First Grade Weekly Updates
October 3-7
Welcome to this week's edition of First Grade Weekly Explorations! Each week, we will share materials to supplement our lessons for the week. The newsletter includes videos and links for all subject areas: ELA, math, Science and Social Studies. As work is completed, make sure to sent pictures to your teacher, through Class Dojo or Schoology.
Reading
Lesson 3
*Curious George at School
*"School Long Ago"
Comprehension Strategy:
*Sequence of Events
Sight Words
- do
- sing
- find
- no
- funny
- they
Spelling
- log
- dot
- top
- hot
- ox
- lot
Spelling Activities
Tuesday-Put each word in a sentence.
Wednesday-Make up your own story using all the words.
Thursday-Use objects at home to make each word. Some examples of things to use are Legos, beads, string, play dough, or whatever you can come up with. Be creative and take a picture to send to your teacher.
Friday-Write each word with a different color crayon, or marker. Then take a spelling test. Ask an adult or older sibling to say the word and you spell it.
Curious George at School
School Long Ago
Sequence of Events
Math
Lessons 11-14
Lesson 15 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw81yripLok
Lesson 16 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJW_uNPFYRA
Lesson 17 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRAc7GwUk-8
Lesson 18 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wI1KEK-Zdc
Think Tank Problems
Inquiry - Who We Are
Lines of Inquiry:
- Individuals have responsibilities as members of a community.
- Rules and procedures must be followed to maintain order and to keep us safe.
- Different systems are in place to organize our community.
Essential Question: What are characteristics of a leader?
myWorld Interactive
Chapter 1: Lesson 5 - My Government pp. 24-27
Chapter 3: Lesson 5 - American Heroes pp. 96-99
Anchor Text
myOn eBooks
"Who's Who at School"
"The City Mayor"
"The State Government"
"If I Were the President"
Vocabulary
responsibility - something we do because we have to or because it is the right thing to do.
principled - to act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect.
mayor -a leader of a community government.
governor -the leader of a state.
president - the leader of a country.
Contact Us
Mrs. Heide-Oliveto: lmheide@buffaloschools.org
Mrs. Kubus: jlkubus@buffaloschools.org
Mrs. Hart: khart@buffaloschools.org
Mrs. Jax: djax@buffaloschools.org
Miss. Ford ceford@buffaloschools.org
Miss. Monin bemonin@buffaloschools.org
Mrs. Hoffman rlhoffman@buffaloschools.org