Scientists at Work!

Arin ~ Creating Clean Water




Will ~ Shiny Penny



Riley ~ Lava Lamp



Katelyn ~ Making a Magnet



Zane ~ Light & Rainbows



Kaylie ~ Lava Lamp



Ella ~ Floating Egg



Delaney ~ Volcano

May 15-19

For the week of 5/15/17
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: We will be reading the story, “The Night Before Summer Vacation.” Students will work on identifying the main idea and retelling key details of this text. They will also identify how characters’ experiences are the same and different in a story. We will be working on Readers Theater this week, in place of Guided Reading. As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression practice.


Writing: Narrative unit 4 (Realistic Fiction), by the end of this unit the children will be expected to write a story that has two or more events, with details, transition words, and a wrap-up sentence. 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 a made up story with characters doing realistic things and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: Fry Read and Write Words: REVIEW
Feature/Pattern of the week: Long Vowels (REVIEW)
Grammar: Review
Phonics: r controlled vowels (or) words Dipthongs oi/oy pattern

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.

4th grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Living and Nonliving with Plants
Social Studies: Historical Thinking and Skills/ Heritage

Extras:
• Week of May 15th: Right to Read Week
• May 15: Library Field Trip
• May 17: Kindergarten Visit to Craddock
• May 18th Game Day
• May 19: Field Day!

THANK YOU!

Thank you everyone for making me feel so special for Teacher Appreciation Week! I loved the wonderful notes, Dunkin Donuts Gift Card, extremely thoughtful book from the students and the amazing Edible Arrangement. It was quite a surprise!

For the week of May 1st
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: We will be reading the non-fiction story “Flip, Float, Fly Seeds on the Move.” Students will be charting new & interesting words from the story. They will also chart the different ways the seeds move throughout the story. We’ll be continuing guided reading and Daily 5. 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: Narrative unit 4 (Realistic Fiction), by the end of this unit the children will be expected to write a story that has two or more events, with details, transition words, and a wrap-up sentence. 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 a made up story with characters doing realistic things and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: review all the 4th quarter Fry Words
*We will no longer be assessing a feature for spelling, however, we will continue to review assess words from our 100 Fry Read and Write word list.
* We will be introducing long vowel sounds for the remainder of the school year.

Grammar: Prepositions

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.

4th grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Living and Nonliving with Plants
Social Studies: Historical Thinking and Skills/ Heritage

Extra:
This is Career Week! Students will be presenting their speeches on Wednesday, May 3

April 24-28

For the week of April 24th
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: We will be reading the fiction story “The Dandelion Seed.” Students will be working on using pictures and details to tell about the main idea, details, and setting of the story. We’ll be continuing guided reading and Daily 5. 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.

THIS WEEK: We will be giving reading assessments this week, so we will not be having guided reading sessions, however, your child will still get books to read nightly.

Writing: Narrative unit 4 (Realistic Fiction), by the end of this unit the children will be expected to write a story that has two or more events, with details, transition words, and a wrap-up sentence. 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 a made up story with characters doing realistic things and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: they, with, about each, other, use
*We will no longer be assessing a feature for spelling, however, we will continue to review assess words from our 100 Fry Read and Write word list.
* We will be introducing long vowel sounds for the remainder of the school year.

Grammar: Past, Present and Future Verbs

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.

4th grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Living and Nonliving with Plants
Social Studies: Historical Thinking and Skills/ Heritage

April 18-21

As parents of children in our schools, you are likely quite well informed of our schools’ philosophies, programming, and rankings, however, you may still have questions about the upcoming May 2 levy. If you, or your friends and neighbors, are interested in attending a presentation and Q & A session to get more details about district revenues and spending, you can attend any one of the scheduled meetings throughout the community. A list of dates, locations, and times can be found by clicking the following link: http://www.aurora-schools.org/Content2/292.

If you are unable to attend one of the live meetings, but would
like to hear more, you can check out a virtual presentation at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGtMTUc46e0&feature=em-upload_owner

Additional fact sheets and data can be found on our main web page at: www.aurora-schools.org (Levy 2107 Information Tab).


