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Welcome to the Hillcrest
First Grade Website!
Last Updated January 30th, 2012
Here's what's happening this month!
Reading Unit 4 Let's Learn Together! Comprehension Strategies Covered... Character Main Idea Theme Context Clues Categorizing Author's Purpose Recall/Retell Drawing Conclusions
Read 15 minutes every night and review sight words
Read any center books that come home in the baggie and return them to school. |
Math Unit 5 Place Value, Number Stories and More Basic Facts Tens and Ones Trading, Weight Measurements, More and Less, Comparisons, Differences, and Turn Around Facts
Always be working on your BASIC FACTS!
Complete homelinks and review using Skills links book at home. Please know that homelinks will not be sent back home. They are meant to be an interactive way for parents and students to practice and reinforce skills we are learning in math. The homework is checked in, checked by the teacher, and often times used with the lesson the following day in class.
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Science Health Body Systems and How We Care for Our Bodies
Kids, check out these science websites. |
Social Studies Unit 5 How Are We Good Helpers At School? Learning about how we can ... help others take care of our things do our best respect others
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Word Wall Words
father has going thank very
Practice the high frequency words daily and your sight vocabulary will grow and grow!
Focus on Phonics Using silent e... bake poke dime dome bike whale
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Digital Storytelling Featuring out first grade authors/illustrators! The children create a writing piece, draw a picture to go along with their writing, then record themselves reading their page. We put all the pieces into an application called Storykit and VOILA!...a digital storybook!
Click on a links below to view and listen to our digital storybook! (You should try opening in Firefox if Safari doesn't allow you to hear the sound.)
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Birthdays this Month Marty Blader Toby Dorner Olivia Balicki James Tyrrell Kaylin James Nuria Calderon
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News Your Friday Folder will give you an idea on how your child is functioning at school. Please talk with your child about these classroom expectations at home. This will strongly support his/her positive behavior development as a student, classmate and learner.
Upcoming Events
February 1st and 2nd - Parent/Teacher Conferences Science Fair Congratulations to all who participated. We are all so proud of you!!
Mrs. Walker's writer's workshop volunteer slips were due by Jan. 20th. The schedule is now being put together with the 12 volunteers who returned their slips by the due date. Please know that if you return your slip later than the 20th, the schedule is already made and you will be used as a sub helper to call. Thanks for understanding.
Math-a-thon work and money is due by February 16th.
DGN Field Trip is on March 16th. We are collecting the permission slips and $4.00 from all students at this time. Please send your child's slip and $ in as soon as you can.
As always...we greatly appreciate your ongoing support! Thank You Parents!
Mrs. Flannery and Mrs. Walker
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Homework To reinforce skills, visit the following sites...
Handing in Homework The nightly spelling homework sheet that is sent home at the beginning of the week is due on Friday.
Math home links are always due on the following day.
Read book baggie center books if they come home and return the next day.
Extra Practice Practice words with weekly phonic pattern and all word wall words throughout the week.
Use your Math Skills Link book for extra practice. with math skills |
Cruise our educational websites to enrich all the things we're learning in school!
Hillcrest School
630-719-5840
provided graphix clip designs for this site
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 Our NFL Hall of Fame...Never Finish Learning!
This is for students who are interested in achieving "above and beyond" the normal classroom expectations. All you have to do is learn all about the topic, and then come share with your teacher and class what you have learned at school. You can become a club member by earning 1 star. To be added to the "Hall of Fame" you will need to earn 3 stars. You may continue to add to your accomplishment throughout the year! You set your pace and your goal.
Learning never ends - thank goodness!
Directions:
1. Get a Notebook - Keep your information and notes for each challenge.
2. Get Permission - Always get your parent's permission to use the internet. You may also want to use the wonderful books in our Hillcrest library.
3. Choose a Challenge - Choose your challenge and work with your parents to complete it. Hopefully they will be close by to learn along with you!
4. When you have mastered a challenge, bring your notebook and share what you learned with your teacher and class. You can earn a star and eventually be on the NFL Wall of Fame after you do 3 challenges!
5. Remember this is a great way become an expert and you may choose what you want to learn about.
Scroll down and choose your challenge!
THE CHALLENGES...
