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"