For the week of 2/5/18

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading:  We will be reading a non-fiction text called “Childhood Stories of George Washington”, and we will focus on asking and answering questions about key details in the text.  The children will find evidence in the text to help them respond to questions.  We will also be reading a passage about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and the children will describe the connection between these two individuals.  They will write about the similarities and differences between the two presidents.  

*Please continue to read your child’s book-in-a-bag nightly with them.

Writing:  The first graders will continue their informational writing unit.  We will also be continuing to work on capitalization, end marks and writing detailed sentences through mini-lessons.  During this unit, each child will write information books about lots of different topics and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise (they will name a topic, give facts, and provide a sense of closure).

Word Study/Spelling: 

Fry Words: no, way, could, people, my

Feature/Pattern of the week: ill, ell, all

Grammar: Introduce Determiners (few, many, several)

Phonics: Affricates (dr, j, tr, ch) and inflected endings

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 continue to focus on story problems.  We will write the correct expression/number sentence focusing on the start, the change, and the result.  The children will also have to solve and label their answers.  We will also focus on place value.

3^rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Comparing living and non-living things
Social Studies:  Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:

-Feb. 14^th- Happy Valentine’s Day- we will pass out valentines.

-Feb. 15^th- Our class Valentine’s party

-Feb. 16^th- No school for students- Teacher In-service Day

-Feb. 19^th- No school- President’s Day

-Week of Feb. 26^th- Book Fair Week- more info coming home soon