Daniel's Darlins
1st Grade News: March 21-25
Important Dates
3/22- Texas Roadhouse Night
3/24- Mav Fan Jam @ 8:15am, Family Fun Night 5:30-6:30pm
3/25- Unused bad weather day- No school
3/29-3/30- STAAR Days for older grades- No visitors in the building
3/31- 1st Grade Field Trip- Wear McGowen shirt or a blue shirt, bring a sack lunch
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Weekly Homework
***Please, please make sure your child is reading every night!***
1. Read nightly and record books in homework journal. Be sure you are reading book baggie books several times to practice fluency.
2. 1 reading response a week needs to be completed in the homework journal. **Responses can be completed using ANY book, not just from the book baggie.
Reading responses should be completed using complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation.**
3. Practice reading and spelling list in book baggies
4. Xtramath.org at least twice a week to practice fact fluency.
5. iStation 30 minutes a week
6. Return book baggie with books and journal to school everyday.
What are we learning?
Reading:
Continued Focus: Author Study: Leo Lionni & FABLES
I can explain the elements of a FABLE to my partner and write the Elements of a Fable on a recording sheet.
I can identify the moral of the story & explain the moral to my partner.
Writing:
I can write a summary of one of Leo Leonni's stories by using the following transition words: In the beginning, Next, Then, After that, and In the end.
Word Work & Grammar:
I can read and write words with "ing", "ang", "ung" & "ong" by writing them on my white board.
Math:
I can identify the attributes and label 3-D Shapes in my journal. I can identify the attributes of solid shapes by explaining how many vertices, faces, & edges each shape has.
Vocabulary: Vertex/Vertices, Face, Edge, Cylinder, Cone, Sphere, Cube, Rectangular Prism, Triangular Prism, & Pyramid
Science / Social Studies:
Focus: Energy- Light & Heat/ States of Matter
I can identify & classify sources of light as natural or man-made. I will explain how light is important to everyday life by recoding my observations in my journal.
Review: Vocabulary:
energy: what keeps things moving
light energy: a form of energy that travels in waves and can be seen with our eyes
light source: the thing where light comes from
light: the illumination that comes from something
reflection: light bounces off a shiny surface and reflects the image of an object
heat: energy that makes things warmer
New Concepts:
heat: energy that makes things warmer
I can observe and describe how heat energy causes change.
I can describe the properties by observing it change into different forms when heat is added.
I can describe the cause and effect of melting and evaporating by recording it in my Investigation Notebook.
I can:
• Identify and describe water in different states as a solid, liquid, and gas.
• Observe and describe how heat melts an ice cube.
• Observe and describe how heat causes water to evaporate.
• Describe how heat is important in everyday life.
I will use a graphic organizer to demonstrate understanding of new vocabulary including solid, liquid, and gas.
Krista Daniel
Email: kdaniel@mckinneyisd.net
Website: welovebeing1st.weebly.com
Location: 4500 Columbus Drive, McKinney, TX, United States
Phone: 469-302-7552
Twitter: @danielsdarlins