Mrs. Majinski's First Grade Class: March 2023

Saturday, March 18, 2023

March 20th-24th, 2023

We will be tapping maple trees in the school woods this Wednesday. It is very muddy and wet, please dress accordingly. Thank you!

This week in literacy, we will…

Decode and spell one-syllable words with the /oi/ vowel team.
Read irregularly spelled words (four, any, better, only).
Identify the elements of a sentence and review the use of question marks.
Read and write words with the suffixes -ful and -less.
Read a poem titled, Jack-in-the-box. We will review vowel teams and contractions.
Read Zip, Zip, Zip, by Andrea Young. We will talk about important information in the book. We will also recognize beginning consonant clusters and compound words.
Write a response to reading.
Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

This week in math, we will….

This week in social studies, we will…

Continue learning about symbols of the United States
Learn about the states that border Wisconsin and the countries that border the United States
Work together with our classmates to locate different states in the United States

Important Dates to Remember!

This week in literacy, we will...

Decode and spell one-syllable words with the /ou/ spelling pattern.
Read irregularly spelled words (after, pull, goes, laugh).
Review contractions.
Read and write compound words.
Read a poem titled The Itsy, Bitsy, Spider. While reading, we will locate words with /ou/, We will also discuss what the spider is doing in the poem, and use context to understand unfamiliar vocabulary such as waterspout and itsy-bitsy.
Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons.

This week in writing, we will...

Continue working on non-fiction books.
Add interesting introductions and conclusions to our books.
Make sure we are including a lot of details, by adding comparisons and expanding sentences.

This week in math, we will...

Solve story problems with sums to 20, involving situations of adding to and putting together, with unknowns in all positions.
Tell time to the hour and half hour on an analog clock.
Identify how much time has elapsed.
Compare numbers 0-20.

This week in social studies, we will...

Begin a new unit about United States symbols.
Learn about maple syrup with a volunteer, Mr. Hammen. We will get to tap a tree in our outdoor classroom in the near future!

Reminders and Upcoming Events:

March 6th-10th, 2023

This week in literacy, we will…

Distinguish short oo (book) and long oo (moon) vowel sounds.
Read irregularly spelled words (about, write, word, done).
Identify the elements of a sentence and review the use of end punctuation marks.
Read and write words with suffixes (-ly and -y).
Read a poem titled Moon, Moon. While reading, we will locate words with the long oo vowel sound and other long vowel teams we know.
Read a nonfiction narrative book titled, Boomer's Checkup during shared reading. While reading, we will infer an important idea and make personal connections to the text. We will also recognize plurals and contractions.
Write a response to reading.
Sort words into categories based on their meaning to build an understanding of how words are related.
Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

Continue working on our non-fiction books
Make sure we are slow checking our words so that our writing sounds right and makes sense
Include keywords that help our readers understand our topics

This week in math, we will….

Apply the commutative property of addition to add
Solve subtraction problems by finding an unknown addend
Use the relationship between addition and subtraction to add and subtract within 20
Use strategies to add and subtract within 20
Use these strategies to solve word problems
Use double flap cards to learn about fact families

This week in science, we will…

Important Dates to Remember!