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)