For the Week of 9/4/2017

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: “Pig in a Wig” (Fiction Text) We will continue working on identifying the main idea of a fiction text.  We will also work on retelling a story, focusing on beginning, middle, and end.

I will be starting Guided Reading this week.  This is where I have the opportunity to work with your child at his/her reading level. Your child will be coming home with their 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.  It is important to always return “the book in a bag” the next day.  Thank you!!

Writing: We will be continuing writing workshop and brainstorming small moments.  Students will work on writing about personal “small moments” as we continue our personal narrative writing unit. The students are learning how to write a story across pages with an introduction, details, and ending. They have learned how to plan before writing, and we started to focus on revising by adding detailed sentences.  We will also be continuing to work on capitalization, spelling, and end marks through mini-lessons.  While the students write, I will conference with the children every week to reinforce the application of what we are learning.    

Grammar: We will be reviewing what makes a COMPLETE sentence and identifying the naming and telling part of a sentence.  We will really focus on the naming part and learn what a noun is.

Word Study/Spelling: 

Read and Write Words:  he   was   for  on  are

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 “i.”

Feature/Pattern of the week: Word Families -  ip  ig  ill 

Ex: lip, hip, dig, pig, bill, pill

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.   We are also working on place value- that a number is made up of tens and ones.  The kids then use their knowledge of tens and ones when adding and subtracting.  This week we will practice building numbers within 100- really focusing on building numbers that are 10 more and 10 less.  We will start to talk about story problems, and learn about a number sentence, answer, and labeling an answer.

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, non messy snack for the am.

- Homework: I sent home the first homework log for the month of September on Friday. The homework log can be returned at the end of each month. There are ideas for how to practice with homework on the back of the log. J Thank you for your home support!

- Behavior Communication Chart:  This will also start next week for the month of September.  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 send back your child’s field trip form for our Hiram field trip.

-Everyone should have received emails from Sign Up Genius- to sign up for a Fall conference and to sign up as a guest reader.