First Grade Newsletter
December 5th-9th
Literacy
Reading Street: Unit 2 Week 3
Main selection: Who Works Here!
Weekly Question: Who works to make our community a nice place?
Amazing Words: citizen, community, law, leader, branch, headquarters, earn, patrol
High-Frequency Words: people, live, work, who, out
Phonics Target: Long i: i_e; Digraphs- wh, ch, tch, ph
Amazing Words: citizen, community, law, leader, branch, headquarters, earn, patrol
High-Frequency Words: people, live, work, who, out
Phonics Target: Long i: i_e; Digraphs- wh, ch, tch, ph
Comprehension skills: Author's purpose
Comprehension strategy: Important ideas
Comprehension strategy: Important ideas
Genres: Expository Text
Written Expression: Predicate Expander "Where" (The sunflower blooms under the blazing sun.)
Reading Street Parent Connection:
Written Expression: Predicate Expander "Where" (The sunflower blooms under the blazing sun.)
Reading Street Parent Connection:
- Unit 2 Family talk letter for concept conversation starters and 6-week overview of the unit. (Sent home November 16th)
- Practice reading words (see white sheet sent home Wednesday) for Unit 2, Week 3 (third column).
Fundations: Unit 6, Week 1
Students will learn about...
Students will learn about...
- Base word and suffix with the suffix -s
- Pluralization
- Narrative fiction vs. informational books
- Reading with accuracy
- Sight Words: are, were
- Reading Selection: Jack's Bags
Math in Focus
Chapter 7
Numbers to 20
Prerequisite Skills: Count & compare to 10 , Make patterns (counting on/back)
Thinking Skills
- Analyzing patterns & relationships
Problem Solving Strategies
- Look for patterns
Objectives
Prerequisite Skills: Count & compare to 10 , Make patterns (counting on/back)
Thinking Skills
- Analyzing patterns & relationships
Problem Solving Strategies
- Look for patterns
Objectives
- Count on from 10-20
- Read and write 11-20 in numbers and words.
- Use a place value chart to show numbers to 20.
- Show objects up to 20 as tens and ones.
- Read and write 11-20 in numbers and words.
- Use a place value chart to show numbers to 20.
- Show objects up to 20 as tens and ones.
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Solids, Liquids and Gases
This week the students will continue to learn about the three types of matter.
- Mystery Bags: Students will try to
guess what was inside 5 different brown
bags by feeling the object inside. They
will be predicting, recording and
checking their guesses.
- Students will sort a list of things by
which type of matter it is (solid, liquid,
gas).
This week the students will continue to learn about the three types of matter.
- Mystery Bags: Students will try to
guess what was inside 5 different brown
bags by feeling the object inside. They
will be predicting, recording and
checking their guesses.
- Students will sort a list of things by
which type of matter it is (solid, liquid,
gas).
Social Studies
The Hat
How is The Hat similar and different from
the story The Mitten? Vocabulary: ridiculous,
startled, magnificent
Second Steps—We are continuing our
Empathy Unit by thinking about how people’s
emotions can change.
How is The Hat similar and different from
the story The Mitten? Vocabulary: ridiculous,
startled, magnificent
Second Steps—We are continuing our
Empathy Unit by thinking about how people’s
emotions can change.
Specialists
TUESDAY: Early Release
WEDNESDAY: Music
THURSDAY: P.E.
FRIDAY: Art; Music
Writing Workshop
Six Traits of Writing~ Ideas
This week I will be conferencing with the students about their animal riddle clues. Students will move onto their final draft of their animal riddle and complete the riddle with a picture of the animal they chose.
Parent Reminders
1. Our class went to the library today. Please remind your child to bring back their library book by next Monday, December 12th.
2. Early Release Tuesday, December 6th at noon!
3. Scholastic Book Club catalogs will be going home
tomorrow (Tuesday, December 6th). I know we just had the book fair and I
do not want anyone to feel pressure to order
more books. I had some parent requests for the
December catalogs and thought I would just send
them to everyone. If you want any “surprise”
books for your child, please let me know and I
can contact you when the books are in.) Orders
are due by Friday (Dec 9th) so the books can
be delivered before the holiday break.
(Online code—P9JVK).
4. DIBELs Winter benchmark testing will be
done with Ms. Nedde this week.
1. Our class went to the library today. Please remind your child to bring back their library book by next Monday, December 12th.
2. Early Release Tuesday, December 6th at noon!
3. Scholastic Book Club catalogs will be going home
tomorrow (Tuesday, December 6th). I know we just had the book fair and I
do not want anyone to feel pressure to order
more books. I had some parent requests for the
December catalogs and thought I would just send
them to everyone. If you want any “surprise”
books for your child, please let me know and I
can contact you when the books are in.) Orders
are due by Friday (Dec 9th) so the books can
be delivered before the holiday break.
(Online code—P9JVK).
4. DIBELs Winter benchmark testing will be
done with Ms. Nedde this week.
Have a fantastic week!
Miss Biggar
Homework for the Week
Daily
Reading Words (Phonics/Sight)
Reading Log (with discussion questions)
Number/Letter Formation
Number/Letter Formation
Monday: Reading Log (due on Friday)
Tuesday: Shape Hunt (due on Friday)
Wednesday: Dialogue Journal (due on Friday)
Thursday: December Celebrations (due on Friday)
Tuesday: Shape Hunt (due on Friday)
Wednesday: Dialogue Journal (due on Friday)
Thursday: December Celebrations (due on Friday)
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