For the week of 10/23/2017

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading:  This week we will be reading a non-fiction story, “Animals Building Homes.”  We will focus on asking and answering questions about the key details in this text.  We will also be reviewing non-fiction text features (ex: heading, labels, captions, glossary, and index). 

Your child will continue to come home with a guided reading book to read in their “book in a bag.”  Please remember to practice reading your child’s book-in-a-bag with them.  Ask them comprehension questions, such as, “Who are the characters?” and “Tell me what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of this story.”  If we work on certain comprehension activities or strategies, you will find these activities in the folder that is in your child’s book in a bag.

Writing: Students will begin a new opinion writing unit.  First, they will learn to review a collection and make choices about which item in that collection is the best, writing defenses for those judgments.  Second, the students will learn how to write a review about anything, such as toys, restaurants, video games, movies, etc.  Finally, the students will learn to write about book reviews.  They will summarize, evaluate, judge, and defend their judgments.  I will continue to conference with students and reinforce the application of what we are learning.

 

Grammar: We will continue to review capitals and end marks as we continue editing lessons in writing workshop.  Remember your sentence checker (a sentence must include): capital letters, spaces, brave spelling, makes sense, and end marks!  We will also continue to work on common, proper, and possessive nouns.

Word Study/Spelling: 

Read and Write Words: Read and Write Words: what, all, were, we, when

Short vowel word families will be our focus for this quarter.  Word families share the same vowels/patterns and rhyme.

Feature/Pattern of the week:  Consonant Blends – s, -t, st       

Ex: saw, table, stand, star, stop 

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.  Our end-of-the-year 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.  We will focus on several activities to help us become more fluent with doubles and near doubles (3+3=6, 3+2=5, 3+4=7).    

1st grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Habitats
Social Studies: Seasons

Homework: Continue working on homework log for the month of October. Thank you for your home support!

Extras:

-Please make sure you are sending your child with a peanut-free snack!

-End of 1^st Grading Period: October 20^th

-Report cards sent home on October 27^th

-Fall Festival party on October 27^th