Miss Mitchum’s Monthly News

Dear Parents,
As our school year comes to a close there are a few things you need to know: This will be the last
homework packet for the rest of the year! We have our last spelling test of the year next Tuesday
June 13. If you would like to keep your child’s brain busy through the summer, there will be a resource
posted on our classes’ page on the school website that you can print from home. You are invited to
attend our Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Pentecost/End of the Year celebration this Thursday
June 8 at 8:45-10:00am.
**We have some super fun activities NEXT WEEK to help us count down to the last day of school:
Mon 6/12- Bring your favorite stuffed animal to school, Tues 6/13- Movie and Popcorn Day,
Wed 6/14- Field Day, Thurs 6/15- Mass @8:45am; Awards & End of the Year Class Party at 10:30am

Unit 10 spelling word patterns: Dates to Remember:

Soft c sounds like /s/ soft g sounds like /j/
Jun 14- Field Day
-ice –ace –age
ice face cage
Jun 15- Last day of school
nice place page Mass 8:45 and Class awards
twice space stage party 10:30am
(Report cards go home)
Tag-along e trickers
**Please dress your child in their
-ouse –ease) –ove
P.E. uniform on Tuesday and Friday.
house tease love
mouse please glove *Please turn in all library books!!!!!
blouse shove
***You are invited to join us at our
Last school Mass on Thursday June
*Students will be tested on these words and word patterns next
15 at 8:45am.
Tuesday.

What we’re learning this week:

Religion Language Arts Math Science Social Studies
More Adventures of
the Superkids
Family Life Unit 10 Go Math Unit A Geography
Unit 4 Lesson 7 & 8 -Words with soft c Life Science Map skills

Caring for others/ and g Getting Ready for Ocean Life

Love grows -words with silent e Second Grade:
Standard Review
Spelling test next
Tuesday

Miss Mitchum
lmitchum@sbdiocese.org
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1 Grade Weekly Homework
Name:___________________ Due: June 12, 2017
1. Language Arts:
a. Complete Superkids worksheet p. 92
b. Complete spelling and memory (sight) words practice pages: Shape it, Find it, Write it Out,
Sort it
c. Practice your spelling and memory words for unit 10 using the flashcards provided
(Unit 9 Spelling test this Tues. June 6)
(Unit 10 Spelling test next Tues. June 13)
2. Math:
a. Complete Go Math Standards Practice Book p. 255-266
(Please tear out and attach sheets to the rest of this packet)
b. For extra practice and homework help: Visit https://www-
k6.thinkcentral.com
3. Religion:
a. Complete Practice Showing Love p. 7B
b. Complete Word Puzzle p. 8B

What we’re learning this week:

Religion Language Arts Math Science Social Studies
More Adventures
of the Superkids
Family Life Unit 10
Go Math Unit A
Life Science Geography
Unit 4 Lesson 7 & 8 -Words with soft c Getting Ready for
Ocean Life Map skills

Caring for others/ and g Second Grade:

Love grows -words with silent e Standard Review

Spelling test
next Tuesday


Unit 10 spelling word patterns:
Soft c sounds like /s/ soft g sounds like /j/
-ice –ace –age
ice face cage
nice place page
twice space stage

Tag-along e trickers
-ouse –ease) –ove
house tease love
mouse please glove
blouse shove

*Students will be tested on these words and word patterns
next Tuesday.

 More Adventures of the Superkids
Unit 10 Independent Activities
Name: Use after Lessons 297–298 92
1. Animals and bugs that can fly:

owl camel bat bee

2. Animals that have 4 legs:

cow raccoon duck snake

3. Animals that have fur:

turtle rabbit fish dog

4. Animals that live on land:

giraffe whale shark chicken

5. Animals that are smaller than you:

mouse tiger hamster whale

Reproducible Page © 2009 by Rowland Reading Foundation

Directions: Have children circle the animals that belong in each category
and write on the lines the name of another animal that fits in the group.
Name: |||||||||||||||||| ice Unit 10

house Shape it
house
mouse
nice
mouse blouse
tease
please
twice
blouse love
glove
shove
face
tease ice
nice
twice
place
please face
place
space
space
love cage
page
stage
cage
glove
page
shove
stage
© 2014 Teaching Superkids
Name: |||||||||||||||||| Find it
Unit 10

house
mouse h o u s e t h i
blouse
tease s i s t e a s e
please
love l o v e t i c e
glove
shove f a c e c a g e
ice
h t w i c e e l
nice
twice o n g p l a c e
face
place e s b l o u s e
space
cage p l e a s e t s
page
stage s h o v e e t o

f w o r n i c e

s p a c e d s w

p a g e e h a v

e e v g l o v e

m o u s e e r h

a d s t a g e t

© 2014 Teaching Superkids

Name: |||||||||||||||||| Unit 10
Write it out
Words Pencil Marker Pen

house
mouse
blouse
tease
please
love
glove
shove
ice
twice
nice
face
place
space
cage
page
stage
© 2014 Teaching Superkids
 Name: |||||||||||||||||| Sort it
Unit 10

Color the crayons 6 different colors. Then use it as a

code to color the rhyming words below.

house tease mouse please

love blouse glove ice
nice shove twice face
cage place page stage
rice rage space race

Write a sentence.
Pick 3 different words from the pattern above and use it in a sentence.

