Ms. Patterson – 1st grade
Email: mpatterson@saintstansschool.org
Office Hours: Math Wednesday from 7:45-8:10am
This school year is flying by! It’s hard to believe that it is the third quarter already. Everyone has come such a long way in their reading skills and being able to solve addition and subtraction equations.
In Religion, we will continue to learn about Moses and how God gave him the Ten Commandments as laws for us to follow. We will also learn about the life of Jesus and the miracles that he performed to show us that God is always with us.
In reading, we will continue to learn different vowel sounds and their combinations to help us to become more fluent readers. We will be able to read and write words with r controlled vowels (ar, ir, ur, or, er) and the endings –es and –ing. Finally we will be able to compare using the comparative endings of –er and –est.
In math, we will learn how to add and subtract two digit numbers using a hundreds chart and an open number line. We will also continue to work on adding and subtracting single digit numbers to continue to gain fluency. We will also learn to compare two digit numbers using the words greater than and less than as well as the symbols associated with these words. 
In science we will finish learning about life cycles of animals and plants and how plants and animals are like their parents. We will also learn about the sun, the four seasons and what causes day and night.
In social studies, we will continue to talk about our communities and how to find and describe where we live using a map. We will complete a me on the map activity to help us do this. We will also understand why we use a map and how different maps are used for different things.
I am looking forward to working with each student and watching as they blossom throughout the school year into students who are ready for second grade.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email me at mpatterson@saintstansschool.org or call the school at (413) 592-5135.
I look forward to continuing to work with every first grader this year,
Ms. Patterson