December 5th- 9th Newsletter

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

Comprehension skills: Author's purpose
Comprehension strategy: Important ideas

Genres:  Expository Text
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...

• 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

                                                                                  - 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.

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Science

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). 

Social Studies

          Jan Brett Author Study 

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.

 Specialists

MONDAY: Music 

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.

Have a fantastic week! 

Miss Biggar

Homework for the Week

 Daily

Reading Words (Phonics/Sight)

Reading Log (with discussion questions)
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)