For the week of 10/1/2018

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading:  This week we will be reading the story, “The Wind and the Sun”, and comparing it to the book “Sun”.  We will learn how to explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information.  We will also review retelling “The Wind and the Sun” by focusing on the characters, setting, beginning, middle, and end. Students will continue to work on identifying the text features in non-fiction books. 

Your child will come home with his/her guided reading book to read in their “book in a bag.”  Please remember to practice reading your child’s book-in-a-bag nightly with them.  Ask them comprehension questions, such as, “Who are the characters?” and “Tell me what happened in this story” – beginning, middle, end.  

**Guided reading will be slowing down the next few weeks due to individual assessments for the end of the quarter.  Your child will be coming home with less guided reading books in the next couple weeks. 

Writing: Students will continue writing about “small moments” throughout our personal narrative writing unit.  We will also work on capitalization, end marks and writing detailed sentences through mini-lessons. The children will soon choose one of their best stories to focus on for revising, editing, and publishing. 

Grammar:We will continue to review verbs this week. We will also review capitals and end marks as we learn how to edit our stories in writing workshop.

Word Study/Spelling:  

Fry Words:           of     and   you   was   are

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:- Word Families   et   eg  en  (short e)

Ex: get, pet, leg, peg, hen, pen 

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.  Please do not be concerned if your child is not close to 15 because we will continue to work on this throughout the year.  Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core. The children will continue to work on building 2-digit numbers (with base ten blocks, digit cards) and compare both numbers with <, >, and = symbols.  We will really focus on ways to make ten, and extend to the next decade.  For example, what goes with 7 to make 10 and what goes with 17 to make 20.  We will write addition and subtraction number sentences using the combinations of 10.

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

Homework: Continue working on homework log. You can send back the September one for your child to earn 5 extra Schaefer dollars to buy class rewards. The October one was sent home on Thursday. JThank you for your home support!

Extras:

·      Please make sure you are sending your child with a peanut free snack for the am.  

·      Autumn Assessment days (last names A-Lon September 28^th) and (last names M-Zon October 1^stunless we have discussed a switch)

·      Field trip to Hiram College: Miss Schaefer’s class on Tuesday, October 2^rd - please remember to pack a bagged lunch and dress for the weather and walking! 

·      No School October 11^thor 12^th

·      Teacher/Parent Conferences: Week of Oct. 15^th– you should have received an email to sign up on sign up genius. 

·      End of 1^stGrading Period: October 19^th