For the week of 4/18/17
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: We will be reading the story, “Frog and Toad are Friends.” Students will work on retelling the story, including key details and demonstrate their understanding of the central message or lesson. Additionally, we will focus on describing the characters, setting, and major events of this story. 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: Narrative unit 4 (Realistic Fiction), by the end of this unit the children will be expected to write a story that has two or more events, with details, transition words, and a wrap-up sentence. 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 a made up story with characters doing realistic things and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: Fry Read and Write Words: if, go, see, may, part.
Feature/Pattern of the week: Short vowels and INTRO Long vowels…
Example: hill, floss, tack, trap, sled.
Grammar: Review using verbs to convey past, present and future.

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.

4th grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Living and Nonliving with Plants
Social Studies: Historical Thinking and Skills/ Heritage

Extras:
• No School – Monday, April 17

April 10-13

For the week of 4/10/17
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: We will be reading the story, “Peter’s Chair.” Students will work on retelling the story, including key details and demonstrate their understanding of the central message or lesson. Additionally, we will focus on describing the characters, setting, and major events of this story. 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: Narrative unit 4 (Realistic Fiction), by the end of this unit the children will be expected to write a story that has two or more events, with details, transition words, and a wrap-up sentence. 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 a made up story with characters doing realistic things and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: Fry Read and Write Words: come, made, have, from, their
Feature/Pattern of the week: Short vowels with final blends Ex: loft, rust, nest, mask, gift, half
Grammar: Review singular and plural nouns with matching verbs

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.

4th grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Living and Nonliving with Plants
Social Studies: Historical Thinking and Skills/ Heritage

Extras:
• No School – Friday, April 14 & Monday, April 17
• Happy Easter!

April 3-7

For the week of April 3rd
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: The students will be reading “Mole and Baby Bird”, fiction story about a mole finding and keeping a baby bird, then realizing it is more important to release it back into the wild. We will talk about the characters, setting and plot using illustrations. We will also focus on the character traits of Mole and Bird. As always, we will be reading poetry for fluency and expression practice.

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

Writing: Narrative unit 4 (Realistic Fiction), by the end of this unit the children will be expected to write a story that has two or more events, with details, transition words, and a wrap-up sentence. 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 a made up story with characters doing realistic things and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: long, down, day, did, get
Feature/Pattern of the week: Short vowels with beginning blends Ex: slob, crab truck, flat, drip,

Grammar: Review singular and plural nouns with matching verbs

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.

4th grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Living and Nonliving with Plants
Social Studies: Historical Thinking and Skills/ Heritage

Extras:
• Please return SIGNED Report Card Envelopes
• No School – Friday, April 14 & Monday, April 17

March 20-24

For the week of March 20th
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: The students will be “Spring Is Here”, a non-fiction/informational story about spring. We will talk about what we KNOW, WANT to learn, and LEARNED about spring through our text. We will also focus on non-fiction text features, as well as, vocabulary. As always, we will be reading poetry for fluency and expression practice.

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

Writing: Narrative unit 4 (Realistic Fiction), by the end of this unit the children will be expected to write a story that has two or more events, with details, transition words, and a wrap-up sentence. 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 a made up story with characters doing realistic things and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: who, oil, sit, now, find
Feature/Pattern of the week: Beginning consonant digraphs with short vowels Ex: them, whip, chin

Grammar: Review conjunctions Also, introduce –ng, -nd endings and spr-

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.

4th grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Living and Nonliving with Plants
Social Studies: Historical Thinking and Skills/ Heritage

Extras:
• March 27th-31st- Spring Break

March 6-10

For the week of March 6th
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: The students will be reading Henry and Mudge: The First Book. We will focus on asking and answering key details in a story, as well as, naming the character, setting and major events in the story. We will also focus on how Henry’s feelings change and map out how Mudge’s feelings change in the story. As always, we will be reading poetry for fluency and expression practice.

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

Writing: The first graders will FINISH their informational writing unit and celebrate all the writing they have done this quarter! During this unit, each child wrote information books about lots of different topics and revisited his or her writing to self-assess and revise (they named a topic, gave facts, and provided a sense of closure).

