For the week of 8/28/2017

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: “The Busy Tree” (Non-Fiction Text) We will work on identifying the main idea of both a non-fiction and fiction text.

In the next few weeks, your child will be coming home with their daily guided reading book to practice in their “book in a bag.” Please remember to read your child’s book-in-a-bag nightly with them.

Writing: We will be introducing writing workshop and brainstorming small moments.  Students will work on writing about “small moments” as we begin our personal narrative writing unit. We will also be continuing to work on capitalization, end marks, and writing detailed sentences through mini-lessons. We will be focusing on the naming and telling part of a sentence.

Grammar: We will be reviewing what makes a COMPLETE sentence (conventions, spacing, capital letters, and neatness.). Identifying the naming and telling part of a sentence.

Word Study/Spelling: 

Read and Write Words:  is   in   that   it   you

Short vowel word families will be our focus for this quarter. Word families share the same vowels/patterns and rhyming words. We are working on short vowel “a.”

Feature/Pattern of the week: Word Families -  ap  ag  ad  (practice with –all)

Ex: tap, nap, flag, dad, sad, glad

Math: Our math lessons each day will include computational fluency, fact fluency, and core math instruction focused on the first grade common core math standards. Computational fluency will help the students to use the most effective and efficient strategies. Fact Fluency is working with both addition and subtraction facts within 10. By the end of the school year, one goal is for students to complete 22 addition facts in one minute and 22 subtraction facts in one minute. Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core.

1st grading period Science and Social Studies: Science: The Sun
Social Studies: How to be a good Craddock citizen and following school rules. 

Extras:

-Please make sure you are sending your child with a peanut free snack for the am.
-Getting to Know You Days – Last names beginning with M-L 8/28/2017

- Homework: At the end of the week, I will be sending home the first homework log for the month of September. The homework log can be returned at the end of each month. Thank you for your home support! 

- Behavior Communication Chart:  This will also start the month of September (next week).  The chart will stay in your child’s take home folder.  They will complete their chart daily to communicate if they were ready to learn or not throughout the day.  

- Please remember to go on Sign Up Genius to sign up for a Fall conference and to sign up as a guest reader!