First Grade Newsletter
March 12th- 16th
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 1
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
Physical Science
Sound Waves
This week students will be learning about how sound travels over a distance through vibration waves. They will be using string phones to experiment whether then can hear a friend speak quietly through the phone.
Decomposition of Pumpkin
This week students will also be making another prediction and observation notes about our class pumpkin.
Sound Waves
This week students will be learning about how sound travels over a distance through vibration waves. They will be using string phones to experiment whether then can hear a friend speak quietly through the phone.
Decomposition of Pumpkin
This week students will also be making another prediction and observation notes about our class pumpkin.
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: P.E.
WEDNESDAY: Music
THURSDAY: Early Release
FRIDAY: Art; Music
Writing Workshop
Six Traits of Writing: Organization
This week students will listen 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 will have students choose an emotion we discuss and brainstorm. I will give 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.
Genre Writing: When I Grow Up
This week students will begin to brainstorm four careers that they want to have when they are older. They will brainstorm and illustrate those careers. Once they choose four, they will choose two careers that they know more information about and have strong opinions towards. Each career will have three reasons why the student wants to have that career when they are older.
This week's mini-lesson will include...
- What is voice?
- How does word choice help with voice?
Six Traits of Writing: Organization
This week students will listen 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 will have students choose an emotion we discuss and brainstorm. I will give 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.
Genre Writing: When I Grow Up
This week students will begin to brainstorm four careers that they want to have when they are older. They will brainstorm and illustrate those careers. Once they choose four, they will choose two careers that they know more information about and have strong opinions towards. Each career will have three reasons why the student wants to have that career when they are older.
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 15th.
5. Spring Conferences- Please let me know via email or note if you are unable to make your scheduled conference time. Thank you!
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
Math Number Sense Games
Coin Games
Coin Games
This week's homework:
Reading Log (due on Friday)
Go Fish! (Pairs of 10) Recording Sheet & Math Fact Check In (due Friday)
Dialogue Journal (due on Friday) [Sent home on Wednesday]
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