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: look, two, more, write, number
Feature/Pattern of the week: REVIEW short vowels i and u (ex: pig, sip, rug, fun)

Grammar: Introduce frequently occurring conjunctions (and, but, so, or, because)

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.

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Properties of Water
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:

• First Grade Conference Night- March 9th
• March 15th- End of grading period
• March 27th-31st- Spring Break

Scientists At Work!

Ryan ~ "Better Bubbles"


Lukas ~ "Floating or Sinking Legos"


Isabelle ~ "Bath Bombs"


Ethan ~ "Orange you Glad"

Feb. 27-March 3

For the week of February 27
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: The students will be reading 2 different passages, “Tess the Turtle” and “Jake and Anna”. We will focus on asking and answering key details in a story, as well as, naming the character, setting and events in the story. We will also focus on summarizing information. As always, we will be reading poetry for fluency and expression practice.

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

Writing: The students are going to use everything they learned during the 3rd quarter about informational writing, and write their final On Demand Informational book. They will have 45 minutes and their score will be reflected on the report card. Their writing will need to include a topic, give facts, and provide a sense of closure.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: like, him, into, time, has
Feature/Pattern of the week: Short a and o
Grammar: Use Daily Oral Language Sentences to continue our review of common, proper and possessive nouns
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.
3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Properties of Water
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions
Extras:
• Feb. 27-March 3 Craddock Book Fair
• March 15th- End of grading period
• March 27th-31st- Spring Break

February 20-24

For the week of February 20th
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: The students will be reading Snowflake Bentley, a biography. We will focus on asking and answering key details in a story, as well as, naming the character, setting and events in the story. We will also focus on summarizing information. As always, we will be reading poetry 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 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: some, so, would, make, her
Feature/Pattern of the week: ish, ash, ush

Grammar: Review common, proper and possessive nouns

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.

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Properties of Water
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:
• February 20th-President’s Day- No school
• March 15th- End of grading period
• March 27th-31st- Spring Break

February 13-16

For the week of 2/13/17
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: Reading: Melting and Freezing Book
Students will be working on reading a non-fiction text answering questions based on the evidence in the text. Student’s will name the main topic and retell the key details. We’ll be continuing guided reading and 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 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: Fry Read and Write Words: review all words for the quarter
Short vowel word families (REVIEW) will be our focus for this quarter. Word families share the same vowels/patterns and rhyme.
Feature/Pattern of the week: Review short vowel word families: -ick, -ack, -uck , ock
Ex: smack, sock, duck, lick, quack.

Grammar:
Continue working on determiners (ex: a, the, some, any, my, your)

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.

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Properties of Water
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:
• Friday, February 17th: No School for Students
• Monday, February 20th: Presidents’ Day (No School)

February 6-10

For the week of 2/6/17
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: We will be reading the non-fiction book, “Childhood Stories of George Washington.” Students will work on asking and answering questions about key details in this text (before, during, and after reading). They will also complete a Venn diagram and share facts that they learned about George Washington. We will be administering a non-fiction mini summative assessment (cold read) with the first graders as well. 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 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: Fry Read and Write Words: no, way, could, people, my
Short vowel word families (REVIEW) will be our focus for this quarter. Word families share the same vowels/patterns and rhyme.
Feature/Pattern of the week: Review short vowel word families: -ill, -all, -ell
Ex: spill, grill, smell, well, mall, hall

Grammar:
Introduce determiners (ex: a, the, some, any, my, your)

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.

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Properties of Water
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:
• Friday, February 10th: Valentine’s Day Parties
• Tuesday, February 14th: Happy Valentine’s Day!
• Friday, February 17th: No School for Students
• Monday, February 20th: Presidents’ Day (No School)

January 30-February 3

For the week of January 30th
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: The students will be reading “Penguins!,” a non-fiction story. We will discuss the text features of the book and compare/contrast this week’s story to last week’s fiction story “Little Penguin’s Tale.” As always, we will be reading poetry for fluency and expression practice.

