For the Week of 10/21/19

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading:  “Places Plants and Animals Live” (Non-Fiction Text)

We will focus on the main idea and key details.  Students will be working on asking and answering questions to help figure out the meaning of the words in a non-fiction text. We’ll be continuing guided reading and daily five. As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression practice.  Please continue to read and monitor the book-in-a bag coming home nightly.

Writing: We are finishing publishing and sharing our small moment stories. We are

then beginning a new writing unit on opinion writing.

Students will write an opinion piece in which they introduce the topic

or name of a book, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion and

provide since of closure. Well will continue to work on using upper and

lower case letters in the correct manner as well as punctuation.

Word Study/Spelling: 

Fry Words: has, got, first

Phonics- Digraphs th, wh (thumb, this, whip, when)

Grammar: Common, proper and possessive nouns (introduce)

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. Our core lessons will

include hands-on math activities and games that support the common

core.  We are focusing on fractions this week (fourths/quarters and halves).

1st grading period Science and Social Studies:

Science: Habitats

Social Studies: Maps

Extras:

-End of the first grading period: Oct. 18th

-Report cards come home: October 25th (please sign and return your child's envelope only).

-Fall Festival (Kids can bring their costumes to school for the party): October 31st