Week of November 14th-November 18th

 

First Grade Newsletter

November 14th-November 18th

Literacy

KNOWLEDGE

Reading Street: Unit 2 Week 5

Main selection:  Life in the Forest

Weekly Question:  How are plant and animal communities important to each other? 

Comprehension skills: Author's Purpose

Comprehension strategy: Background Knowledge

Genres:  Expository Text

PHONICS

Fundations: Unit 5 (Week 1 of 3)

• Skill(s): Glued sound -an, -am; Narrative story form: character, setting, main events; Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Trick Words: from, have 
• Review Trick Words: the, a, and, is, his, of, as, has, to, into, we, he, she, be, me, you, your, was, one
• Alphabetical order*Please note that Unit 1 of Fundations and Lively Letters are very fast paced reviews of the alphabet letter sounds and formations taught extensively in Kindergarten.

Math in Focus

Chapter 2

Addition and Subtraction within 10

Pre-requisite skills and number sense

**Test on Wednesday, November 16th**

Objectives

-  Count from 0 to 10 objects 

-  Read and write 0 to 10 in numbers and words

                            - Compare two sets of objects by using one-to-one correspondence 

                                 -  Identify the set that has more, fewer, or the same number of object

                                 - Identify the number that is greater than or less than another number

-                                -  Make number patterns

Science

Patterns in the Sky

This week students will learn about the moon's facts and figures as well as the stars.

Social Studies

Responsible Citizen

Last students took a look into the past and unpacking life long ago. They learned about an old school, a child's room, a farm, and a kitchen by looking through artifacts (pictures) and completed a sort of different old pieces. 

 This week students explain how homes, clothing, transportation, food, entertainment, and technology have changed over time.

 Specialists

 

MONDAY: Music

TUESDAY: P.E.

WEDNESDAY: Art

THURSDAY: Music 

FRIDAY: P.E.

  

Writing Workshop

Students will also begin the planning process of their own narrative story about Tom the Turkey. During this time, students will think about the important details of their writing before they begin their first draft.

                 

                   Parent Reminders

1.  Library- Our class' library day and time is every Thursday from 2:00PM-2:30PM.

2.    Please be sure your child returns their school folder to school everyday.  Also, please check it each day for important handouts and homework assignments. I will write about specific handouts that you should be looking for throughout the week in this section of the newsletter.

3.    Children should bring in a small healthy snack (separate from their lunch) to have in class at 10:00 a.m. Please make sure that it is nut-sensitive and has no glass products.

4.    Homework Update: This week your child will begin homework. In your child's red homework folder, you will see 4 sheet protectors and a recording page. Please keep the pages in the sheet protectors unless you are filling out the reading log. Once you have filled out the Reading Log, please make sure the paper gets back into the sheet protector. I will collect the red folders on Friday and take out all of the completed work.

a. Cluster Card 4 Math Activity: Please have your child watch and participate in the Cluster Card 4 video (posted on Bloomz) throughout the week. Choose 1 day for your child to complete the math activity sheet after watching the video. This recording sheet will be turned in completed on Friday.

b. Reading (Activity) Log: The first page in the sheet protector will be your child's reading or activity log. This log will be collected every week on Friday when your child brings their red homework folder back. Please check off the boxes of what activities you have complete on specific days. For the Discussion Question box, please fill in the questions that you discussed with your child while reading 1 out of the 4 days.

c. Phonics Word List: Your child should read their word list every day.

d. Pen pal Journal: Students will bring home their journals home to write 1 pen pal letter for the week. If I have written a letter to your child, please have your child read the letter and respond to it. If I did not respond to your child's letter from last week, your child can write a letter about something that they want to tell me about.

5. Login Sheet- The online websites that are listed on the login sheet are extra from the the homework given to your child unless stated otherwise. Lexia is a great program for students to practice their current phonics skills at home. I Know It Math is great math skill practice when I assign review or current skill practice activities.

6. Before School Help on Thursday at 8AM.

Have a fantastic week!

Mrs. Ash

Homework

Your child brought home a red homework folder today. Inside the folder is a reading log and math activity with materials. I will also include individual login information for all of our online platforms. This week students should be reading for 10 minutes, read phonics word list everyday, write 1 penpal journal entry, and play the cluster card math activity. 

Your child also will bring home their penpal journal this week. Please read my letter and have your child respond to it in 1 penpal letter. In future weeks, if I did not write to your child, your child can write to me about anything s/he wants. Once your child has finished his/her letter, return it to school. If I did not receive your child's journal last week, please have your child write a letter to me this week and I will check both letters once the journal is turned in. 

The homework folder and journal should always be brought to school in your child's backpack, but only returned on Fridays.