Ms. Glass's    -  1st Grade Class     

Dear Moms and Dads,

Thanks for attending PTM.  I’m pleased with the smooth transition the children are making into first grade.  The children are on task in all subject areas, and they are passionate about becoming super students.  I’m confident that this will be a year of extraordinary academic production for your child as we partner together as a parent-teacher team.

CURRICULUM FOR SEPTEMBER

Bible

The students will practice memorizing Matthew 18:1-6, and will recite the memory verses in chapel the month of October.  The children will be introduced to the following stories from the Old Testament: The Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Able, Enoch, Noah, Abraham and Isaac, and The Tower of Babel.

Math

The following objectives will be introduced:

·         i   dentifying the sides and angles of a square, circle, octagon, hexagon, triangle, rectangle and a parallelogram

·            counting to 200 by ones

·            placing an object on a graph

·            graphing a picture on a pictograph

·         i  dentifying most and fewest on a graph and in a group

·            ordering sets from smallest to largest and least to greatest

Penmanship

  The cursive formation of the following lowercase letters will be introduced: e, I, o, a, t, s, c, b, n, h, r, m ,w, f, and d.  Remember, penmanship is graded on letter formation and connection, slanting, spacing, and neatness.   Please continue to refer to the cursive slant guide given to you during PTM   when assisting your child with penmanship homework.

Reading

Reading groups have begun and your child has been assigned to a reading group.  There are no high or low reading groups.  Each reading circle is structured to meet the collective needs of the assigned students.  Your child will be assigned reading from Fun With Pets, and will continue reviewing special sounds from The Handbook for Reading. 

Language Arts / Creative Writing

 The children will review the following:

• nouns

·            verbs

·           adjectives

·           adverbs

  The children will be introduced to article adjectives (a, and, the).  Please continue to refer to the Shurley Method language guide given to you at PTM when assisting your child with language homework.  Extra copies  of the language sheet is available.

Phonics

The following lessons will be reviewed:

·         the long and short vowel rules

·         “KC” rule (“K” comes before i and  e and “C” before the other three: a, o,u)

·         consonants and consonant vowel blends

·         special sounds from charts 7 and 8 found on pages 75 and 88 in The Handbook for Reading.

Spelling

Spelling lessons have started.  The children will be assigned a new list every Friday.  They are expected to copy the spelling list in their homework agenda.  They are required to write each spelling word 2x”s each on primary tablet paper for homework, and they are expected to complete all assigned lessons in the spelling workbook. 

Homework

Please remember to sign the homework agenda; and initial all attached remarks from me.

Last month a lesson entitled, Heaven-A Beautiful Home was taught to the children.  Below are a few highlights from the story.

·         Heaven is a real place.

·         Heaven is above the clouds.

·         Heaven is where God lives, and it existed before He created the sun, moon, stars, planets, the land and waters, animals, and man.

·         The Bible does not tell us everything about heaven.  However, it does reveal a little information about it.  After all, heaven is a gift from God, and He wants us to be surprised when He gives us our reward.

Who is in heaven?

·         Jesus

·         People

·         Angles

What is in heaven?

·         The Lamb’s Book of Life.  Written in the book are the names of those people who have trusted Jesus as their Personal Savior.

·         Big…beautiful mansions

·         Streets paved with gold

What’s not in heaven?

·         tears

·         sickness

·         death

·         sin

·         darkness

Will everyone live in heaven?

·         God said, “He is not willing that any person should perish, but that all should come to repentance and spend eternity in heaven.”

Who will spend eternity in heaven?

·         Only those who trust Jesus as their Lord and Savior will enjoy the splendor of living in heaven for all eternity.

How many paths lead to heaven?

·         There is only one sure path to heaven, and that is through trusting Jesus as your Lord and Savior.

When should a person began preparing to live in heaven?

·         You must make the eternal decision to trust Jesus as you Lord and Savior when you hear the [real] truth and understand it.  This decision should be made while you are still alive on Earth.  It’s too late to trust Jesus as Savior once you die.  “Once a MAN dies, appointed unto him is the judgment.”  If you reject Jesus as your Savior, you reject all the good things that God wants to give you.

How often do people go to heaven?

·         Everyday!  “There were people on Earth yesterday, that will be in heaven today.  And, there are people on Earth today, that will be in heaven tomorrow.”

What about you?  Do you know for sure you will go to heaven when you die?  Have you acknowledged that you are spiritually lost?  Have you repented of your sins, and trusted Jesus to be the Lord of your life so that you will spend your eternity in heaven?

Extended Reading: Revelation 20:15, Revelation 22:21, John 14:1-6 and John 3:16-19

Teaching in Christ,

Ms. Glass