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