Mrs. V Lessons

Mrs. V, an intervention specialist at our school, did a lesson with our students about her room and what her students do when they are learning with her.  She also came in to our classroom to do a Thanksgiving craft with our students!  

For the Week of 11/26/18

Reading:  We will be reading “Diary of a Worm” and other diary books to identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.  We will also ask and answer questions about key details in a text.  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.” **As a reminder, it depends on the schedule when I meet with guided reading groups each day.  I am not able to meet with every group every day.  If your child brings home the same book, he/she may reread that book, read a different book, or read 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 continue writing opinions about topics, and we will continue to learn how to support our opinion by writing detailed reasons.   We will soon use what we have learned about opinion writing to write book reviews.  I will continue to conference with students and reinforce the application of what we are learning.

Word Study/Spelling:

-Letter Name- Consonants Blends: pl, sl, bl, fl (plug, slip, blush, flag)

-Fry Words: how, will, up, other, about

-Grammar: Personal and possessive pronouns 

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 continuing to work on if both sides of a number sentence/equation are equal and how we can prove it.  We will also be working on identifying 2 and 3 digit numbers and number sequencing, starting at any number less than 120.

2nd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Habitats
Social Studies: Economics – we will learn about needs and wants.

Homework: A new homework log will be sent home after Thanksgiving break.Thank you for your continued home support!

Extras:

-Please make sure you are sending your child with a peanut-free snack!

-Back from Thanksgiving break on November 27^th!

-Winter/Holiday Celebration- December 20th

- End of 2^nd grading period- December 20^th

- Last student day before winter break- December 20^th

- Winter break for students: Dec. 21^st - Jan. 6^th (back on the 7th)

 

For the Week of 11/19/18

Due to the short week, there will be no new blog information posted about this week. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

For the Week of 11/12/18

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: We will be reading the non-fiction story, “Life in the Forest.”  Students will be identifying the main idea and retelling key details of the text. We will also discuss the author’s purpose and complete a KWL chart (what I knowabout animals in the forest, what I want to know, and what I learned).  We’ll be continuing guided reading and Daily 5/Centers.  As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression practice.

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

Writing: This quarter we are working on opinion writing. Students will learn how to write an opinion piece in which they introduce the topic or name of a book, state an opinion, supply detailed reasons for the opinion and provide a sense of closure. This week we will learn how to write a good conclusion to an opinion piece.  We will also continue to review how to write a good introduction and detailed reasons to defend our opinions. I will also continue to conference with students and reinforce the application of what we are learning.

Word Study/Spelling:

Beginning consonants and Blends: sc, sn, sw  (scan, snip, swim)

Read and Write Fry Words: an, each, which, she, do

Phonics- Continue Consonant Clusters s family (stick, scab, small, slid, snap, spin, swing) and Inflected ed ending  

Grammar: Singular and plural nouns with matching verbs

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, and our goal is to have students complete 15 addition facts in one

minute and 15 subtraction facts in one minute by the end of the year. Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common

core.This week, we will begin to learn if two number sentences are equal or not equal.  For example, 3+3=2+4 because they both equal 6. 

2nd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Habitats
Social Studies: Economics – we will learn about needs and wants.

Extras:

-Please continue to send in a nut free snack each day.

-Nov. 12^thpicture Re-take

-Nov. 13- Donut Day- please return the RSVP slip if a special person plans on attending with your child.  If you need another form, let me know.

Show Bullies Your Superpower Day

Students made capes about how they are super and how our school is super!  This is from our "Show Bullies Your Superpower Day" a few weeks ago.  

Playing with Snow

One of our students brought in pretend snow because we are learning about different habitats in science. We talked about how the 'snow' felt and compared it to real snow.  We also talked about some animals we would see in snowy habitats!  

Fall Festival Party

The students had so much fun at our fall festival party! They played a spider race game and a glow stick ring toss, as well as made a ghost craft! 

For the Week of 11/5/18

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading:  “It’s Moving Day” 

We will be working on comparing and contrasting “It’s Moving Day” to “Animals Building Homes” from last week.  We’ll also be continuing guided reading and daily five center activities. Please continue to read and monitor the book-in-a bag coming

home nightly.

As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression

practice. 

Writing: This quarter we are working on opinion writing. Students will learn how to write an opinion piece in which they introduce the topic or name of a book, state an opinion, supply detailed reasons for the opinion and provide a sense of closure. This week we will learn how to write a good introduction to an opinion piece.  We will also continue to review how to write good detailed reasons to defend our opinions. I will also continue to conference with students and reinforce the application of what we are learning.

Word Study/Spelling:

Beginning consonants and Blends:  sp, sk, sm  (spot, skip, small)

Read and Write Fry Words: your, can, said, there, use

Phonics- Continue Consonant Clusters s family (stick, scab, small, slid, snap, spin, swing) and introduce contractions (I’m, he’s, aren’t, we’ll) 

Grammar: Singular and plural nouns with matching verbs

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, and our goal is to have students complete 15 addition facts in one

minute and 15 subtraction facts in one minute by the end of the year. 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 discuss part-part-whole as well as start-change-result and write expressions to represent story problems. We will also begin working with number sentences through 20, as well as 20 frames.  

2nd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Habitats
Social Studies: Economics – we will learn about needs and wants.

Extras:

-Please continue to send in a nut free snack each day.

-Report cards went home Oct. 26^{th –} Please make sure you returned your envelope

-Nov. 13- Donut Day- please return the RSVP slip if a special person plans on attending with your child.  If you need another form, let me know.