September 12-16

For the week of 9/12/2016
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: This week we will be reading the story, “The Big Blue Ox.” Students will work on identifying the characters, setting, and main idea of this story. The first graders will also take their first mini summative assessment (fiction) this week, which means they will read a passage/story and answer a few questions about the text. We will send this information home and share the results with you as well.

Your child will be coming home with their daily guided reading book to read in their “book in a bag.” Please remember to practice reading your child’s book-in-a-bag nightly with them. Ask them comprehension questions, such as, “Who are the characters?” and “Tell me what happened in this story.”

Writing: Students will continue writing about “small moments” throughout our personal narrative writing unit. We will also work on capitalization, end marks and writing detailed sentences through mini-lessons.
Grammar: We will continue to review nouns and introduce verbs this week.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: as with his they I
Short vowel word families will be our focus for this quarter. Word families share the same vowels/patterns and rhyme.
Feature/Pattern of the week:- Word Families op ot og (short o)
Ex: top, mop, got, hog, fog, jog

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 22 addition facts in one minute and 22 subtraction facts in one minute. Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core.

1st grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: The Sun
Social Studies: How to be a good Craddock citizen and following school rules.

Homework: Continue working on homework log.☺ Thank you for your home support!

Extras:
Please make sure you are sending your child with a peanut free snack for the am.
End of 1st Grading Period: October 13th