First Grade Newsletter
November 6-10th
Literacy
Reading Street: Unit 1 Week 5
Main selection: Get the Egg!
Weekly Question: Which wild animals live in our neighborhood?
Amazing Words: habitat, hatch, survive, chirp, croak, moist
High-Frequency Words: saw, tree, your, small
Phonics Target: Short e: e; Initial Consonant Blends (st-, bl-, pl-, gr-)
Comprehension skills: Main idea and Details
Comprehension strategy: Important Details
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Reading Street Parent Connection:
- Unit 1 Family Talk letter for concept conversation starters and 6 week overview of the unit.
- Family Times gives various activities that can be done at home that connect to the concept we're learning this week.
- Practice reading phonics and sight words for Unit 1, Week 5 (fifth column only).
Fundations: Unit 3 (Week 2 of 2)
** Unit 3 Test on Friday, November 9th**
Students will learn about...
Students will learn about...
- Introduced to digraphs: wh, sh, ch, th, ck
- Spell words with digraphs
- Observe the form of a narrative story (character, setting, and main events)
- Sight words: or, for
Math in Focus
Chapter 4
Subtraction Facts to 10
Thinking Skills
- Analyzing parts and a whole
Problem Solving Strategies
- Guess and check
Thinking Skills
- Analyzing parts and a whole
Problem Solving Strategies
- Guess and check
Objectives
- Take away to subtract
- Count on OR back to subtract
- Use number bonds to subtract
- Write and solve subtraction sentences.
- Tell subtraction
- Count on OR back to subtract
- Use number bonds to subtract
- Write and solve subtraction sentences.
- Tell subtraction
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Science
Light- Last week students discussed how light can pass through some objects, but not others. We reviewed the three types of objects: transparent, translucent, and opaque, and tested the first three objects (construction paper, wax paper, and plastic wrap). This week students are experimenting with the last three types of materials. They will be making predictions as to what they think the object is (transparent, translucent or opaque) and then using their flashlight to test the material. After they have tested a material, they will record the outcomes.
Social Studies
Thanksgiving Unit
We will be working on developing an understanding of life as a colonist and a Wampanoag Native American. We’ll start by learning about each of their homes.
Second Steps—We began our Empathy Unit last week with identifying feelings. This week Mrs. LaBella will be coming into our class to continue discussing strategies to help us with calming our emotions.
Specialists
MONDAY: Music
TUESDAY: NO SCHOOL!
WEDNESDAY: Music
THURSDAY: Early Release
FRIDAY: Art; Music
Writing Workshop
Genre Writing~ Narrative
This week we will begin our pre-write with brainstorming characters, the setting, and discuss problems vs. solutions of students' stories.
Writing Fluency-This week the class will complete their second fluency prompt. Each fluency prompt will be 5 minutes long. One minute for students to brainstorm ideas about the prompt's sentence starter and 4 minutes to write their ideas. The goals for each fluency prompt are to see growth in the number of words students write and to see students applying grammar and writing skills they are learning throughout the year.
Six Traits of Writing~ Ideas
When writing the stories, each student will be looking at their heart inventory paper to find ideas of what topic they would like to write about. Once the students have a topic, they will write five important details they want to share in their story about the topic. These details will be in one or two word phrases on the Five Finger Detail organizer. By giving students the organizer, the focus will be more on five solid details about the topic than writing a proper sentence.
This week we will begin our pre-write with brainstorming characters, the setting, and discuss problems vs. solutions of students' stories.
Writing Fluency-This week the class will complete their second fluency prompt. Each fluency prompt will be 5 minutes long. One minute for students to brainstorm ideas about the prompt's sentence starter and 4 minutes to write their ideas. The goals for each fluency prompt are to see growth in the number of words students write and to see students applying grammar and writing skills they are learning throughout the year.
When writing the stories, each student will be looking at their heart inventory paper to find ideas of what topic they would like to write about. Once the students have a topic, they will write five important details they want to share in their story about the topic. These details will be in one or two word phrases on the Five Finger Detail organizer. By giving students the organizer, the focus will be more on five solid details about the topic than writing a proper sentence.
Framing Your Thoughts ~ Connector ('and')
This week students will be practicing using the connector ('and') in bare bone sentences. Students will practice using this part of a sentence during literacy centers and convention writing time. This week’s mini-lessons will include:
- Choose a topic
- Use important details to tell about a topic
- Use uppercase at the beginning & punctuation at the end
- Use spacing between words
- Writers reread their writing to see if it makes sense and stays on topic.
Parent Reminders
1. Library day was yesterday. Please make sure you help your
child remember to bring in their
book for next Monday.
2. No school on Tuesday (11/6).
3. Scholastic Orders- November orders and money are due on Friday, November 9th.
4. Ten Frame Build Math Game— Play the ten frame game Wednesday and Thursday. On Thursday, please have your child record what his/her answers are when playing on the recording sheet passed out on Wednesday. This will allow me to see how your child is progressing with their number sense.
5. Just a heads up…photo retakes will be on Wednesday, November 14th.
6. Reading Phonics & Sight Word Lists (Unit 1)- Unit 1 Cards will be handed back next Tuesday, November 13th. Please practice Week 6 (the last column only) of your child's Reading Street word lists. I will be collecting the Reading Street Unit 1 sheets on Friday, November 16th to check-in with students for the last week. Thank you!
1. Library day was yesterday. Please make sure you help your
child remember to bring in their
book for next Monday.
2. No school on Tuesday (11/6).
3. Scholastic Orders- November orders and money are due on Friday, November 9th.
4. Ten Frame Build Math Game— Play the ten frame game Wednesday and Thursday. On Thursday, please have your child record what his/her answers are when playing on the recording sheet passed out on Wednesday. This will allow me to see how your child is progressing with their number sense.
5. Just a heads up…photo retakes will be on Wednesday, November 14th.
6. Reading Phonics & Sight Word Lists (Unit 1)- Unit 1 Cards will be handed back next Tuesday, November 13th. Please practice Week 6 (the last column only) of your child's Reading Street word lists. I will be collecting the Reading Street Unit 1 sheets on Friday, November 16th to check-in with students for the last week. Thank you!
Have a wonderful week!
Miss Biggar
Homework for the Week
Daily
Reading Log (with discussion questions)
Number/Letter Formation
Math Number Sense Games
This week's homework:
Reading Log (due on Friday)
Ten Frame Math Game (due on Friday) [Sent home on Wednesday]
Dialogue Journal #5 (due on Friday) [Sent home on Wednesday]
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