Monday, March 7, 2022

March 7th Newsletter

 



 


March 7, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

  • Learn that an open syllable ends with a single vowel that makes its long sound

  • Construct and read two-syllable words in which the first syllable is open

  • Construct and read words containing long vowel Silent e syllables

  • Read The Hungry Fly, by Hannah Cales. While reading, we will use repeating patterns to monitor accuracy. We will infer the important idea from the book and make connections between text and labeled photographs. We will also recognize simple plurals, notice and count syllables, and read words with initial consonant clusters.

  • Read a poem titled, The Little Green Frog. While reading, we will locate are read words with vowel combinations

  • Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Activities

In Writing this week, we will… 

  • Write an introduction in our How-To books

  • Write a conclusion in our How-To books

  • Utilize our How-To Rubrics when editing and revising 

  • Create a Table of Contents 

  • Prepare our books for publishing


In math this week, we will… 

  • Solve addition story problems with sums to 20 involving situations of adding to and putting together, with unknowns in all positions.

  • Solve addition problems by counting on

  • Use strategies to add with sums to 20

  • Determine whether addition equations are true

  • Solve for the unknown in an addition equation involving 3 whole numbers

  • Demonstrate an understanding that numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a 10 and some more ones

  • Count by 2s to 20

  • Group and count objects by 2s


In Science this week, we will finish our unit on polar animals.  We will…

  • Learn more about penguins and snowy owls

  • Sort animals based on if they migrate, hibernate or adapt

  • Complete a blubber experiment, which is always a first grade favorite!


Important Dates to Remember!

March 14- PTO Meeting, How-To Presentations

March 18-27- Spring Break

March 28- School Resumes

April 8- No School (Professional Development)

April 15- No School


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