What We’re Learning This Week: Week of August 20, 2018

Reading: “Day of Firsts” (Fiction Text) we will be working on identifying the characters, setting and major events of a story in order.

In the next few weeks your child will begin coming home with their daily book to read in their “book in a bag.” Please remember to read your child’s book-in-a-bag nightly with them. (Keep an eye out for the bag) J

Writing: We will be introducing writing workshop and working on various writing activities.  We will also be continuing to work on capitalization, end marks and writing detailed sentences through mini-lessons. We will be focusing on the naming and telling part of a sentence.

Grammar: We will be reviewing what makes a “good sentence.” We are focusing on making a COMPLETE sentence (Conventions, spacing, Capital letters, neatness.).. We will also practice identifying the naming and telling piece of a sentence.

Word Study/Spelling: This week we are going to dive deep into what Spelling time would look like in our classroom. We will be practicing how to take a “Celebrations of Knowledge” aka spelling tests. The students will get familiar with spelling expectations and practicing writing words. Next week we will provide the following areas:

Fry Words:  *The first grade list will be sent home at the end of this week 

Feature/Pattern of the week: - Word Families       

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. We are working towards students to 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.

1st grading period Science and Social Studies:Science: The Sun
Social Studies: How to be a good Craddock citizen and following school rules.

Homework/Ready to Learn Behavior Chart: See homework and Ready to Learn log starting in September. Thank you for your home support!

Extras:

-Please make sure you are sending your child with a nut free snack for the morning. 

-Please send back any paperwork that was passed out during meet and greet 

-PTO information was included in the meet and greet packet.  This gives directions on signing up for volunteering and different events. 

-You will be getting an email to sign-up as a mystery reader soon!. 
-Blue Ribbon Reader_-packets are due back no later than Tuesday, Aug. 21^st. The Blue Ribbon Reader Even will be Thursday, Aug. 30^thright after school.