Social Studies
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Name the 7 continents. |
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2. |
Name 15 world countries. |
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3. |
Name 15 major world cities. |
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4. |
Name 15 types of dwellings. |
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5. |
Name 10 South American and Central American countries. |
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6. |
Name 10 countries bordering the Pacific Ocean. |
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7. |
Name 10 countries in Europe. |
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8. |
Name 10 countries in Africa. |
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9. |
Name 10 major bodies of water. |
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10. |
Name 10 major world rivers. |
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11. |
Name 10 large deserts of the world. |
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12. |
Name 10 large lakes in North America. |
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13. |
Name 10 major mountains or mountain ranges. |
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14. |
Name the 50 states. |
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15. |
Write the names of the 50 states on a map. |
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16. |
Name the state capitals. |
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17. |
Name the 13 Colonies. |
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18. |
Name 10 Native American tribes. |
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Name 10 Oregon Trail landmarks. |
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20. |
Label 10 of Oregon’s counties on the map. |
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21. |
Name the state symbols of Oregon. |
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22. |
Name 8 explorers. |
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23. |
Name 8 Civil War battlefields. |
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24. |
Name the 1st - 10th presidents in order. |
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25. |
Name the 11th - 20th presidents in order. |
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26. |
Name the 21st - 30th presidents in order. |
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27. |
Name the 31st - current presidents. |
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science
28. |
Name 15 kinds of fish. |
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29. |
Name 15 marine creatures. |
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30. |
Name 15 mammals. |
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31. |
Name 15 vertebrate animals. |
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32. |
Name 15 desert animals or wildlife. |
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33. |
Name 10 amphibians. |
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34. |
Name 10 reptiles. |
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35. |
Name 10 dinosaurs. |
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36. |
Name 10 types of birds. |
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37. |
Name 10 rainforest birds or mammals. |
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38. |
Name 10 deciduous trees. |
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39. |
Name 10 rocks or minerals. |
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40. |
Name 10 chemicals and their chemical symbols. |
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41. |
Name 10 constellations. |
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42. |
Name 10 organs in the human body. |
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43. |
Name 8 types of clouds. |
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44. |
Name 5 inventors and their inventions. |
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45. |
Name 5 human body systems |
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46. |
Name the stages of the water cycle. |
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47. |
Name the order of the colors in the rainbow. |
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48. |
Label the major bones of the skeleton. |
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49. |
Name the order of the planets in the solar system. |
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Language Arts
50. |
Name 20 verbs. |
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Name 15 adjectives. |
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52. |
Name 15 adverbs. |
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53. |
Name 15 prepositions. |
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54. |
Name 10 common nouns & 10 proper nouns. |
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55. |
Name 10 famous authors. |
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56. |
Give 2 examples each of alliteration, personification, simile, metaphor, and onomatopoeia. |
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57. |
Count to 20 in Spanish. |
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58. |
Count to 20 in French. |
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59. |
Use sign language and "sign" the alphabet. |
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60. |
Score 100% on the grade-level 100-word spelling test. |
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Math
61. |
Draw the lines of symmetry for the capital alphabet. |
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62. |
Compute area of squares, rectangles, circles, and triangles. |
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63. |
Name the perfect square numbers up to 225. |
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64. |
Write in Roman numerals up to 100. |
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65. |
Name 5 famous mathematicians. |
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66. |
Earn 100% on the area & perimeter of rectangles quiz. |
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67. |
Earn 100% on the square roots test. |
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68. |
Earn 100% in 4 minutes on the addition basic facts test. |
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69. |
Earn 100% in 4 minutes on the subtraction basic facts test. |
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70. |
Earn 100% in 4 minutes on the multiplication basic facts test. |
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71. |
Earn 100% in 4 minutes on the division basic facts test. |
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MISCELLANEOUS
72. |
Name one career for each letter of the alphabet. |
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73. |
Name the birthstones for each month. |
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74. |
Name 20 different modes of transportation. |
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75. |
Name 15 breeds of horses. |
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76. |
Name 15 breeds of dogs. |
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77. |
Name 12 winter or summer Olympic events. |
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Name 10 large U.S. corporations. |
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79. |
Name 10 instruments in a marching band. |
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80. |
Name 10 instruments in a symphony orchestra. |
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81. |
Name 10 football teams and their cities. |
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82. |
Name 10 basketball teams and their cities. |
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83. |
Name 10 baseball teams and their cities. |
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84. |
Name 10 hockey teams and their cities. |
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