Events
  • May 9, 2013
  • Google has opened up voting for the Doodles.  I am sorry to say that I do not see any of the Doodles that were created by Jamieson students.

    I would still encourage you to vote while you can at the link below:

    http://www.google.com/doodle4google/ 

  • April 26, 2013
  • NWEA MAP testing
    NWEA (MAP) testing begins on May 6th and ends on May 31st, 2013

    Kindergarten and 1st graders will NOT be tested this round.

    Revised – Parent_Letter_-_K-2_Assessments_4.25.13

    Spanish_Final_-_Parent_Letter_-_K-2_Assessments

     

  • March 4, 2013
  • Online registration for our park begins Tuesday, February 26 at 9 am, and in-person registration begins Saturday, March 2.  Spring programs run the week of April 1 through the week of June 3.

     

    Green Briar Park

    2650 W. Peterson

     

    You need to have a Online Park District Account to register Online.   http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Green-Briar-Park/ 

  • February 19, 2013
  •  

    The Saturday Enrichment Program (SEP) at Center for Talent Development offers academically talented students age 4 through grade 9 challenging enrichment and credit-bearing courses. SEP courses complement school learning, providing in-depth, fast-paced activities that high ability students need and desire.

    Our Spring 2013 session runs six weeks, April 13–May 18, at all of our sites.
     

  • February 6, 2013
  • Parents, we are looking for volunteers to help us during our Lunch times from 10:45 to 1:10 each day. If you can volunteer for a day or two per week it would really be a great help to us. We’re also in need of volunteers to help us with morning and afternoon playground duties. Please follow this link and let us know if you can help. For more information please call the office 773.534.2395 

Welcome to Ms. Kim’s

First Grade Class!

ROOM 401

Jamieson School’s 5 R’s:

Reading,wRiting, aRithmetic,

Respect and Responsibility!

Here is our Scholastic Book Order Online Ordering Code: https://orders.scholastic.com/GPKFY

 

    05.13.13-05.17.13: What’s Up This Week?

    We are raising money for our school by having our annual Jamieson Walk-a-thon! Please try to send at least $10 by this Friday so your child can walk with our class! $20 will give your chlid a t-shirt as well!
    ~~~As of Monday, our class in First Place with having the most participants out of the entire school! GOOD JOB! :lol:


    Language Arts:

    Story of the week: Dot and Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery
    ~Concept Question:  What difference can a great idea make?
    ~Question of the week: Why do we want to find answers to some questions?
    ~Phonics skills: Words with oo sounds
    ~Spelling words: 1.book 2.moon 3.took 4.food 5.look 6.pool 7.zoo 8.noon 9.good 10.foot 11.instead 12.another
    ~Word cards: among, another, instead, more, mystery, acorn, detectives, meadow
    ~Comprehension skill: Compare and Contrast
    ~Grammar and Writing:  A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark or an exclamation point. A sentence has to make sense with word order. Questions ask something.
    Nouns:  Person, place or thing.
    Plural Nouns:  More than one person, place or thing that usually ends with an s or an es.
    Proper Nouns:  Nouns with special names that must begin with capital letters.
    Special Titles: Some people have special titles that need capital letters. For example: Dr., Mr., Mrs. Miss, Ms., Officer
    Days, Months, Holidays should always begin with capital letters
    Contractions: When 2 words are smooshed together, take some letters out, and put an apostrophe in its place.
    For example: can not becomes can’t, did not becomes didn’t, you will becomes you’ll, I am becomes I’m
    Plural Nouns: One and more than one by adding -s or -es
    Verbs: Actions, something that you do
    Verbs that ends in “es”: ex. fox becomes foxes, glass becomes glasses
    Verbs for now and the past: Adding -ed and -ing, sometimes doubling the consonant with the CVC pattern or not with the CC pattern ex. jog(CVC)- jogged, jogging or jump(CC)-jumped, jumping
    Homonyms: Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. ex. sea/see
    Synonyms: Words that mean the same thing. ex. big/large
    Antonyms: Words that mean the opposite of each other. ex. big/small
    Compound words: Two small words put together to make one large word. ex., lunch + box=lunchbox
    Facts
    Verbs- am, is, are, was, were
    Adjectives- Words that describe nouns
    Adjectives for colors and shapes, sizes, what kinds, how many and adjectives that compare.
    Writing an elaboration.
    Writing a list.
    Commands, Exclamations
    How sentences begin and end.
    ~~~Tests on Friday!

