1st Grade Student Learning Plan   Week of March 30 - April 3  

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Reading and Writing:  

Reading Comprehension : Informational Text Focus Module 9: Grow, Plants Grow! (all activities can be completed with any book your child reads)

Read the stories: So, You Want to Grow a Taco (in the MyBook section of HMH) Click here for a video on how to access So, You Want to Grow a Taco in Ed) Click here for a video of the story that you can read on your own Amazing Plant Bodies (in the Big Books & Read Aloud Books section of HMH) Click here for a video on how to access Amazing Plant Bodies in E d Click here to listen to a video of the story Amazing Plan Bodies. The purpose of reading informational text is to learn new information or to learn how to do something. Click here for larger image Complete the following activities for each informational story:

1. After reading each story, have your child determine the important details they learned

in the story. After determining the important details, think about the central idea . The central idea is the most important idea about the topic. Different parts of a text can have different central ideas. The most important details, or supporting evidence, will help you identify the central idea. Complete the Central Idea Graphic Organizer.

2. Authors choose a way to organize their text to fit their purpose for writing. This is called Text Organization . Reread So, You Want to Grow a Taco stopping at pages 20-22 and 28-29 to discuss how the author is organizing the information. As you are reading, ask the questions: How is the author presenting information on this page?, Why do you think they are using this type of text organization?, and How does this help me as a reader? Complete the Chronological Order Text Organization paper.

Writing Focus : Informational Writing Click here for larger image

This week you will write an essay describing a science experiment to your reader. Watch the experiment here and record what you see on this recording sheet. After watching, use the observations to write your essay.

Tips for writing your essay: ● During the experiments, take notes and draw pictures of what you see. ● Refer to your observations on your recording sheet whenever you need to

remember details about the experiment. ● Use transition words to link the steps together. ● Use pictures or drawings to illustrate your essay.

- Click here for a model text to review. - Click here for paper you can use to write.

Building Foundational Literacy Skills : 1. Choice Reading 20 minutes daily - read with and to your child daily from any

book resources you have. 2. Word Work or/ore word sort - Your child will read and sort words according

to their spelling pattern. Click here for or/ore word work pages . 3. Practice reading the or/ore words on this card . Have your child find words

that rhyme and notice patterns of how words are spelled if the /or/ sound is at the beginning, middle, or end of the word.

4. Computer Program Options: a. iRead computer program (found in classlink): This program works at each child’s individual level and

provides precise phonological and phonics practice for them. b. Imagine Learning - Access Imagine Language & Literacy, an adaptive learning program, from your ClassLink

account. Click here to get started if this program is new for your child Extension Activities (optional) :

- Use this document to practice spelling and handwriting with these high frequency words: almost, also, between, ever, food, really, sing, three

- Make a plant picture using supplies you have at home by either drawing it, making a collage, taking pictures, etc. Then write a letter to someone to cheer them up by sharing everything you have learned this week. Send your picture and letter to them.

- Preview this document to help your students practice their handwriting strokes, the last pages show you the correct formations. Click here for handwriting support.

- Handwriting Without Tears is our district curriculum and they are offering free online support. Click here for their website for more information.

Math:  

This week we will be working on:

● 1.2(D): Generate a number that is greater than or less than a given whole number up to 120. ● 1.3(D): Apply basic fact strategies to add within 20, including making 10, and decomposing a number

leading to a 10. ● 1.5(D): Represent word problems involving addition of whole numbers up to 20 using concrete and pictorial

models and number sentences. Students will build fluency with addition strategies by engaging in thinking and computational games through First In Math and/or a few of the other selected resources below. Fluency Practice with First In Math:

➔ You must access First in Math through Clever or ClassLink first . First in Math:

● First in Tens (Addition) ● Yakity Yak (Addition and related Subtraction) ● Practice Gym (Addition) ● K2 Misfit Numbers (Addition and Subtraction patterns)

○ Click the video link below to see how to access the games in First in Math: FIM Video Directions

Fluency Sprints:

● Number Bond Dash-Adding to make 5 ● Adding 1 more

*Give your child 60 seconds to complete as many as possible. Use the same sprint several times during the week to see your child’s growth.

Games and Extension Opportunities:

● Sum It Up! ○ Try to see if your child can strategize by using addition and related subtraction facts to beat you!

Directions included. ● Make Ten

○ This game works on your student’s fluency with identifying number combinations that make 10. Directions included.

● Doubles Bump ○ Let’s see how we do with doubling a number! Use the material linked below, or write your own on

index cards. If you don’t have linking cubes, use M&M’s, colored paper clips, etc. Directions included.

■ Numeral Cards 1-10 ● Equal Sums

○ This game will help your child practice equivalent addition sentences. Print the cards linked above, or copy them on index cards. Directions included.

The Answers from Week 1:

● Which shape can you fold into fourths in the greatest number of different ways?

○ Here are the shapes . ○ Answer to Greatest one-fourth folds

■ Yes, you can fold the circle the greatest amount of different ways to make fourths...BUT each time you fold, the pieces are all the same shape. With the rectangle, you can fold it 3 different ways to make fourths and each time the pieces look different.

● Problem Solving 3

Science:  

Standard: TEKS 1.10B: Identify and compare the parts of a plant.

The questions we want the students to be able to answer: What comparisons can we make between the parts of plants? I found out last week that STEMscopes does not work well on tablets or iPads. So, I’m downloading and linking the activities that I can and adding different videos from YouTube. I hope this helps. If you could get into STEMscopes please continue to work in the app. Here is a link to help navigate STEMscopes STEMscopes: Parent How To Video

Please access STEMscopes via the student’s class link account. This is what the icon for STEMscopes looks like in Class Link.

After you click on it, it will take you to the Assignment page.

Activities:

1. Content Connection Video--Plant Characteristics 2. Science Art - Botanical Drawings (English)

Science Art -- Dibujos Botánicos (Spanish) 3. Optional video: The Plant Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zvGv8yVE9s

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Extension Opportunities:

1. Science Applied - Tree Trunks (English) Science Applied - Los troncos de los árboles (Spanish)

2. Parts of a Plant video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6TLFZUC9gI 3. Parts of a Plant video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3St51F4kE8

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Social Studies:  

Access Social Studies Weekly through ClassLink In ClassLink, click on the Studies Weekly icon. Student username is their school email Password is their school's initials (lowercase) and their grade level (Ex: mes3) Week 22: Communities Students will learn about ways location, weather and the environment affect people in different communities. They will compare life in the U.S. with life in other places.

Extra Opportunities:  

● Take virtual tours of National Parks, Museums, and landmarks across the globe. ● Click here to watch the animals at the Houston Zoo ● Seattle Aquarium #VirtualFieldTrip ● Museums are full of fascinating discoveries, check some out here: Click here to visit National

Museum of Natural History Learning independently will naturally come with its challenges — for teachers, students, and parents. While we understand that remote learning differs greatly from traditional classroom instruction, it is critically important that we continue to engage and communicate with our students in instruction and learning. As we grow through this process, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher with celebrations or concerns.