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February 9th, 2024
1st Grade News
Dear First Grade Families,
This month celebrates a festival that became popular as a celebration of love in the 14th century, around 600 years ago. Love comes in many forms, the most important, self-love and friendships. Take the time to talk about positive relationships. Sometimes children can find themselves in situations they don't want to, simply to please another. It's ok to not be friends with everyone, what is important is self-respect and respect towards others.
With much Love and Respect, 1st Grade Team
Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks
English Literacy
Learning Goal
Reading: This week we focus on helping readers develop the skill of envisioning as they read, starting with basic literal comprehension and moving to more inferential thinking. They will continue to be coached as they decode challenging words, but also help them to balance the challenges of decoding and maintaining meaning, shifting from one to the other as needed.
Phonics: Take time to see through words, you can use everything you know about letters and sounds to solve them.
What readers & writers are doing at school...
Reading: This week readers do the bigger, even more important work of reading to better understand the world. Each day you’ll give them a new strategy to help them understand their books, starting with the idea of keeping the story in their minds. channeling readers to not only keep track of the main story elements, but also to imagine the details. Developing Inferencing strategies.
Phonics: Readers and writers will remember how powerful they are by using everything they know about letters and sounds to solve them.Â
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
Reading: Read "Brainstorm Bear" and use this chart to help your child Keep the Story in their Mind. Remind them to "Be the Boss of their Reading."Â
Phonics: Use what we practice about words to read the book “Let's Make Snow Ice Cream”. Now from the book, get examples of silent e, vowel teams, double consonants, contractions or compound words.Write them in your homework notebook (Reading Response)
Spanish Literacy
Learning Goal
Escritura de AntologĂa y revisiĂłn con lista de verificaciĂłn
What readers & writers are doing at school...
Los escritores empezarán a revisar sus escrituras, asegurándose de que sean fáciles de leer,además, iniciarán a coleccionar sus escritos en antologĂas.
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
En casa, en tu tiempo de escritura,recuerda usar todo lo que ya sabes para convencer a su lector, hablando directamente con Ă©l y dando informaciĂłn importante para lograr persuadirlo. Recuerda captar la atenciĂłn de tu audiencia con preguntas.Â
Mathematics
Learning Goal
Students will identify, name,describe and compare three-dimentional shapes using their attibutes.
What mathematicians are doing at school...
Students will continue to explore more about shapes. They will use clues to identify three-dimentional shapes. (cubes, rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, cones, sphere and cylinders)Â
What mathematicians could be doing at home...
Home Connection Unit 5 Module 2 Sessoin 2.
Due on Thursday, February 15 Same and Different activity
Science or Social Studies
Learning Goal
To explore the concept of rules and why they are important for a happy and organized community.Â
What tigers are doing at school...
Students will identify basic rules in their classroom and school, understand the idea of fairness, and practice following rules to create a positive learning environment.
What tigers could be doing at home...
Discuss the rules and expectations of places they visit, emphasizing the importance of following them.
Social Emotional Learning Program
Learning Goal
Friends and learners learn why and when it is important to speak up clearly and kindly for themselves and others.
Friends and learners demonstrate respectful, assertive speaking.
What friends and learners are doing at school...
Friends and learners develop confidence in their communication skills when they practice speaking up for themselves and others. Speaking up can be difficult, and this can prevent students from having their ideas and needs heard and addressed. In the lesson, students will learn about and practice speaking up kindly and clearly for themselves and for others through scenarios they act out with a buddy.
What friends and learners could be practicing at home...
Stop reading when a character in a book has the option of speaking up and speaking kindly. Discuss what the character could do before you continue reading. Help students consider how the outcome might have changed if the character’s actions had been different.
Encourage kids to share their ideas, ask for help, or ask questions when in the home to continue to speak up and speak kindly.
CONNECT
Upcoming Events
Feb. 10
Tiger Fun Day - AASCA Soccer
Feb. 14
Frindship
Celebration
Feb. 16
Friday Feedback sent home
Feb. 23
No School
Reminders
Make sure to read and write everyday.
Practice the ""New Word Wall"" to know the new snap words.
1B swimming cycle: January 29th - February 16th.
Friday Feedback Folder was sent on Fridayđź“‚. Make sure to bring it back to school.
February - 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 ZeledĂłn
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