    Math:
    Unit 9: Tens and Ones Patterns on a Number Grid, Adding and Subtracting Tens, Number Grid Puzzles, Adding and Subtracting 2-Digit Numbers, Exploring Capacity, Symmetry and Heights, Fractional Parts of the Whole, Comparing Fractions, Many Names for Fractional Parts
    ~~~Test 1 on Tuesday and Test 2 on Wednesday!
    Unit 10: Year-End Review and Assessment
    Telling Time, Mental Arithmetic, Geometry, Thermometers and Temperature, Place Value, Scrolls and Number Grids

    Science
    Unit 6: Land, Water and Air
    Vocabulary words: sand, clay, humus, rocks, weathering, erosion, natural resources, minerals
    ~What makes up the earth? What changes land? How do living things use natural resources? How can we reduce, reuse, and recycle?

    Homework:
    Monday: 1.Write spelling words 3 times each. 2. Math sheet. Test 1 tomorrow! 3.Sounds sheet. 4. Walk-a-thon money due Friday!
    Tuesday: 1. Write spelling words 3 times each. 2. Math sheet. Test 2 tomorrow! 3. Writing sheet. 4. Walk-a-thon money due Friday!
    Wednesday: 1.Write spelling sentences. 2. Math sheet. 3. Reading sheet. 4. Walk-a-thon money due Friday!

    Thursday: 1. Write spelling words in ABC Order. 2. Home Link 10.1. 3. Spelling sheet. Tests tomorrow! 4. Walk-a-thon money due tomorrow!
    Friday: 1. Read books. Do My Book Report. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Math sheet. 4. Study word cards.
     

    05.06.13-05.10.13: What’s Up This Week?

    Half-Day on Wednesday! Dismissal at 12:00 pm!
    Field Trip on Friday to see the musical “Seussical”!

    Language Arts:
    Story of the week: Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!
    ~Concept Question:  What difference can a great idea make?
    ~Question of the week: When does a problem need a clever solution? 
    ~Phonics skills: Words with ow/ou sounds and syllables c + le.
    ~Spelling words: 1.how 2.town 3.down 4.now 5.brown 6.cow 7.clown 8.frown 9.crowd 10.growl 11.eyes 12.never
    ~Word cards: along, behind, eyes, never, pulled, toward, pulling, favorite
    ~Comprehension skill: Character, Setting and Plot. Story Structure
    ~Grammar and Writing:  A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark or an exclamation point. A sentence has to make sense with word order. Questions ask something.
    Nouns:  Person, place or thing.
    Plural Nouns:  More than one person, place or thing that usually ends with an s or an es.
    Proper Nouns:  Nouns with special names that must begin with capital letters.
    Special Titles: Some people have special titles that need capital letters. For example: Dr., Mr., Mrs. Miss, Ms., Officer
    Days, Months, Holidays should always begin with capital letters
    Contractions: When 2 words are smooshed together, take some letters out, and put an apostrophe in its place.
    For example: can not becomes can’t, did not becomes didn’t, you will becomes you’ll, I am becomes I’m
    Plural Nouns: One and more than one by adding -s or -es
    Verbs: Actions, something that you do
    Verbs that ends in “es”: ex. fox becomes foxes, glass becomes glasses
    Verbs for now and the past: Adding -ed and -ing, sometimes doubling the consonant with the CVC pattern or not with the CC pattern ex. jog(CVC)- jogged, jogging or jump(CC)-jumped, jumping
    Homonyms: Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. ex. sea/see
    Synonyms: Words that mean the same thing. ex. big/large
    Antonyms: Words that mean the opposite of each other. ex. big/small
    Compound words: Two small words put together to make one large word. ex., lunch + box=lunchbox
    Facts
    Verbs- am, is, are, was, were
    Adjectives- Words that describe nouns
    Adjectives for colors and shapes, sizes, what kinds, how many and adjectives that compare.
    Writing an elaboration.
    Writing a list.
    Commands
    ~~~Tests on Friday!

