For the week of 2/4/19

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading:  We will be reading the non-fiction book, “Penguins” by Anne Schreiber and comparing it with the story, “Little Penguin’s Tale” by Audrey Wood.  Students will work on retelling the stories (beginning, middle, and end) and explaining the differences between fiction and non-fiction texts.

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

Writing:  The first graders will continue their informational writing unit.  We will also be continuing to work on capitalization, end marks and writing detailed sentences through mini-lessons.  During this unit, each child will write information books about lots of different topics and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise (they will name a topic, give facts, and provide a sense of closure).

Word Study/Spelling: 

Fry Words: look, two, more, write, number

Feature/Pattern of the week: ag, eg, ig, og, ug

Grammar: Adjectives (continue to review)

Phonics: Consonant clusters: s family and possessives

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. This week, we will continue to work on place value (hundreds, tens, and ones), as well as story problems with the unknown in each position.  

1st grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Water (properties)
Social Studies:  Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:

-Feb. 14^th: Valentine’s Day (pass out Valentines and class party) 

-Feb. 15^th: Teacher Work Day (No School)

-Feb. 18^th: Presidents’ Day (No School)