For the week of 9/10/2018

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading:“Pig in a Wig” (Fiction Text)- We will work on retelling the story using the beginning, middle, and end.  We will retell the story using pictures, as well as writing sentences in our own words.  

We will be continuing Guided Reading.  This is where I have the opportunity to work with your child at his/her reading level.  Your child will begin to come home with their guided reading book to practice in their “book in a bag.” Please remember to read your child’s book-in-a-bag with them.  It is important to always return “the book in a bag” the next day.  Depending on the schedule, students may not bring home a book every day, or may bring home the same book to work on for multiple nights. Thank you!! 

Writing: We will be continuing writing workshop and brainstorming small moments for our personal narrative writing unit. Students will continue to work on writing about personal “small moments”. The students will learn how to write a story across pages with an introduction, details, and ending.  We will also be continuing to work on capitalization, end marks, and writing detailed sentences through mini-lessons. This week we will continue to focus on adding details in our writing, to answer questions such as who, what, when, where, why and how.  We will also work on stretching out sounds in words when writing.

Grammar: We will be introducing nouns this week. We will review the naming part of a sentence and discussing how this is a noun.  We will look for nouns in sentences that we have written.  

Word Study/Spelling:  

Read and Write Words:  he   was   for on   are

Short vowel word families will be our focus for this quarter. Word families share the same vowels/patterns and rhyming words. We are working on short vowel “i.” 

Feature/Pattern of the week: Word Families -  ip, ig, ill  

Ex: lip, hip, pig, wig, fill, pill

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. By the end of the school year, one goal is for 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.   We are also working on building and decomposing numbers using bundles (10 popsicle sticks bound together) and sticks (individual sticks).  We will continue introducing story problems within 10 and practice writing number sentences that match the problems.  

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

Extras:

-Please make sure you are sending your child with a peanut free, non-messy snack for the am. 

-Please return the Hiram Field Trip permission slips and the Aurora Reads permission slips. **Our Field Trip day is October 2^nd. 

- Homework: I sent home the first homework log for the month of September. The homework log can be returned at the end of each month. There are homework ideas on the back JThank you for your home support! 

- Behavior Communication Chart:  This also started this week. The chart will stay in your child’s take home folder. They will complete their chart daily to communicate if they were ready to learn or not throughout the day.  

- I sent home log in information for raz-kids.

- Everyone should have received an email about Sign Up Genius- to sign up as a guest reader if you would like 😊