First GradeJanuary 13, 2014

Reminders

Good Behavior:Continue to encourage good behavior at school

and at home.We are gearing up for 2nd

grade!

Progress Reports:Progress Reports will be sent home with your child on Friday, Jan. 17th.

MAP Scores:Students will be bringing home their winter MAP scores along with their

Winter Progress Reports.

Thank you for creating the beautiful snowmen. They look wonderful up

on the walls to help decorate the classroom for winter.

Thank you to the students that came to the PTO performance last

Thursday. It was fun watching you perform the Winter Pokey!!

Book It ProgramColor in the days you read on your book it calendar to earn a

coupon for a free pizza at Pizza Hut!!

Tests:

Spelling Test:Friday, Jan. 17th

Friday, Jan. 24th

Continue to read

at home each night and practice

math facts!

Look What We’re Studying…Language Arts:

Story of the Week for 1/13: Ruby in Her Own TimeWe will be discussing the consonant patterns of -ng and -nk in phonics. We will also be identifying compound words. We will practice segmenting, blending, and adding phonemes onto words. We will practice our listening and speaking skills by sharing information and ideas based on text. We will use appropriate phrasing and word order in our writing and aloud while sharing our opinion. We will review how to compare and contrast in reading as well as how to make inferences. We will practice writing with verbs and adding the –s ending onto verbs.

-I can identify the -ng and -nk ending.-I can explain a compound word.

-I can compare and contrast characters in a story.-I can write using verbs.

-I can make inferences in a story.

Story of the Week for 1/20: The Class PetIn phonics we will be discussing the r-controlled vowel or and ore. We will focus on the –es ending and how it changes a word to a plural. We will be using verbs in our writing and discussing verbs that do not add an –s. We will practice our fluency in reading and discuss fact and opinion. We will work on monitoring our listening and using appropriate phrasing. We will also continue to segment and blend phonemes

and syllables.-I can identify the –es ending.-I can use verbs in my writing.

-I can segment and blend words-I can read with fluency.

Math:In math we will continue Unit 5 of Everyday Math. We will review place value, greater than, equal to, and less than by comparing numbers. We will begin to explore area, weight, and counting with objects. We will compare weights of objects and animals. We will focus on more than and less than in number stories and comparison number stories.

Learning Targets:-I can identify the ones and tens place.

-I can use less than, equal to, or greater than to compare numbers.-I can discuss weight.

-I can compare the weight of objects.-I can solve a number story.

Science: We will continue to discuss energy transformations in science. We will explore and discuss the different types of energy and we will discuss the definition of energy: the ability to do work.

Learning Targets:-I can discuss energy.

-I can identify solar energy.