1st Grade
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January 26th, 2024
1st Grade News
Dear Families,
We're thrilled to update you on our current learning focus. Our students are actively solving subtraction story problems, mastering comparisons with unknowns in different positions. In addition, we're fostering crucial conversation skills—identifying behaviors that maintain or disrupt discussions, recognizing on-topic/off-topic responses, and promoting clear, kind, and thoughtful communication. We're also exploring the power of snap words for smoother and more impactful reading experiences. Lastly, our learners are engaged in understanding how light and sound play vital roles in our everyday lives. Your support in reinforcing these concepts at home is invaluable. Feel free to reach out for more insights or ways to enrich these learning experiences.
Warm regards,
Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks
English Literacy
Learning Goal
Reading: The focus of this week is the skill of monitoring. Not only for comprehension but for word decoding.
Phonics: Relate and apply what you know about snap words to use them in order to read pages more smoothly and with more power.
What readers & writers are doing at school...
Reading: Reader will take ownership of their reading by noticing "CLUNKS" errors and pausing to correct them. Partner work is important here as, students will work together to stop, pause, re-read and correct. They will keep in mind what they have learned of r-controlled vowels.
Phonics: Readers and writers will remember how powerful they are by having a lot of words that they know in a snap, in order for them to use those words to set themselves up to read every page more smoothly and with power.
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
Reading: Be a partner to your child, read one of these books "The Queens Ants Bithday" or "Fall Forward, Spring Back" with them, use this ANCHOR CHART to help them stop and fix their reading. If you notice R controlled vowel challenges (-ar, -er, -ir, -or, -ur) use this CHART to help.
Phonics: Use what we practice about “Snap Words” to read the book “Musical Families”. Make sure to identify five new words, now turn those words into snap words: start by reading the words, then go through each step on the chart.
Spanish Literacy
Learning Goal
Reforzar los argumentos y hacer de su escritura la mejor.
What readers & writers are doing at school...
Los escritores de opinión a veces encontrarán a otras personas que pueden ayudarles a generar aún más razones para sustentar sus opiniones ,además, pueden utilizarán la lista de criterios para autoevaluación.
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
Escoge un tema del siguiente cartel Qué opinas? y pregunta a alguien en casa su opinión sobre el tema, argumenta tu propio escritura, recuerda usar los conectores.
Mathematics
Learning Goal
Solve subtraction story problems involving situations of comparing, with unknown in all positions.
What mathematicians are doing at school...
Students will compare their height with rockhopper and king penguins. They will find the difference between both heights and write statements and equetions.
What mathematicians could be doing at home...
Home Connection Unit 4 Module 4 Session 5 Using Tens to Count Due on Thursday Feb 1st.
Science or Social Studies
Learning Goal
Learners continue to explore how we use light and sound in our everyday life.
What tigers are doing at school...
We will explore both phenomena and start asking questions and making observations about what we observe.
What tigers could be doing at home...
Notice who we use light and sound in our everyday life. Discuss your findings with family members or friends.
Social Emotional Learning Program
Learning Goal
Learners and friends name examples of effective and ineffective communication practices.
Learners and friends demonstrate attentive listening, responding, and taking turns with a partner.
Learners and friends use body language and words to show they are paying attention
What friends and learners are doing at school...
Good conversation skills include the ability to speak clearly, listen thoughtfully, make on-topic comments, ask on-topic questions, and take turns. The ability to participate in conversations with others helps children build relationships, exposes them to new and diverse ideas, and promotes oral language skills. In this lesson, students use Conversation Do’s and avoid Conversation Don’ts during a group conversation game.
What friends and learners could be practicing at home...
You can notice when kids use effective communication skills to keep a conversation going, and reinforce these behaviors.
CONNECT
Upcoming Events
Feb. 2
Friday Feedback sent home
Feb. 6
Retake Photo
Session
Feb. 14
Frindship
Celebration
Feb. 23
No School
Reminders
"*Make sure to read and write everyday.
*Practice the ""New Word Wall"" to know the new snap words.
*1A swimming cycle: January 08th - January 26th. * Bring Recycled products (pringles can, tin cans, boxes, bottles, rubber bands, sal sol or sand) to make musical instruments.🎵🎵"
January - Calendar
Swimming
Big Questions Day
Meet the Team!
Mrs. Gema Pereira
1A
Ms. Claudia Romero
1B
Mrs. Tamara Torrres
1C
Mrs. Ma. José Bravo
1D
Betzaida Oviedo
1A Paraprofessional
Adriana Zeledón
1B Paraprofessional
Denissa Estrada
1C Paraprofessional
Kathya Blanco
1D Paraprofessional
Mrs. Dámaris Valdivia
First Grade
Spanish Lead
Cristina Melendez
1st Grade
Spanish Paraprofessional
Mrs. Mercedes Estrada
First Grade
Inclusion Lead