    Math:
    Unit 9: Tens and Ones Patterns on a Number Grid, Adding and Subtracting Tens, Number Grid Puzzles, Adding and Subtracting 2-Digit Numbers, Exploring Capacity, Symmetry and Heights, Fractional Parts of the Whole, Comparing Fractions, Many Names for Fractional Parts

    Social Studies:
    Unit 4: Our Earth, Our Resources
    Vocabulary words: natural resource, mountain, lake, plain, river, weather, history

    Homework:
    Monday: 1.Write spelling words 3 times each. 2.Home Link 9.3. 3. Spelling sheet.
    Tuesday: 1. Write Spelling words 3 times each. 2. Home Link 9.4. 3. Spelling sheet.
    Wednesday: 1.Write spelling sentences. 2. Math sheet. 3. Reading sheet.

    Thursday: 1. Write spelling words in ABC Order. 2. Home Link 9.5. 3. Spelling sheet. Tests tomorrow! 4. Field Trip tomorrow!
    Friday: 1. Read books. Do My Book Report. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Math sheet. 4. Study word cards.
     

    04.29.13-05.03.13: What’s Up This Week?

    Language Arts:
    Story of the week: Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House
    ~Concept Question:  What do we treasure?
    ~Question of the week: What treasures can we share with neighbors?
    ~Phonics skills: Words with oo sounds. Words ending in -ly and -ful.
    ~Spelling words: 1.slowly 2.careful 3.quickly 4.useful 5.painful 6.playful 7.sadly 8.gladly 9.nicely 10.wonderful 11.because 12.across
    ~Word cards: told, only, across, because, dance, opened, shoes, costume
    ~Comprehension skill: Cause and Effect and Preview
    ~Grammar and Writing:  A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark or an exclamation point. A sentence has to make sense with word order. Questions ask something.
    Nouns:  Person, place or thing.
    Plural Nouns:  More than one person, place or thing that usually ends with an s or an es.
    Proper Nouns:  Nouns with special names that must begin with capital letters.
    Special Titles: Some people have special titles that need capital letters. For example: Dr., Mr., Mrs. Miss, Ms., Officer
    Days, Months, Holidays should always begin with capital letters
    Contractions: When 2 words are smooshed together, take some letters out, and put an apostrophe in its place.
    For example: can not becomes can’t, did not becomes didn’t, you will becomes you’ll, I am becomes I’m
    Plural Nouns: One and more than one by adding -s or -es
    Verbs: Actions, something that you do
    Verbs that ends in “es”: ex. fox becomes foxes, glass becomes glasses
    Verbs for now and the past: Adding -ed and -ing, sometimes doubling the consonant with the CVC pattern or not with the CC pattern ex. jog(CVC)- jogged, jogging or jump(CC)-jumped, jumping
    Homonyms: Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. ex. sea/see
    Synonyms: Words that mean the same thing. ex. big/large
    Antonyms: Words that mean the opposite of each other. ex. big/small
    Compound words: Two small words put together to make one large word. ex., lunch + box=lunchbox
    Facts
    Verbs- am, is, are, was, were
    Adjectives- Words that describe nouns
    Adjectives for colors and shapes, sizes, what kinds, how many and adjectives that compare.
    Writing an elaboration.
    Writing a list.
    ~~~Tests on Thursday!

     

    Math:
    Unit 8: Review Money, Dollars, Place Value: Hundreds, Tens, and Ones, Shopping at the School Store, Making Change, Equal Shares, Fractions, Sharing Pennies, Exploring Fractional Parts, Addition Facts, Symmetry.
    ~~~Test 1 on Monday and Test 2 on Tuesday!

