First Grade Weekly Updates
January 23-27
Welcome to this week's edition of First Grade Weekly Explorations! Each week, we will share materials to supplement our lessons for the week. The newsletter includes videos and links for all subject areas: ELA, math, Science and Social Studies. As work is completed, make sure to sent pictures to your teacher, through Class Dojo or Schoology.
Reading
Journeys
*Animal Groups
*"Animal Picnic"
Comprehension Strategies:
*Compare and Contrast
*Monitor/Clarify
Sight Words
- bird
- fly
- those
- both
- long
- walk
- eyes
- or
Spelling
- time
- like
- kite
- bike
- white
- drive
Sight Word Activities
Tuesday-Put each word in a sentence.
Wednesday-Make up your own story using all the words.
Thursday-Use objects at home to make each word. Some examples of things to use are Legos, beads, string, play dough, or whatever you can come up with. Be creative and take a picture to send to your teacher.
Friday-Write each word with a different color crayon, or marker. Then take a spelling test. Ask an adult or older sibling to say the word and you spell it.
Animal Groups
Animal Picnic
Compare and Contrast
Math
Lessons 11-13
Lesson 11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCjeXqYMDfs
Lesson 12 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsKpBovu_Ak
Lesson 13 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3paFHq9lJ8
Think Tank Problems
Inquiry - Where We Are in Place and Time
Central Idea: Life adapts and changes over time as a result of advances in our world.
Lines of Inquiry:
- Family’s roles, responsibilities, and traditions are impacted by their culture.
- Living things form unique groups.
- Technology changes with us based on our needs.
Essential Question: How has technology changed the way people communicate?
Chapter 4 - Life Today and Long Ago
Anchor Text
myOn ebooks
"Transportation Long Ago and Today"
Vocabulary
communication - to share information with others.
invention - something that is made for the first time.
transportation - the way people move from place to place.
Contact Us
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