1:|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2:||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3:|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| © 2014 Teaching Superkids
 Activity Master 7B
Resource 6B

Name
Name
Practice Showing Love
Practice Showing Love
Circle the right words to finish the sentences.
Circle the right words to finish the sentences.

1. Jesus said,
1. Jesus said,
a. “Love a few people.”
a. “Love a few people.”
b. “Love everyone.”
b. “Love everyone.”

2. 2.Showing love
Showing love is is

a.a.sometimes
sometimes hard.hard.

b.b.always easy.
always easy.

When you don’t feel loving, you can

3. 3.When you don’t feel loving, you can
a.a.bebeas
as unfriendly as you like.
unfriendly as you like.
act loving.
b.b.act loving.

4. If someone is unfriendly, you can

4. If someone is unfriendly, you can
a. try to stay away.
a. try to stay away.
b. try to show love anyway.
b. try to show love anyway.
5. “Practice showing love” means

5. “Practice showing
a. show love love” means
once in a while.

a.b.show lovelove
try to show once
all thein a while.
time.

b. try to show love all the time.

To the Teacher: Ask the students to read each sentence very carefully (or listen to you read each one), and then circle the
Family words
Life Grade 1 the sentence in the best way. The students will need pencils.
that finish '%&&G8AEjWa^h]^c\AA8

92 Classroom Resources
 Activity Master 8B
Resource 8B

Name
Name
Word Puzzle
Word Puzzle
Look at the words in the box.
Look at the words in the box.
Count
Count the letters.
the letters.
Findwhere
Find where each word goes.
each word goes.

BOY GIRL SHARE

S I S T E R

B R O T H E R

F A M I L Y

To the Teacher: These simple crossword puzzles use words from the chapter. Counting the spaces and the letters in the
Family words
Life Grade 1 your students fit each word in the right grid. The students will need pencils.
will help '%&&G8AEjWa^h]^c\AA8

116 Classroom Resources

The following math pages
can also be found in your
California Go Math
Standards Practice Book.
Just tear
them out and
attach to your
homework
packet.
 Name Lesson 13
Use a Non-Standard Ruler
Essential Question How can you use a non-standard measuring
tool to find length?

Model
Model and
and Draw
Draw
About how long is the pencil?

The end of the pencil and the end of the must line up. Count
how many from one end of the pencil to the other.

4
about —

Share
Share and
and Show
Show

About how long is the string?

1.

about —

2.
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

about —

Math Talk In Exercise 1, why must the end of the pencil

and the end of the line up?

Getting Ready for Grade 2 two hundred fifty-five P255

 On
On Your
Your Own
Own

About how long is the string?

3.

about —

4.

about —

5.

about —

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving

6. Wendy measures her

pencil. She says it is
about 2 long. Is she correct?
Explain.
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

TAKE HOME ACTIVITY • Have your child use 20 paper clips to measure
different small objects in your house. Be sure the paper clips touch end to end.

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 Name Lesson 14
Compare Lengths
Essential Question How can you compare lengths of objects?

Model
Model and
and Draw
Draw
First, write 1, 2, and 3 to order the Then measure
strings from shortest to longest. with .

1
—
4
about —
Shortest

3
—
8
about — Longest

2
—
6
about —

Share
Share and
and Show
Show

Write 1, 2, and 3 to order the strings from shortest to longest.

Then measure with . Write the lengths.

1. — about —

— about —

— about —
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Math Talk How can measuring with cubes tell you the
order of the strings?

Getting Ready for Grade 2 two hundred fifty-seven P257

 On
On Your
Your Own
Own
2. Write 1, 2, and 3 to order the strings from shortest to
longest. Then measure with . Write the lengths.

— about —

— about —

— about —
3. Write 1, 2, and 3 to order the strings from shortest to
longest. Then measure with . Write the lengths.

