May 27th-May 31st Newsletter

First Grade Newsletter

May 27th-31st

Literacy

Reading Street: Unit 5 Week 5

Main selection: Alexander Graham Bell: A Great Inventor

Weekly Question:  How can a great idea change the way we live?
Amazing Words: determined, inventor, stable, technology, stalled, biplane, sketch, speech
High-Frequency Words: built, early, learn, science, through
Phonics Target: Vowel pairs: aw, au  (draw, launch); syllable pattern- diphthongs/digraphs (toybox)

Comprehension skills: Sequence
Comprehension strategy: Text Structure

Genres: Biography
Written Expression: Predicate Expander "Why" (Kids work so they can learn.)
Reading Street Parent Connection:

• Unit 5 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 5, Week 5 (fifth column). 

Fundations: Unit 12, Week 1,2 & 3

Students will learn about...

• Two syllable words ending with -ic (i.e. picnic, panic)
• Add suffix -s to words (i.e. cupcakes)
• Trick Words: Mr., Mrs., been, little, own, want 

Math in Focus

Chapter 16: Numbers to 120
**Chapter 16 Test on Wednesday, May 30th**

Prerequisite Skills: Use ordinal numbers and positions

Thinking Skills

- Comparing

- Identifying patterns and relationships

Problem Solving Strategies  

                                            - Look for patterns

           Objectives

- Use a place value chart to show numbers to 100.

- Show objects up to 100 as tens and ones.

- Compare and order numbers to 100 using a strategy.

- Find the missing numbers in a number pattern.

- Compare numbers to 100 using the symbols <, > and =.

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Science

Patterns in the Sky
The Moon & Stars
     This week students will learn about the facts and figures of the moon. Students will also learn about the stars throughout this week. 
Life Science
Birds of a Feather Flock Together
This week students will be brainstorming ideas about the essential questions for this unit, "What do we know about birds?", "What birds to do we know?", and "What details do we know about them?". Students will also learn about the different external parts of a bird and discuss the different types of beaks.
     

Social Studies

Quality & Traits Unit
This week the students will be learning about the last famous American, Annie Oakley, and discussing her qualities and traits.

 Specialists

MONDAY: No School!

TUESDAY: P.E.

WEDNESDAY: Music

THURSDAY: P.E.

FRIDAY: Art; Music

Writing Workshop

This week students will be completing the planning stages of a letter to a Kindergartener and finishing up any unfinished writing.

     

                   Parent Reminders

1. No library this week. We will be going to the Scholastic Book Fair during our library time to preview the books. 
2. Reading passages are due on Thursday. Reading Street Word Lists are due on Friday. 
3. "Reading is thinking!" The most important part of your child's reading blog is the discussion they have with you about the books. Please mark down which questions you  discuss. Thanks!
5. Scholastic Catalog- I will be sending home the June Scholastic catalog this week. All orders are due on Wednesday, June 5th. 
6. Each student needs to bring in a snack everyday to school. If this is not possible for you, please let me know and we can work something out. Thank you!
7. Wish List: paper towels and Clorox wipes. If you have sent supplies in with your child, thank you for donating!
8. 
9. Celebration of Learning- Thank you to everyone who made it last Thursday to Celebration of Learning! 
10. Stone Zoo- The children had so much fun at the zoo last Friday! They did a great job being the experts of their animal they researched and sharing information with the rest of their group.
11. Biography Project- Each child was assigned a famous American last week to research. The biography project is due on Friday, May 31st.
13. American Symbols Play is Friday, June 14th from 9:30 to 10:30 in our school gymnasium. The kids have been busy practicing. We hope you can make it!

Have a fantastic week! 

Miss Biggar

Homework for the Week

 Daily

Reading Words (Phonics/Sight)
Reading Street Reading Word List

Reading Log (with discussion questions)
Number/Letter Formation
Addition Math Facts to 10 (ALL)

Math Number Sense Games
Coin Games
Sight Word Reading & Spelling

Biography Project

This week's homework:

 Reading Log (due on Friday) [Sent home on Tuesday]
Math Fact Check-In (due on Friday) [Sent home on Tuesday]

 Dialogue Journal (due on Friday) [Sent home on Wednesday]
Biography Project (due on Friday) [Sent home on Monday, May 21st]