For the week of 10/16/17

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading:  “Places Plants and Animals Live” (Non-Fiction Text) Focus on the main idea and key details.  Students will be working on asking answering questions to help figure out the meaning of the words in a non-fiction text. We’ll be continuing guided reading and centers.  As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression practice.  Please continue to read and monitor the book-in-a bag coming home.

Writing: We are beginning a new writing unit on Opinion writing. Students will write an opinion piece in which they introduce the topic or name of a book, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion and provide since of closure. Well will continue to work on using upper and lower case letters in the correct manner as well as punctuation.

Word Study/Spelling:  Digraphs sh, ch, th, wh

Fry Words: had, by, words, but, not

Phonics- Mixed Diagraphs

Grammar: Common, proper and possessive nouns

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. At our goal is to have students 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: Maps

Extras:

-No school Oct. 13^th

-Oct. 18^th Fire safety assembly (1:00)

-Oct. 25^th Yankee Candle pick up Craddock Cafeteria

4-7pm

-End of the grading period Oct. 20^th

-Fall Festival Party Oct. 27th 

-Report cards go out Oct. 27^th