April 18th Newsletter

 

April 18, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Add -s to some words to make them plural

• Add -es to words that end with ch, sh, s, x, and z to make them plural

• Read How Animals Eat, by Mary Ebeltoft Reid. We will discuss important information from the text and infer the writer's purpose and message. We will understand the meaning of new content words by using text and photographs. Additionally, we will recognize simple plurals, review consonant clusters and identify contractions we see within the text. 

• Read a poem titled "Five Little Sparrows". We will highlight plural nouns that are made by adding -s or -es.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons

In Writing this week, we will… 

• Understand what metaphors are and use them in our own poems

• Discuss what adjectives are and place them strategically in our poems

• Celebrate the completion of our Poetry Unit by sharing our poems with the class

In math this week, we will… 

• Start Unit 7 of Math

• Count objects to 100 by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s

• Demonstrate an understanding that the digits in a 2 - digit number represent tens and ones

• Demonstrate an understanding that multiples of 10 from 10 to 90 refer to some number of tens and ones

• Compare 2 and 3 digit numbers

In Social Studies this week, we will learn about Canada.  We will…

• Learn about where Canada is located

• Learn about Canadian symbols and their flag

• Compare and contrast Canada and the US

Important Dates to Remember!

April 18-22- Stuff the Bus Food Drive

April 20- Hearing Screenings

April 25 - School Board Meeting

April 11th Newsletter

 

April 11, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Learn to add -ing to the end of verbs to show that something is happening now

• Add -ed to the end of verbs to show that something already happened

• Think about how to spell words correctly when you add the suffix -ed

• Read a book titled, Oh, Good! by Judith E. Nayer during shared reading. We will retell major events that occurred in the story and infer the characters' feelings. We will also notice word endings and understand the meaning of new words

• Read a poem titled, On Top of Spaghetti. We will highlight verbs with -ed endings in the poem

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons

In Writing this week, we will… 

• Continue our Poetry Unit

• Discuss alliteration, rhyme, and rhythm 

• Understand the poetry elements of personification and similes 

• Write our own poems

In math this week, we will… 

• Read and write numerals to 120

• Compare pairs of 2-digit numbers

• Add with sums to 100

• Explain the reasoning behind a strategy used to add with sums to 100

• Express the length of an object as a whole number of units

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

• Order 3 objects by length and compare the lengths of 2 objects indirectly by comparing the length of each to a third object

In Social Studies this week, we will finish our Our Country unit.  We will…

• Research and create a poster on one of the symbols we learned about and present it to the class

Important Dates to Remember!

April 11- Dining for Dollars- Stilt House/PTO Meeting (7:00)

April 14- Wear Purple-Military Child Day

April 15- No School

April 18-22- Stuff the Bus Food Drive

April 4th Newsletter

 

                                                                                                        April 4, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Learn the letter-sound correspondence for the r-controlled vowels ar, or, ir, ur and er

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons

• Read a book titled, The Donkey and the Farmer, by Marta Magellan. While reading, we will infer the characters intentions, motivation, and perspective. We will notice words that add action or emotion (shouted, crash) and identify words with r-controlled vowels in the text

• Read a poem titled, Little Bird. While reading, we will identify and read words with r-controlled vowels, identify the meaning of quotation marks and make our voices reflect dialogue

In Writing this week, we will… 

• Continue our Poetry Unit

• Add on to our “Poet-tree” by learning about several new poem types/styles. Specifically this week, we will explore I-Wish poems, Shape poems, Acrostic poems, and Haikus

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

• Use strategies to add with sums to 20

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

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

• Solve many different kinds of words problems

• Take Unit 6 Test

In Social Studies this week, we will continue our Our Country unit.  We will…

• Continue learning about important US symbols including the Lincoln Memorial, bald eagles, and the Statue of Liberty

• Learn about the United States Constitution

Important Dates to Remember!

