Reading:
We will be reading the fiction story, “Ruby in her Own Time” from our reading
anthology book. We will focus on the
characters, setting, and a major event in the story. We will also discuss how the main character changed
throughout the book. 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.” **For our end of the quarter assessments and
report cards, I will be administering several individual assessments with the
students. As a result, I may not be able to follow my normal guided
reading schedule every day. Therefore, your child may not receive as many
guided reading books in the next few weeks. Please continue to practice
reading the book in bag with your child when they do bring it home. If
they do not bring a new book home that day, they can read another book or work
on raz-kids.
Writing: We will
continue our 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.
This week we will be working on revising and editing one opinion piece from
this quarter and celebrating our writing.
I will continue to conference with students and reinforce the
application of what we are learning.
Word Study/Spelling:
-Letter Name- Beginning
Sounds k, wh, qu, tw
-Fry Words- review
2nd column from Read and Write word list
-Grammar- use
verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future
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 15
addition facts in one minute and 15 subtraction facts in one minute. Our
core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the
common core. We will be introducing picture graphs based on survey
data this week. We will be conducting
class surveys and organizing the data.
2nd grading period Science and Social
Studies:
Science:
Basic needs of living things
Social Studies: Economics – we will learn about needs and wants.
Homework: Continue working on homework log for the
month. Thank you for your continued home support!
Extras:
-Please make sure you are
sending your child with a peanut-free snack!
- Holiday Shop- December 11th
-Spirit Week- December 18th-20th (Monday: team spirit day, Tuesday: Fashion disaster day, Wednesday: PJ and stuffed animal day)- $1 optional donation to Cleveland Clinic Children's Rehabilitation Center
-Social Studies class store-
December 19th
- Winter/Holiday Celebration-
December 20th
- End of 2nd grading
period- December 20th
- Last student day before
winter break- December 20th
- Winter break for students:
Dec. 21st - Jan. 2nd