Writing: We are continuing with our Non-fiction writing. The students are learning how to write a Table of Contents and Chapters for their informational writing books. We also continue to focus on capital letters, ending marks and neat handwriting.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: look, two, more, write, number
Feature/Pattern of the week: ag, eg, ig, og, ug

Grammar: Continue Adjectives

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.

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Properties of Water
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:
Friday, February 17-No school for students (Teacher in-service day)
Monday, February 20-No school (President’s Day)

January 23-27

For the week of January 23rd
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: The students will be reading Little Penguin’s Tale, a fiction story. We will talk about the story being told from different viewpoints, as well as work on describing the characters, setting and major events. As always, we will be reading poetry for fluency and expression practice.

Writing: We are continuing with our Non-fiction writing. The students are learning to write facts and information they know using a teaching voice. We also continue to focus on capital letters, ending marks and neat handwriting.

Word Study/Spelling:
Fry Words: like, him, into, time, has
Feature/Pattern of the week: ad, ed, ab, ob

Grammar: Adjectives

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.

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Properties of Water
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:
• January 26th: Play at AHS, “Madagascar, Jr.”

Jan 17-20

For the week of 1/17/17
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: We will be reading the story, “Frog and Toad Together.” “The Garden” and “Frog and Toad All Year: Down the Hill.” Students will be using details in the text to describe key details. They will tell how the characters’ experiences are the same and different as well. 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 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: Fry Read and Write Words: so, some, her, would, make
Short vowel word families (REVIEW) will be our focus for this quarter. Word families share the same vowels/patterns and rhyme.
Feature/Pattern of the week: Review short vowel word families: -an, -un, -in
Ex: fan, fun, win, pin,

Grammar:
Review of adjectives

Phonics:
Consonant clusters: r family ex: (cr, br, gr)

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.

1st grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Comparing living and non-living things
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:
• Please return SIGNED envelope on TUESDAY, January 17th
• Monday, January 16: No School (Martin Luther King Day)
• January 26th: Musicale at AHS, “Madagascar, Jr.”

January 9-13

For the week of 1/9/17
What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: We will be reading the story, “Frog and Toad Together.” Students will be naming the characters, setting, and major events. They will tell how the characters’ experiences are the same and different as well. 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 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: Fry Read and Write Words: out, many, then, them, these
Short vowel word families (REVIEW) will be our focus for this quarter. Word families share the same vowels/patterns and rhyme.
Feature/Pattern of the week: Review short vowel word families: -ot, -at, -it
Ex: split, quit, cat, knat, forgot, trot

Grammar:
Review of previous grammar skills taught

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.

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Comparing living and non-living things
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:
• Friday, January 13: Report Cards are sent home-please return SIGNED envelope on TUESDAY, January 17th
• Monday, January 16: No School (Martin Luther King Day)
• January 26th: Musicale at AHS, “Madagascar, Jr.”

January 4-6

What We’re Learning This Week: Week of January 4th: Happy New Year!

Reading: Ocean Animals (Non-Fiction)
Students will be working on retelling the story including main idea and key details. Students will also show connections to how the animals are built to survive. We’ll be continuing guided reading and Daily 5/centers. As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression practice.

Writing: We will begin our new writing unit which is Non-fiction writing. We will also be continuing to work on capitalization, end marks and writing detailed sentences through mini-lessons. Students will be working on teaching others about facts they know about.

Word Study/Spelling:
• Review words from 2nd quarter
• No excuse words- Continue reviewing 2nd quarter word list

Grammar
• Compound words


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. At the end of first grade, students will need to solve 22 addition facts in one minute and 22 subtraction facts in one minute. You’ll see our weekly practice sheet come home every Friday!
Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core. Students will be working on numbers and operations in base ten. We will be using Fact Families to make ten and students will come up with number sentences with these numbers.

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Animal Needs/ Habitats
Social Studies: Economics and dividing time into categories.

Homework: See January Homework Log that came home. Thank you for your home support!

Extras:
Happy New Year!
January 13th-Report Cards come home