Room 404 – Miss Nepomuceno
Welcome to Room 404! Thank you for stopping by! It is now the middle of summer and I hope you are all enjoying your summer vacation.
Thank you, parents, for taking the time to work with your child – I enjoy having a word with each and everyone of you during drop-off and dismissal, even if it was for a brief moment! Please take the time to go through your child’s folders every night. Any important papers and homework going home should be inside. Thank you!
I post on the website regularly – please check it daily for the latest news. I also check my email every night – please contact me at [email protected] at any time, if you have questions or just wanted to say hello! I look forward to hearing from you :]
CPS Grading Scale
A = 93-100
B = 85-92
C = 77-84
D = 69-76
F = 68 & below
Special Arts Schedule
Monday – Health with Mr. Kusch
Tuesday – Library with Mrs. Loftus
Wednesday – Music with Mrs. Cox
Thursday – Gym with Mr. Olszewski
Friday – Art with Mrs. Franco
Fun & Useful Links
BBC The Little Animals Activity Centre
Budlong Woods Library
Chicago Public Library
Everyday Math Games for 1st Grade
Little Book Lane – supplementary materials for our Reading Series
PBS Kids
Scholastic Book Clubs – our room Code is G32TN
Spelling City – spelling and high-frequency word games
Starfall
Special Note: If you have any extra tissue boxes or dry erase markers, please consider donating them to our room! If you are able, thank you so much!
June 13-17, 2011
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This week in 404..
Special Note: It’s our last week! We are having our End-of-the-Year party, Walkathon & Field Day, Summer Birthday Celebrations, and more!
Homework:
Monday, June 13, 2011
1. WB 123-124
2. Walkathon & Field Day tomorrow! Bring a bag lunch!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
1. WB 125-126
2. End-of-the-Year Party! Bring some treats! :]
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
1. Last day of school on June 17, only till 10:00 AM!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Professional Development Day – no school!
Friday, June 17, 2011
It’s the last day of school! Enjoy your vacation and see you next year!
June 6-10, 2011
This week in 404..
Special Note: Room 404 had a 90%+ participation on the Walkathon pledges, so thank you to all students and parents! We will get a Movie and Popcorn Day as a reward this Friday!!
Language Arts
- Unit 4 Question: What do we treasure?
- Concept Question: Treasures to Share – What treasures can we share with neighbors?
- Phonics: suffixes -ly and -ful, and vowels in words like “moon”
- Spelling Words: slowly, careful, quickly, useful, painful, playful, sadly, gladly, nicely, wonderful, because, across
- High-Frequency Words: told, only, across, because, dance, opened, shoes
- Story & Genre: Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House – realistic fiction
- Comprehension Skill: cause and effect
- review of compound words and vowels “ew”, “ue”, and “ui”
- Grammar & Writing: adjectives for comparing
Math
- Unit 9: place value and fractions
- introducing numerators and denominators
- comparing fractions
- using models to compare fractions
- names for fractional parts
- equivalent fractions
- Unit 9 test
Science
- Chapter 5: food chains
- how some plants make their own food
- what animals eat for food
- vocab: oxygen, rain forest, food chain, marsh
Social Studies
- Unit 4: How can we care for our Earth?
- vocab: weather, mountain, plain, lake, river, natural resource, history
- learning to recognize land and water on a globe and map
- physical characteristics of places
- natural resources and their uses in the community, state, and nation
Homework:
Monday, June 6, 2011
1. WB 113-114
2. Home Link 9-8
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
1. WB 115-116
2. Math sheet
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
1. Spelling sheet
2. Math test!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
1. WB 117-118
Friday, June 10, 2011
1. WB 119-120
May 30-June 3, 2011
This week in 404..
Special Notes: Tuesday, May 31st is our rescheduled Legion Park Field Trip! Please dress appropriately and pack a plastic/paper bag lunch! All things will be thrown away at the park.
Because of our hectic schedule, we will continue our current story (Peter’s Chair) till Thursday and start our new story (Henry & Mudge) on Friday.
Also, this week is Spirit Week at Jamieson! Tuesday is Twin Day, Wednesday is Crazy Day, Thursday is Pajama Day, and Friday is Sports Day. Dress accordingly, it will be a lot of fun!
Language Arts
- Unit 4 Question: What do we treasure?
- Concept Question: Treasures to Share – What treasures can we share with neighbors?
- Phonics: suffixes -ly and -ful, and vowels in words like “moon”
- Spelling Words: slowly, careful, quickly, useful, painful, playful, sadly, gladly, nicely, wonderful, because, across
- High-Frequency Words: told, only, across, because, dance, opened, shoes
- Story & Genre: Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House – realistic fiction
- Comprehension Skill: cause and effect
- review of compound words and vowels “ew”, “ue”, and “ui”
- Grammar & Writing: adjectives for comparing
Math
- Unit 9: place value and fractions
- introducing numerators and denominators
- comparing fractions
- using models to compare fractions
- names for fractional parts
- equivalent fractions
- Unit 9 test
Science
- Chapter 5: food chains
- how some plants make their own food
- what animals eat for food
- vocab: oxygen, rain forest, food chain, marsh
Social Studies
- Unit 4: How can we care for our Earth?