April 7- Brewer’s Day- Wear Brewer’s Colors

April 8- No School (Professional Development/Records)

April 11- Dining for Dollars- Stilt House/PTO Meeting (7:00)

April 14- Wear Purple-Military Child Day

April 15- No School

April 18-22- Stuff the Bus Food Drive

March 28th Newsletter

 

March 28, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Review the letter-sound correspondences for long vowel combinations ay, ai, ee, ea, ie, oa, oo, ou, ow, au and aw

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons

• Read a book titled Squawk, by Nicole Walker. While reading, we will understand big ideas or messages in the story and infer the characters' feelings. 

• Read a poem titled Sing a Rainbow. We will read color words and find words with long vowel combinations in the poem.

In Writing this week, we will… 

• Write and share about the things we did over Spring Break

• Begin our Poetry Unit

• Make a “Poet-tree” in which we discuss several poem types/styles. Specifically this week, we will explore Color Poems and I-Wish Poems

In math this week, we will… 

• Solve addition problems by counting on

• Add fluently with sum to 10

• Add with sums to 20 

• Model with mathematics

• Recognize the number of objects in a collection of 6 of fewer

• Use >, <, = symbols to record comparisons

In Social Studies this week, we will continue our Our Country unit.  We will…

• Use a map of the United States to locate states, oceans, and our neighboring countries

• Begin learning about important US symbols including the Liberty Bell, the American flag, Mount Rushmore, The White House, and the Washington Monument

Important Dates to Remember!

March 28- School Resumes

April 1- Wear Blue- Autism Awareness Month

April 7- Brewer’s Day- Wear Brewer’s Colors

April 8- No School (Professional Development/Records)

April 11- Dining for Dollars- Stilt House/PTO Meeting (7:00)

April 14- Wear Purple-Military Child Day

April 15- No School

March 14th Newsletter

 

 

March 14, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Construct and read words containing short vowel closed syllables and long vowel Silent e syllables

• We will notice Silent e and closed syllable spelling patterns that help read and spell longer words

• Read a book titled, The Big Surprise by Pat McCann. While reading, we will tell the major events of the story and infer the feelings of the characters. We will also recognize verbs with -ed endings.

• Read a poem titled, Jack-in-the-box. We will look for words with open and closed syllables and read words with vowel combinations.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons

In Writing this week, we will… 

• Finish our How-To books in class

• Share our How-To Projects with the class 

In math this week, 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

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

•  Reason abstractly and quantitatively

In Social Studies this week, we will begin a new unit on Our Country.  We will…

• Learn about North America and how it is made up of many different counties

• Learn about the 50 states that make up the United States

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

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

February 28th Newsletter

This week in literacy, we will: 

• Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel to determine the number of syllables in a word
• Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in single-syllable words
• Learn that a “closed syllable” has one vowel, closed in a consonant, and has a short sound
• 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, Little Raindrops. We will talk about syllables, vowel teams and contractions while reading the poem
• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons

This week in writing, we will: 

• Include detailed steps in our How-To Writing

• Transfer our rough draft ideas onto our writing pieces to create complete books

• Include transition words and phrases where appropriate

• Edit and revise using the How-To Writing rubric

This week in math, we will: 

• Identify, name, describe and compare two-dimensional shapes including triangles, rectangles, hexagons, squares, rhombuses, circles, and trapezoids

• Draw two-dimensional shapes with specific defining attributes

• Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories

• Answer questions about the total number of data points in a set of data and how many more or fewer data points are in each category

•  Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between the defining and non-defining attributes of a two-dimensional shape

This week in science, we will: 

• Learn about the polar bear, seal, walrus, Arctic fox, Arctic hare, and penguins.  We will even get to check out live cameras for each of these animals

Reminders and Upcoming Events:

February 28-March 4- Read Across America:

• Monday-Read a Silly Story and Wear a Silly Outfit  
• Tuesday- Read a book about a famous American and dress like them
• Wednesday-Read a book about an influential athlete and wear something to represent your favorite sports team
• Thursday- Read a book about a different culture and wear something to represent your family's culture or hometown
• Friday- Read your favorite book and wear your favorite color 

March 4- Early Release Day (1:45 dismissal)

March 14- PTO Meeting

March 18-27- Spring Break