     

    Social Studies:
    Unit 4: Our Earth, Our Resources
    Vocabulary words: natural resource, mountain, lake, plain, river, weather, history  

     

    Homework:
    Monday: 1.Write spelling words 3 times each. 2.Math sheet. Test 2 tomorrow! 3. Book orders due Wednesday!
    Tuesday: 1. Write Spelling words 3 times each. 2. Home Link 9.1. 3. Sounds sheet. 4. Book orders due tomorrow!
    Wednesday: 1.Write spelling words in ABC Order. Tests tomorrow! 2. Math sheet. 3. Spelling sheet.

    Thursday: 1. Write spelling sentences. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Math sheet.
    Friday: 1. Read books. Do My Book Report. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Home Link 9.2. 4. Sounds Review sheet.    

    04.22.13-04.26.13: What’s Up This Week?

    ***Field Trip on Thursday! Thanks to Mrs. Otero, Mr. Mejia, Mrs. Panatsis, and Mrs. Munteanu for volunteering to chaperone us on our trip to the Lincoln Park Zoo!

    Language Arts:
    Story of the week: Peter’s Chair
    ~Concept Question:  What do we treasure?
    ~Question of the week: What treasures can we share at home?
    ~Phonics skills: Words with ue, ui, ew sounds. Compound words.
    ~Spelling words: 1.backpack 2.baseball 3.bluebird 4.brainstorm 5.flashlight 6.herself 7.inside 8.lunchbox 9.outside 10.suitcase 11.picture 12.remember
    ~Word cards: picture, remember, room, stood, thought, 
    ~Comprehension skill: Character, Setting, Plot
    ~Grammar and Writing:  A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark or an exclamation point. A sentence has to make sense with word order. Questions ask something.
    Nouns:  Person, place or thing.
    Plural Nouns:  More than one person, place or thing that usually ends with an s or an es.
    Proper Nouns:  Nouns with special names that must begin with capital letters.
    Special Titles: Some people have special titles that need capital letters. For example: Dr., Mr., Mrs. Miss, Ms., Officer
    Days, Months, Holidays should always begin with capital letters
    Contractions: When 2 words are smooshed together, take some letters out, and put an apostrophe in its place.
    For example: can not becomes can’t, did not becomes didn’t, you will becomes you’ll, I am becomes I’m
    Plural Nouns: One and more than one by adding -s or -es
    Verbs: Actions, something that you do
    Verbs that ends in “es”: ex. fox becomes foxes, glass becomes glasses
    Verbs for now and the past: Adding -ed and -ing, sometimes doubling the consonant with the CVC pattern or not with the CC pattern ex. jog(CVC)- jogged, jogging or jump(CC)-jumped, jumping
    Homonyms: Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. ex. sea/see
    Synonyms: Words that mean the same thing. ex. big/large
    Antonyms: Words that mean the opposite of each other. ex. big/small
    Compound words: Two small words put together to make one large word. ex., lunch + box=lunchbox
    Facts
    Verbs- am, is, are, was, were
    Adjectives- Words that describe nouns
    Adjectives for colors and shapes, sizes, what kinds and how many.
    Writing an elaboration.
    Writing a list.
    ~~~Tests on Friday!

    Math:
    Unit 8: Review Money, Dollars, Place Value: Hundreds, Tens, and Ones, Shopping at the School Store, Making Change, Equal Shares, Fractions, Sharing Pennies, Exploring Fractional Parts, Addition Facts, Symmetry.
    ~~~Test 1 next Monday!

    Science:
    Unit 5: Food Chains
    Vocabulary: food chain, oxygen, marsh, rain forest
    ~We are learning about different plants an animals part of different food chains. We are learning that plants give off oxygen and we need oxygen to live. We are learning that a marsh is a wetland habitat. We are learning that a rain forest is a very rainy habitat.

    ~~~Test on Friday!

