First Grade Focus

Foundational Skills:

• Blending Phonemes: /r/+/a/+/n/ = ran
• Isolating Phonemes: The first sound in jet is /j/.
• Spelling: Long Vowels (silent e, open syllables, and vowel teams)

• Describing how two characters or events are related in a text
• Compare/Contrast
• Cause/Effect

Opinion Writing:

Students are working towards writing 5 sentences. We are working on writing an introduction and concluding statement, and 3 details. Students are also working on using capitals, punctuations, and finger spacing. Opinion writing has students writing their opinion and supporting reasons.

Students will practice comparing numbers using the symbols Greater Than (>), Less Than (<), and Equal To (=).

Unit 4 Assessment will follow Lesson 17.

Students will practice adding and subtracting multiples of 10 to double digit numbers.

e.g. 54 + 20 or 78 - 30.

Students will practice adding double digit numbers without regrouping.

e.g. 54 + 23

Students will practice adding two digit and one digit numbers together using regrouping.

e.g. 18 + 7

Students will practice adding two digit numbers using regrouping.

e.g. 38 + 17

Unit 5 Assessment will follow Lesson 21.

Unit 2: Habitats

• What habitats are right for which animals?
• What adaptations does an animal have to help it survive?

Students will be learning about American holidays, symbols, and leaders as well as their importance to our country.

2/4: Kona Ice

2/10-2/14: Parent Teacher Conferences

2/10-2/14: Book Fair

2/19: Spring Picture Day

2/21: Volunteer Training, 3pm

2/27: Field Day

Students should be reading for a minimum of 20 minutes each night. They can read to you, a sibling, a stuffed animal, a pet - anything! You can read to them as well. Reading out loud is the number one way students can become better, more confident readers.