Griffin Tess Seamus Madison Mariah Emily Audrey Amanda
Ryan Aaron Grace Brynn Cooper Matthew Sarah
Mitchell Ethan Claire Adiyanna Christopher
Week of May 27 - May 30:
THEME(S):
Story-Writing
"KID QUOTES"
Here is what a few students had to say about our week! These are good conversation starters at home!
"We saw an assembly about Harriet Tubman.It was fun!" - Tess
"I liked in Music when we played Dog Bone." - Griffin
"I liked when we had snack because you get to eat." - Ethan
"I liked when we wrote in our hard-cover books." - Adiyanna
"I liked Field Day when they wrapped me up in a mummy! It was fun!" - Sarah
"I liked when we were playing Limbo and I was warming up because I was so cold for the rest of the time until lunchtime!" - Matthew
"I liked Field Day because we got wet and it was so hot out, and we had races with the water." - Claire
"I liked when we did the water game and our hard-cover books." - Amanda
"I loved at Field Day when we played the water relay! It was really fun!" -Aaron
WORD WALL
Each week, we will add new SIGHT WORDS / HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS that your First Grader will be responsible for recognizing in reading, and spelling correctly in daily writing activities.
***You can help your child at home by encouraging the correct spelling of these words!
*The newest words are those in bold.
a, about, and, all, are, as, be, because, but, by, can, came, come, could, do, down, each, family, for, friend, from, go, good, had, have, he, her, his, how, I, in, is, it, like, look, make, my, not, one, on, or, out, over, said, saw, she, some, that, the, them, then, they, this, time, to, up, was, went, were, what, when, where, which, who, why, will, with, word, would, you, your
CONTENT AREA WORDS (the words that we are studying)
Days of the Week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Months: September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May
Theme/Unit Words:
HANDWRITING
We will be practicing the correct FORMATION and SIZE of each letter of the alphabet. We call the letters:
"small" (a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, z)
"scuba" (g, j, p, q, y because they "dive" under the others!)
***You can help your child at home by asking your child to be a "letter detective" and find a letter that needs to be fixed! (this will help your child learn to be independent in monitoring his/her own writing!)
Below are the letters the students are responsible for forming correctly.
These are "chunks" that we can search for in words to help us read and spell them!
*The newest chunks will be in bold.
Short Vowels
ack, all, ap, ar, at, ick, in, ot, ock, ub, en, est
Long Vowels
a_e, i_e, o_e, old, oat, u_e, ight
This week, we have been working on our FINAL drafts of our Magic Seed stories in hard-cover books to be shared at our Author's Tea on June 3rd! The students have been having fun publishing their work in these special books! They are very proud of themselves!
READING
It is very important to set aside time each day to read with and/or to your child! As a team, you and I can help build your First Grader's confidence and interest in reading by exposing him/her to literature each day!
We have discussed and will continue to practice 5 strategies to help us with unknown words as we're reading:
Check the picture
Go back and re-read
Get my mouth ready
Think about: 'Does it sound right?', 'Does it make sense?'
Look for "chunks"
Skip the word (say "blank", then go back and figure out what would make sense)
Making text-to-text (book-to-book), and text-to-self connections to deepen comprehension of stories
Read Aloud Books
These are the books we have read as part of our lessons. You can ask your child to "retell" these stories to you for practice, and/or feel free to check them out at the Library to reread and enjoy together! (The newest books from the week are in BOLD.)
Color, Color, Where Are You, Color? by Mary B. Koski and Janeen I. Mason
Opposites by Rosalinda Kightly
What's Opposite? by Stephen Swinburne
Mirabelle by Astrid Lindgren
MATH
The newest topics are in bold.
We are working on:
the correct formation of the numbers (0-9)
Tally Marks - to help us count things (bundles of 5)
"more than" and "less than"
Counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's
Weather Symbols
Thermometer
Number Grid - a tool for counting
Two-number combinations that add to 10
Time to the hour (telling and showing)
Pennies (characteristics and value)
Nickels (characteristics and value)
Counting nickels and pennies together
Trading 5 pennies for 1 nickel
Patterns (ABAB, ABCABC, ABCDABCD, ABCCABCC, etc)
Even & Odd Numbers
Time to the half-hour (telling and showing)
Dimes
Frames and Arrows
Temperatures (measuring to the nearest degree)
Non-standard units of measure (our body)
Standard units of measure (foot, inch)
Measuring/marking with a 6-inch ruler
Time to the quarter-hour
Developing "Fact Power!" (being able to recite basic math facts)
More practice counting quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies together
Fractions (1/2, 1/3, 1/4)
"Quick"-Counting on the Number Grid (by 10's)
Number Grid Patterns
UPCOMING ANDMISCELLANEOUS
We hope to see you at our class Author's Tea next Tuesday, June 3rd at 2:00! It's supposed to be nice weather, so we'll be able to celebrate our young authors in the courtyard!
Field Day was a fun success on Wednesday! What great weather we had!
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