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.