November 7-11

For the week of 11/7/16
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: We will be reading the non-fiction story, “Life in the Forest.” Students will be identifying the main idea and retelling key details of the text. We will also discuss the author’s purpose and complete a KWL chart (what I know about animals in the forest, what I want to know, and what I learned). We’ll be continuing guided reading and Daily 5/Centers. As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression practice.

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

Writing: The first graders will continue writing their opinion pieces this week. First, they will learn to review a collection and make choices about which item in that collection is the best, writing defenses for those judgments. Second, the students will learn how to write a review about anything, such as toys, restaurants, video games, movies, etc. Finally, the students will learn to write about book reviews. They will summarize, evaluate, judge, and defend their judgments.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: Fry Read and Write Words: an, each, which, she, do
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:- Consonant Blends sc, sn, sw
Ex: scooter, scary, snap, snore, swish, swipe

Grammar: Continue singular and plural nouns with matching verbs; fix-up sentences (whole group and individually)

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 (the second quarter goal is 15 addition problems in one minute and 15 subtraction problems in one minute). Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core. Here are a couple examples of games the students will play this week:
*Counters in a Cup
*How Many Am I Hiding? (missing addends)

1st grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: The needs of animals
Social Studies: Economics and dividing time into categories

Extras:
• No School for Students: Tuesday, November 8th
• Veterans Day: Friday, November 11th