Hello First Grade Families!
Here Is a look at our upcoming week of school:
We are settling beautifully into our daily routine and building great momentum with our learning. Please see below for this week's updates, academic targets, and important announcements.
Take Home Folders: This blue folder is to be sent between home and school. This week, you will find our Homework for the week along with a list with the week’s spelling words to practice at home.
Homework: Your student’s Homework Packet will be sent home every Monday. Your child may work on Homework each night of the week, and then return the Homework Packet on Friday. Please read with your First Grader for twenty minutes each night, and practice the weekly Spelling Words.
Language Arts: Benchmark Literacy Unit 1: We will continue our work in Unit 1 of our Benchmark curriculum, titled "Plants and Animals Grow and Change." Over the next two weeks, we will explore how different living things progress through their life cycles. We will work on:
- Identifing Key Details: Locate and state key details from informational science texts and life cycle diagrams.
- Understanding Text Features: Use captions, bold words, and labels to gain information.
- Comparing and Contrasting: Describe how different living things (like butterflies, frogs, or sunflowers) grow and change similarly or differently.
- Analyzing Story Elements: Recognize how animal characters grow, change, and learn lessons in literary texts.
Phonics: We are continuing our word work by practicing short "i" words (such as pin, big, and six ) and learning how to blend letter sounds together. We will work on:
- Phonological Awareness: Practice blending, segmenting, and manipulating phonemes (sounds) in spoken words.
- Print Concepts: Match spoken words to written text, track reading with a return sweep, and identify final punctuation marks (periods, question marks, exclamation points).
- Word Work: Master unit-specific short vowel phonics patterns and memorize weekly high-frequency sight words.
Spelling: Spelling words are sent home in your First Grader's blue take home folder every Monday, and our spelling test will be on Friday. This week's spelling words feature short "i" and they are: big, is, dig, in, six, little, spin, zip, pin, and win.
Math: Everyday Mathematics Unit 1: We will focus on exploring our essential math tools, practicing counting collections, and learning how to build and use a number line together as a class, as well as building a positive mathematical mindset, community norms, and foundational number sense.
