First Grade Weekly Updates
December 4-8
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
*A Cupcake Party
*"Happy Times"
Comprehension:
*Story Structure
*Visualize
Sight Words
- some
- good
- eat
- give
- one
- put
- small
- take
Spelling
Compound Words
- bathtub
- hotdog
- within
- catnip
- suntan
- pigpen
Spelling 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.
A Cupcake Party
Story Structure
Math
Lessons 14-22
Lesson 15 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMuRj205iUs&t=2s
Lesson 16 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NalzXyu-Rc0
Lesson 17 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ismpYZcfo
Lesson 18 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5gm2dgrOng
Lesson 19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRU9-I-T5RI
Lesson 20 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wECmHzPiOeY
Lesson 21 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElJ3N9MxmhY
Lesson 22 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSu80GF9U4E
Inquiry - Where We Are in Place and Time
Lines of Inquiry:
- Living things have unique characteristics.
- Family's roles, responsibilities, and traditions, are impacted by their culture.
- Technology can improve the way we live.
Essential Question: What is a Family?
Elevate Science
IB Anchor Text
myOn ebooks
Vocabulary
parents - a father or mother.
family - a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.
siblings - a brother or sister.
adopted - legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own.
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