March 6th-10th Newsletter

First Grade Newsletter

March 6th- 10th

Literacy

Reading Street: Unit 4 Week 1

Main selection:  Mama's Birthday Present

Weekly Question:  How can a surprise be a treasure?
Amazing Words: 
High-Frequency Words: about, enjoy, give, surprise, worry, would
Phonics Target: Vowel digraphs ai. ay; Single and plural possessives

Comprehension skills: Draw Conclusions
Comprehension strategy: Monitor and Clarify

Genres:  Realistic Fiction
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 1 (first column). 

Fundations: Unit 10, Week 1

Students will learn about...

• Suffix -s, -ed, and -ing
• Vowel team sounds: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo
• Sight Words: any. many
• 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

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Science

Weather & the Seasons
This week's focus will include...
- Weather is "what it is like outside".
- Weather may be wet, dry, cloudy, sunny, windy, or still. 
- Weather often changes. 
- Temperature: how hot or cold something is.
     

Social Studies

   We will use our Social Studies time for Science this lessons this week. 
Second Steps- We will begin our last unit on Problem Solving. This week we will be focusing on a lesson all about naming the problem.

 Specialists

MONDAY: Music; Library

TUESDAY: Early Release

WEDNESDAY: Music

THURSDAY: P.E.

FRIDAY: Art; Music

Writing Workshop
Six Traits of Writing: Organization
     This week, students will be continuing to work on their how-to writing pieces. We will also be listening to a story all about emotions and how those emotions are described with specific words and phrases. 

This week's mini-lesson will include...
- What is voice? 
- How does word choice help with voice? 

     

                   Parent Reminders

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. Before School Help-  Thursday mornings at 8 a.m. 
5. Scholastic Book Club: Orders and money are due on Friday, March 10th. 
6. Math Facts- As I check in with your child, I will send a note home about which rules they still need to work on. If they have the majority of the math facts mastered, I will send home the subtraction fact cards. Keep up the good work! 
7. Fry 200 Words- I have sent home a list of sight words your child should know by the end of first grade.
8. On Dr. Seuss' birthday, we had a special reader... Mrs. Kathy Clancy came and read to our class! Students were able to ask questions and tell her about their favorite part of our new school. 

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: Math  (due on Friday)
Wednesday: Dialogue Journal (due on Friday)

Thursday: Comprehension (due on Friday)