- vocab: weather, mountain, plain, lake, river, natural resource, history
- learning to recognize land and water on a globe and map
- physical characteristics of places
- natural resources and their uses in the community, state, and nation
Homework:
Monday, May 30, 2011
No school – Memorial Day!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
1. WB 107-108
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
1. Home Link 9-7
2. WB 109-110
3. Spelling and Reading tests!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
1. Spelling sheet pg. 93-94
Friday, June 3, 2011
1. WB 113-114
2. Spelling 4 times each
May 23-27, 2011
This week in 404..
Special Notes: This will be a very busy week for first grade – we have several assemblies coming up and our Walkathon has been rescheduled to this week! We also have our Legion Park Field Trip on Thursday.
Because of these timely interruptions, we will continue our current story (The Lady in the Moon) till Tuesday and start our new story (Peter’s Chair) on Friday.
Language Arts
- Unit 4 Question: What do we treasure?
- Concept Question: Treasures to Share – What treasures can we share at home?
- Phonics: compound words and vowels “ew”, “ue”, and “ui”
- Spelling Words: backpack, outside, baseball, herself, flashlight, bluebird, lunchbox, suitcase, inside, brainstorm, picture, remember
- High-Frequency Words: stood, room, thought, picture, remember
- Story & Genre: Peter’s Chair – realistic fiction
- Comprehension Skill: character, setting, and plot
- review of long i as “ie” & “igh” and “kn” as an “n” sound & “wr” as an “r” sound
- Grammar & Writing: adjectives for how many
Math
- Unit 9: place value and fractions
- tens and ones patterns on a number grid
- adding and subtracting on the number grid
- number-grid puzzles
- practicing how to add 2-digit numbers
- creating symmetrical designs
- review fraction concepts
Science
- vocab: life cycle, tadpole, larva, pupa, seed coat
- growing and changing: life cycles
- Chapter 4 test
Social Studies
- Unit 4: How can we care for our Earth?
- vocab: weather, mountain, plain, lake, river, natural resource, history
- different kinds of weather
- different landforms–mountains, hills, plains, oceans, lakes, and rivers
- learning to recognize land and water on a globe and map
Homework:
Monday, May 23, 2011
1. WB 97-98
2. Spelling and Reading tests!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
1. Home Link 9-4
2. WB 99-100
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
1. Home Link 9-5
2. WB 103-104
Thursday, May 26, 2011
1. Home Link 9-6
2. WB 105-106
Friday, May 27, 2011
1. Spelling 4 times each
2. Spelling sheet pg. 89-90
3. Number grid puzzles
4. Bring a plastic/paper bag lunch for our Field Trip on Tuesday!
May 16-20, 2011
This week in 404..
Special Notes: Our Walkathon is this week! Please send $10 and the signed Permission Slip form with your child – the money raised will help improve our school’s playground! Thank you!
Also, Progress Reports were sent home on Friday, as well as the forms for our next Field Trip (to Legion Park). Please send these back signed with your child!
Language Arts
- Unit 4 Question: What do we treasure?
- Concept Question: Treasures to Share – How can we share special days?
- Phonics: long i as “ie” & “igh” and “kn” as an “n” sound & “wr” as an “r” sound
- Spelling Words: lie, tie, high, might, right, night, bright, light, pie, tight, above, laugh
- High-Frequency Words: above, touch, eight, moon, laugh
- Story & Genre: The Lady In The Moon – realistic fiction
- Comprehension Skill: realism & fantasy
- review of long o as “oa” & “ow” and three-letter blends
- Grammar & Writing: adjectives for what kind
Math
- Unit 9: place value and fractions
- tens and ones patterns on a number grid
- adding and subtracting on the number grid
- Number-Grid Game
- number-grid puzzles
Science
- vocab: life cycle, tadpole, larva, pupa, seed coat
- growing and changing: life cycles
- Chapter 4 test
Social Studies
- Unit 4: How can we care for our Earth?
- vocab: weather, mountain, plain, lake, river, natural resource, history
- different kinds of weather
- different landforms–mountains, hills, plains, oceans, lakes, and rivers
- learning to recognize land and water on a globe and map
Homework:
Monday, May 16, 2011
1. Home Link 9-1
2. Size Adjectives sheet pg. 83-84
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
1. Home Link 9-2
2. Spelling 4 times each
3. Bring a bag lunch for the Walkathon!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
1. WB 93-94
Thursday, May 19, 2011
1. Home Link 9-3
2. WB 95-96
Friday, May 20, 2011
1. Spelling sheet pg. 87-88