Welcome to Mrs. Donachie's

First Grade Class

Email Mrs. Donachie at donachie@olfrs.org

 

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Photo Gallery

           Thanksgiving Photos &  100th Day of School

 

Letter Share

Month - vowel sounds

May - long u: ube, uce, ude, ue, uge, uke, ule, ume, une, ure, use, ute, uth 

All Letter Share items this month should end with the word endings listed above. For example: The clue may be something you wear on your finger... a ring (will be the item in the bag).

 

 

 

Spelling words

Month of MAY:

Week of 5/5/08: car, bark, star, dark, part, park

Week of 5/12/08: bird, burn, girl, serve, hurt, first

Week of 5/19/08 boys, mouse, toy, noise, sound, town

Week of 5/26/08: ten, five, less, feet, sum, miles

 

 

High frequency words:

(challenge words optional for tests)

Week of 5/5/08 every, or, took, morning

Week of 5/12/08 from, sister, mother, brother

Week of 5/19/08 people, father, should, horse

Week of 5/26/08: from, people, these, horses

 

Answers to frequently asked questions:

Who is Mr. Bear?

Guessing What?

It’s my child's birthday.What do I do?

Homework

Homework begins Sept. 28th and ends May 30th

 

Please have your child return homework packets on Thursday or Friday.

 

 

 

Language Arts/Grammar

Poetry for Kids

 

Math

Rain Forest Math

Math Baseball

 

Science

Astronomy for Kids

NASA

 Biomes and Ecosystems

Learning Center for Young Astronauts 

Smithsonian for Students

 

 

 

Social Studies

America's Story- from 1492 to today

Ben's Kids Guide to Government 

Library of Congress for Kids

National Geographic Maps 

 

 

 

 

Religion

Catholic Magazine for Kids

Saint Index

 

 

Extra

Ecology for Kids

Fun environmental games