— about —

— about —

— about —

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving

4. Kate has these ribbons. Kate gives Hannah the longest one.
Measure with and write the length of Hannah’s ribbon.
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

about —
TAKE HOME ACTIVITY • Give your child three strips of paper. Have your
child cut them about 4 paper clips long, about 2 paper clips long, and about
5 paper clips long. Then have your child order the paper strips from shortest
to longest.
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 Name Lesson 15
Time to the Hour and Half Hour
Essential Question How do you tell time to the hour and half hour on
an analog clock?

Model
Model and
and Draw
Draw
The hour hand and the minute hand show the time.
Write the time shown on the clock.

11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5

4:00
_ 4:30
_

Share
Share and
and Show
Show

Read the clock. Write the time.

1. 2. 3.
11 12 1 11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5 7 6 5
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

_ _ _

Math Talk Why does the hour hand point halfway

between 5 and 6 at half past 5:00?
Getting Ready for Grade 2 two hundred fifty-nine P259
 On
On Your
Your Own
Own

Read the clock. Write the time.

4. 5. 6.

11 12 1 11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5 7 6 5

_ _ _
7. 8. 9.

11 12 1 11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5 7 6 5

_ _ _

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving

Draw and write to show the time.

10. Liam has soccer practice at 11 12 1
10 2
half past 10:00. 9 3
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

8 4
7 6 5

TAKE HOME ACTIVITY • Say a time, such as half past 1:00 or 7:00. Ask your
child where the clock hands will point at that time.

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 Name

Checkpoint
Concepts
Concepts and
and Skills
Skills

Use real objects. Choose a unit to measure the length.

Then measure.
Object Unit Measurement
1.
about –

2.
about –

3.
about –

How long is the yarn? Use the star ruler to measure.

4.
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

— stars long

5.

— stars long

Getting Ready for Grade 2 two hundred sixty-one P261

Write 1, 2, and 3 to measure the
strings from shortest to longest.
Then measure with cubes. Write the lengths.

6.
— — cubes long

— — cubes long

— cubes long
—

7.
— — cubes long

— — cubes long

— cubes long
—

8. Read the clock. Choose the correct time.

11 12 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 6 5
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

● 8:00
● 8:30
● 9:00
● 9:30

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 Name Lesson 16
Use a Picture Graph
Essential Question How do you read a picture graph?

Model
Model and
and Draw
Draw

Our Favorite Hot Dog Toppings

mustard
ketchup

Each stands for 1 child.

3
— children chose .
ketchup .
Most children chose _
2
— fewer children chose than .

Share
Share and
and Show
Show

Our Sock Colors

black
white
blue

Each stands for 1 child.

Use the picture graph to answer the questions.

© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

1. How many children are wearing ?—

2. What color of socks are most of the children wearing? —
3. How many more children wear than ?—

Math Talk How did you find the answer to Exercise 3?

Getting Ready for Grade 2 two hundred sixty-three P263

 On
On Your
Your Own
Own

Our Weather
rainy
sunny
cloudy

Each stands for 1 day.

Use the picture graph to answer each question.
4. How many days in all are 5. What was the weather for
shown on the graph? most days? Circle.

— days

6. How many fewer days were 7. How many and

than ? days were there?

— days — days

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving

8. Today is sunny. Robin

© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

puts one more on

the graph. How many
days are there now?
— days

TAKE HOME ACTIVITY • Help your child make a picture graph to show the
eye color of 10 friends and family members.

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 Name Lesson 17
Use a Bar Graph
Essential Question How do you read a bar graph?

Model
Model and
and Draw
Draw

Fish in the Class Aquarium

goldfish
Fish

guppy
angel fish
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of Fish
To find how many, read the number below the end of the bar.
6 fish are .

Share
Share and
and Show
Show

Use the bar graph to answer the questions.

1. How many fish are in the 2. How many fish in the
aquarium? aquarium are ?

— fish —
fish
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

3. How many fewer fish are 4. Are more of the fish

than ? or ?

— fish

Math Talk How did you find the answer for Exercise 1?

Getting Ready for Grade 2 two hundred sixty-five P265

 On
On Your
Your Own
Own Our Favorite

Number of Children
Use the bar graph to answer the Vegetables
5
questions.
4
5. How many children chose
3
?
2
— children
1
6. How many children chose 0
?
— children carrots potatoes corn
Kinds of Vegetables
7. Which vegetable did most
children choose? Circle.

8. Which vegetables were chosen

the same number of times? Circle.

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving
Use the bar graph to solve. © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

9. Brad and Glen both like corn

the best. If the boys add this
to the graph, how many children
will have chosen corn?
— children

TAKE HOME ACTIVITY • Ask your child to decide whether they prefer carrots or
potatoes. Then have your child color to add their choice to the bar graph on this page.

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