Hello First Grade Families!
We had a great 'first' full week in Room 4. We are getting used to our big, beautiful space and the new routines that go along with it! Walking to lunch, PE and recess are quite the hike....we call it 'walking a country mile'...They are certainly being troopers!
As we approach the end of the semester it is the time to collect and document progress data as we prepare to complete a formal report for your child. Please encourage your child to do the best he/she can on the work we do at school and remember to try to read at home for at least 10 minutes per day.
Schedule Reminders:
January 17: NO School
January 21: Semester ends
January 24: NO school for students. Records Day for teachers!
January 31: Report cards go home.
February 11-14 Winter Break
CURRICULUM NEWS Unit 3 Changes Week 4
Language Arts
Story: Frog and Toad; The Garden
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Comprehension Strategy: Understanding Plot, and how to Retell a story
Phonics: words ending with with -ed and -ing
*Words to Read and Spell:
asked, called, helped, jogged, planned, again, garden, how, read, soon, when, come
Writing: Persuasive Writing/Opinion
- organizing our ideas in a convincing order
- writing complete sentences to express a thought
Math: Starting Module 2: Introduction to Place Value through addition and subtraction within 20. Using the Associative and Commutative Properties to add situations with 3 addends. Ex. 9+7+1 = 7+(9+1). And seeing any number as having multiple parts. Ex. the number 8 can be represented as 7 and 1, 6 and 2, 5 and 3 etc..
Social Studies: What Symbols Represent Us as Citizens of the United States?
- a symbol is a picture that is used instead of words
- people who are members of a group use symbols to represent their idea or quality
- this week: we will learn about the flag and the bald eagle
Science
- seasonal observations
- daylight throughout the year
Looking forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday!
Lisa Vanden Berg
We had a great 'first' full week in Room 4. We are getting used to our big, beautiful space and the new routines that go along with it! Walking to lunch, PE and recess are quite the hike....we call it 'walking a country mile'...They are certainly being troopers!
As we approach the end of the semester it is the time to collect and document progress data as we prepare to complete a formal report for your child. Please encourage your child to do the best he/she can on the work we do at school and remember to try to read at home for at least 10 minutes per day.
Schedule Reminders:
January 17: NO School
January 21: Semester ends
January 24: NO school for students. Records Day for teachers!
January 31: Report cards go home.
February 11-14 Winter Break
CURRICULUM NEWS Unit 3 Changes Week 4
Language Arts
Story: Frog and Toad; The Garden
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Comprehension Strategy: Understanding Plot, and how to Retell a story
Phonics: words ending with with -ed and -ing
*Words to Read and Spell:
asked, called, helped, jogged, planned, again, garden, how, read, soon, when, come
Writing: Persuasive Writing/Opinion
- organizing our ideas in a convincing order
- writing complete sentences to express a thought
Math: Starting Module 2: Introduction to Place Value through addition and subtraction within 20. Using the Associative and Commutative Properties to add situations with 3 addends. Ex. 9+7+1 = 7+(9+1). And seeing any number as having multiple parts. Ex. the number 8 can be represented as 7 and 1, 6 and 2, 5 and 3 etc..
Social Studies: What Symbols Represent Us as Citizens of the United States?
- a symbol is a picture that is used instead of words
- people who are members of a group use symbols to represent their idea or quality
- this week: we will learn about the flag and the bald eagle
Science
- seasonal observations
- daylight throughout the year
Looking forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday!
Lisa Vanden Berg