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)