legal background to help people in need.  She has been an advocate for patients, helped Haitian refugees, and educated prison inmates.  Sr. Margaret enlisted the help of her friends to build a proper education building for the inmates she was teaching while she was serving in the South Pacific.  She helped create and maintain a library and an after school program.  Sr. Margaret worked with special needs high school students, and she was her community’s lead representative to the United Nations. 

I am truly grateful that Sr. Margaret shared her experiences with our students.  Listening to her story reminded me of how important it is to follow our call, and that our callings are unique and given to us by God. 

While Sr. Margaret was speaking with our fourth and fifth graders, Joanna was speaking with my first graders.  Joanna’s children have all graduated from our school now, and she is currently working on her masters degree in social work.  Joanna shared with my students about her experiences working with women through a program called Changed Choices.  The mission of Changed Choices as stated on their website https://changedchoices.org is “As followers of Christ, we empower currently and recently incarcerated women to achieve lasting, positive change through programming and personalized mental, emotional, physical and spiritual support.” (8/12/19)

Joanna described how she felt the first time she went to visit the women at Changed Choices.  She told my students that she left that first morning thinking that bad people were in prison.  “But after meeting these women for the first time I realized that they were good people who had made a really bad choice.  These women were funny, smart, pretty, kind, young and old.  Making mistakes is part of being human.  We all need a little help sometimes, and we all need support to get through tough times.”

Joanna explained that it’s a privilege for the women she works with to meet with her.  “We meet with them for one hour.  We’re the only people from the outside they get to see.  They have to see family members through a glass window.”   My students were greatly impacted when Joanna shared how grateful these women are to touch grass, and that they get up at 4:30am.

Joanna reminded my students “It doesn’t matter what mistakes you’ve made.  We’re better than the worse thing we’ve ever done in our life.” What a powerful reminder of our communal need for Grace.

I can think of no better way to show our students how they can be pencils in God’s hands than to continue to share the stories of ministry leaders like Joanna and Sr. Margaret.

What’s your story?  How are you helping others?  How are your students helping others?  Let’s keep this conversation going.

As always, thanks for reading.

Ellen