    Homework:
    Monday: 1.Write spelling words 3 times each. 2.Spelling sheet. 3. Home Link 8.7. 4. Sounds Review Sheet.
    Tuesday: 1. Write spelling sentences. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Home Link 8.8.
    Wednesday: 1.Writing sheet. 2. Sounds Review Sheet. 3. Math sheet. 4. Field Trip tomorrow! Bring a bag lunch!

    Thursday: 1. Write spelling words in ABC Order. 2. Spelling sheet. 3. Home Link 8.9. 4. Science Test tomorrow!
    Friday: 1. Read books. Do My Book Report. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Math sheet. Test 1 on Monday! 4. Zoo animal writing sheet.  

    04.15.13-04.19.13: What’s Up This Week?

    ***Wednesday is Report Card Pick-Up day! No school!
    ***Our Field trip has been postponed until next Thursday due to the great chance of rain this week.

    Language Arts:
    Story of the week: Peter’s Chair
    ~Concept Question:  What do we treasure?
    ~Question of the week: What treasures can we share at home?
    ~Phonics skills: Words with ue, ui, ew sounds. Compound words.
    ~Spelling words: 1.backpack 2.baseball 3.bluebird 4.brainstorm 5.flashlight 6.herself 7.inside 8.lunchbox 9.outside 10.suitcase 11.picture 12.remember
    ~Word cards: picture, remember, room, stood, thought,
    ~Comprehension skill: Character, Setting, Plot
    ~Grammar and Writing:  A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark or an exclamation point. A sentence has to make sense with word order. Questions ask something.
    Nouns:  Person, place or thing.
    Plural Nouns:  More than one person, place or thing that usually ends with an s or an es.
    Proper Nouns:  Nouns with special names that must begin with capital letters.
    Special Titles: Some people have special titles that need capital letters. For example: Dr., Mr., Mrs. Miss, Ms., Officer
    Days, Months, Holidays should always begin with capital letters
    Contractions: When 2 words are smooshed together, take some letters out, and put an apostrophe in its place.
    For example: can not becomes can’t, did not becomes didn’t, you will becomes you’ll, I am becomes I’m
    Plural Nouns: One and more than one by adding -s or -es
    Verbs: Actions, something that you do
    Verbs that ends in “es”: ex. fox becomes foxes, glass becomes glasses
    Verbs for now and the past: Adding -ed and -ing, sometimes doubling the consonant with the CVC pattern or not with the CC pattern ex. jog(CVC)- jogged, jogging or jump(CC)-jumped, jumping
    Homonyms: Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. ex. sea/see
    Synonyms: Words that mean the same thing. ex. big/large
    Antonyms: Words that mean the opposite of each other. ex. big/small
    Compound words: Two small words put together to make one large word. ex., lunch + box=lunchbox
    Facts
    Verbs- am, is, are, was, were
    Adjectives- Words that describe nouns
    Adjectives for colors and shapes, sizes, what kinds and how many.
    Writing an elaboration.
    Writing a list.

    Math:
    Unit 8: Review Money, Dollars, Place Value: Hundreds, Tens, and Ones, Shopping at the School Store, Making Change, Equal Shares, Fractions, Sharing Pennies, Exploring Fractional Parts and Addition Facts

    Science:
    Unit 5: Food Chains
    Vocabulary: food chain, oxygen, marsh, rain forest
    ~We are learning about different plants an animals part of different food chains. We are learning that plants give off oxygen and we need oxygen to live. We are learning that a marsh is a wetland habitat. We are learning that a rain forest is a very rainy habitat.

    Homework:
    Monday: 1.Sounds sheet. 2. Sounds Review Sheet. 3. Home Link 8.6.
    Tuesday: 1. Sounds sheet. 2. Sounds Review Sheet. 3. Math sheet. 4. No School tomorrow! Report Card Pick-up Day!
    Thursday: 1. Write spelling words 3 times each. 2. 2 Sounds sheets. 3. Math sheet. 4. Study word cards.
    Friday: 1. Read books. Do My Book Report. 2. Write spelling words 3 times each. 3. Spelling sheet. 4. Home Link 8.7.