First Grade Newsletter
March 13th- 17th
Literacy
Reading Street: Unit 4 Week 2
Main selection: Cinderella
Weekly Question: How can a story be a treasure?
Amazing Words: delightful, tangle, imagination, peer, original, royal, carve, sighed
High-Frequency Words: colors, draw, drew, great, over, show
Phonics Target: Vowel digraphs ea; Adding Endings -es/-s, -ed, -ing
Amazing Words: delightful, tangle, imagination, peer, original, royal, carve, sighed
High-Frequency Words: colors, draw, drew, great, over, show
Phonics Target: Vowel digraphs ea; Adding Endings -es/-s, -ed, -ing
Comprehension skills: Theme
Comprehension strategy: Visualize
Comprehension strategy: Visualize
Genres: Fairy Tale
Written Expression: Predicate Expander "When" (The sun shines in the afternoon.)
Reading Street Parent Connection:
Written Expression: Predicate Expander "When" (The sun shines in the afternoon.)
Reading Street Parent Connection:
- Unit 3 Family talk letter for concept conversation starters and 6-week overview of the unit. (Sent home March 6th)
- Practice reading words (see white sheet sent home Friday) for Unit 4, Week 2 (second column).
Fundations: Unit 10, Week 2
Students will learn about...
- Closed syllables with 5 sounds
- Suffix -s, -ed, and -ing
- Sight Words: now, down, how
- Unit Story: The Skunk
Math in Focus
Chapter 12
Numbers to 40
Pre-requisite
skills: Count on from 10-20, Read place value charts, Compare/order
numbers to 20, Make number patterns (skip counting 10-20).
Thinking Skills
- Analyzing parts and whole
- Sequencing and comparing
Problem Solving Strategies
- Look for patterns
- Use before-and-after concept
Objectives
- Count on/Read/Write numbers 21-40 in numbers and words.
- Use a place-value chart to show numbers to 40
- Show objects to 40 as tens and ones
- Use a strategy to compare numbers to 40
- Compare and order numbers to 40
- Find the missing number in a number pattern
Thinking Skills
- Analyzing parts and whole
- Sequencing and comparing
Problem Solving Strategies
- Look for patterns
- Use before-and-after concept
Objectives
- Count on/Read/Write numbers 21-40 in numbers and words.
- Use a place-value chart to show numbers to 40
- Show objects to 40 as tens and ones
- Use a strategy to compare numbers to 40
- Compare and order numbers to 40
- Find the missing number in a number pattern
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Science
Weather & the Seasons
Last week, we covered what weather is, all of the different types of weather, important vocabulary (temperature, air pressure, moisture, evaporation), and our first type of weather: snow. We learned about how snow is created and the different patterns of snow. Students were able to observe pictures of snowflakes under a microscope as well as how each snowflake gets its unique shape.
This week's focus will include...
- Rain
- Why it rains (water vapor forming into raindrops in clouds)
- Different patterns of rain
- Different types of clouds: cirrus, cumulous, stratus, cumulonimbus
Last week, we covered what weather is, all of the different types of weather, important vocabulary (temperature, air pressure, moisture, evaporation), and our first type of weather: snow. We learned about how snow is created and the different patterns of snow. Students were able to observe pictures of snowflakes under a microscope as well as how each snowflake gets its unique shape.
This week's focus will include...
- Rain
- Why it rains (water vapor forming into raindrops in clouds)
- Different patterns of rain
- Different types of clouds: cirrus, cumulous, stratus, cumulonimbus
Social Studies
We will use our Social Studies time for Science this lessons this week. Second Steps- We will continue our lesson on Problem Solving. Last week we learned the first two steps of problem solving, S- Say the problem and T- Think of solutions. This week we will be learning about the last two steps in how to solve problems, E-Explore consequences and P-Pick the best solution
Specialists
MONDAY: Music; Library
TUESDAY: P.E.
WEDNESDAY: Music
THURSDAY: Early Release
FRIDAY: Art; Music
Writing Workshop
Six Traits of Writing: Organization
Last week, we listened to a story all about emotions and how those emotions are described with specific words, phrases and illustrated with specific colors. After reading the story, I had students choose an emotion we had discusses and brainstormed. I gave students 3 minutes to finger paint a picture that they felt showed the emotion they chose. This week, students will be continuing to think of specific words to go with different emotions. We will also be continuing to work on our how-to writing pieces.
This week's mini-lesson will include...
- What is voice?
- How does word choice help with voice?
Six Traits of Writing: Organization
Last week, we listened to a story all about emotions and how those emotions are described with specific words, phrases and illustrated with specific colors. After reading the story, I had students choose an emotion we had discusses and brainstormed. I gave students 3 minutes to finger paint a picture that they felt showed the emotion they chose. This week, students will be continuing to think of specific words to go with different emotions. We will also be continuing to work on our how-to writing pieces.
This week's mini-lesson will include...
- What is voice?
- How does word choice help with voice?
1. Our library time is Mondays at 1 p.m. Please have books brought back to school by the Friday before or Monday morning.
2. Reading passages are due on Thursday. Reading Street Word Lists are due on Friday.
3. Please make sure to record the comprehension questions you discuss with your child on the reading log each night. Thank you!
4. Early release at noon on Thursday, March 16th.
5. Spring Conferences- Please let me know via email or note if you are unable to make your scheduled conference time. Thank you!
6. Before School help is cancelled this Thursday morning due to conferences. We will start up again next week. Our focus is math and number sense. Please let me know if you would like your child to join.
Have a fabulous week!
Miss Biggar
Homework for the Week
Daily
Reading Words (Phonics/Sight)
Reading Log (with discussion questions)
Number/Letter Formation
Number/Letter Formation
Tuesday: Math (due on Friday)
Wednesday: Dialogue Journal (due on Friday)
Thursday: Comprehension (due on Friday)
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