We had another wonderful week in first grade! We enjoyed going to the library this week to check out books. We want to thank Zuri’s mom for giving a goody bag to each child in our homeroom; such a thoughtful and kind gesture! We enjoyed our game day today! Perhaps we win win the Village Plaza Lunch Challenge again!
On Monday we will send home student work for Tuesday & Wednesday. We will have everything printed for you. We will also be sending home books in a bag. These bags will have both English and Spanish books in them. Please keep these book bags in backpacks when not in use so we don’t lose any. We appreciate your cooperation on this. We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and enjoys the extra hour we get on Sunday!
Warm regards,
Ms. Hartness & Ms. Vicky
This week:
Math- We wrapped up our place value study for numbers up to 99.
Reading/Phonics- We reviewed letter sounds, CVC words, and trick words (words that can’t be phonetically decoded). We read 2 folktales: The Little Half-Chicken (Media Pollito) and The Crowded, Noisy House.
Writing- We will continue discussing and writing the story elements from the fables/folktales using a variety of graphic organizers.
Social Studies- We wrapped up our landform study that included mountain, desert, valley, and coast.
Next week:
Math- We will begin our study of Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction Story Problems.
Reading/Phonics- We will review letter sounds and trick words and also practice oral segmenting and blending. We will continue our fable/folktale study with The Tale of Peter Rabbit and All Stories are Anansi’s.
Writing- We will continue discussing and writing the story elements from the fables using a variety of graphic organizers.
Social Studies- We will begin our study of historic figures beginning with Benjamin Fanklin.
Dear Families,
We had a wonderful week! The students thoroughly enjoyed working on their family posters.Our next step is for the students to share their posters with one another in the classroom.
This week:
Reading: Students read on the Raz-Kids platform, where they listened, read, and answered a quiz after each book. They were introduced to the vowel "U."
Writing: Students created pattern books using the vocabulary learned in class, including all the vowels.
Language: Students continued working on their family project and identified the parts of a book: portada, contraportada, lomo, autor, and ilustrador.
Math: Students compared numbers up to 99 and used their understanding of place value to identify two-digit numbers.
Science: Students asked and answered questions about the weather, using the phrase "¿Qué tiempo hace?"
Next week:
Reading: After listening to a story, the students identified the characters in the book and filled out a graphic organizer.
Writing: Students label pictures with the vowel "U" and use the vocabulary to write short sentences.
Language: Students prepare oral presentations for their family projects.
Math: In Unit 2, students solve "Add To" and "Take From, Result Unknown" word problems. They write addition and subtraction equations to represent story problems and explain their reasoning orally.
Science: Students practice asking and answering questions about the weather.
To access the Mathematics Open Up curriculum visit this link:
- https://www.openupresources.org/
- click "access the curriculum."
- click "Open Up Resources K-5 Math, First Edition."
- Click "Grade 1"
- You can select your role as "family" and "student."
- Change the Language from English to Spanish by clicking on this Icon 🌐 EN ES
Please label all students' belongings.
Please send a healthy snack and water bottle every day, and make sure the water bottle is filled with water.
We are a nut free community
We encourage Velcro shoes unless your child is proficient in tying shoelaces.
Add a change of clothes for your student.
Please remember to include all four English/Spanish teachers in your email correspondence so we all receive your information.
Read at home every night for 20 minutes.
November 4
Spirit Night at the Atlanta Hawks.
November 5-6
Independent Learning Days - students work from home.
Parent/Teacher Conferences.
November 8
Last chance to check Lost & Found for items.
November 15
GLOBE Trot 2024.