First Grade News
February 13th, 2023
This Weeks Focus
Click here to practice sight words for the year!!
Please make sure you are reading with your student at least 10-15 minutes daily if possible!
A few reminders:
- School starts at 7:40 so please make sure you get them here with plenty of time!
-Please make sure your student is eating at home if they do not get a breakfast from the school. We don't want your student to be hungry before lunch time. Please get them here early if they are eating breakfast at school!
-Library books should be returned each week on your child's Library Day!
-Students need to bring headphones for their chromebooks.
-If students are changing the way they go home one day, please email me or call the school. We want to make sure we get the students in the right spot. If a student tells me they are going home a different way than usual, I will still send them home the same way as always unless I hear from a parent/guardian.
-Students may bring water bottles to drink in class. Please make sure they bring water and not juice. Students can have juice/other drinks at lunch but we prefer water in class. Spills make for a sticky mess and attract ants.
-Please make sure you put your child's name on his/her jackets, hoodies, and water bottles
-Please remind students not to bring toys to school
-We love celebrating birthdays in class but please make sure student is only bring cupcakes/treat. No goody bags please!
What we are working on this week in:
ELA-
We will read words with ‘ed’ > /t/, ‘ed’ > /d/, and ‘ed’ > /ed/ and will write present- and past-tense verbs in fill-in-the-blank-sentences.
I will use a planning template to develop a research plan and to identify and gather relevant information about one animal from The Green Fern Zoo.
I will read “Cranes and Spoonbills” with purpose and understanding and will answer literal, inferential, and evaluative questions about key details in the text.
I will use the planning template from the previous lesson to complete a draft of an informational text.
I will write a final copy of their informational text for publication, incorporating the peer
edits made to the previous draft.
I will spell dictated words with the /ar/, /er/, and /or/ sounds and will divide the written words by each sound/spelling.
I will show mastery on my grammar assessment.
I will write and draw about characteristics of the temperate deciduous forest habitat.
I will write and draw about characteristics of the tropical rainforest habitat.
I will write and draw about characteristics of the freshwater habitat.
I will write and draw about characteristics of the saltwater habitat.
I will create an idea web about endangered species.
Math-
Recognize and make use of part–whole relationships within strip diagrams when solving a variety of problem types.
Write word problems of varied types.
Interpret two-digit numbers as tens and ones, including cases with more than 9 ones.
Science-
Valentines day is February 14th!
Students may make and bring a box or a bag to collect valentines in.
We will exchange at the end of the day and have snack and drink! :)
Upcoming Events
Valentines Day! 2/14
NO SCHOOL - 2/17 and 2/20