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March 8th, 2024

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Dear First Grade Families,

mportant next step in our students personal and academic goals. Please make sure to follow up on them at home. This week Boss Reader's will celebrate their growth by recording Soojin Draw's a Story. This recording will be shared with other classes so that readers can show how they bring their books to life. Mathemagicians will tap into ratio tables while learning about penguins in the Artic.

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Reading: Use everything you know to bring the book to life.

Phonics: Readers and writers will work together to learn the little parts that words are made of to build new words.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Reading: This week, readers will bring their books to life by recording their mentor text.

Phonics: Word builders will work together to learn the little parts that words are made of and use those parts to build new words.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

Reading: Continue to practice being a STAR reader using this anchor chart and the book below.

Phonics: Use what we practice about OU and OW to read the book “If I Could Fly”. Remember to say them out loud (words OU - OW) and write them in your homework notebook (Reading Response).

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Los compañeros comparten sus aventuras de lectura

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los lectores resolverán palabras nuevas y difíciles, pueden estudiarlas para comprender que tipo de palabras son. También, harán una lectura detallada usando notas adhesivas para marcar en las páginas y contar lo sucedido en la historia.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

En casa lee la fábula La cabra y el lobo cantor, recuerda prestar atención al escenario y los personajes de la historia, además, relee y toma decisiones para convensar sobre la historia con tu compañero de lectura en casa.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Solve addition and subtraction problems with sums and minuends to 20

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Student will be solving story problems about penguins using facts startegies to 20. They will also review ten- frames and double ten-frames

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

Home Connection Unit 6 Module 1 Sesion 2 Figure the Facts with Penguins Due onn Thursday, March 14

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

To reflect on how do simple machines help us in our everyday lives.

What tigers are doing at school...

Students are going to build a simple machine that helps them lift things into the air.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Think about common tasks you do every day (e.g., opening a door, using a can opener, riding a bike) and identify the simple machines involved. Discuss how these machines make these tasks easier.

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

Friends and learners identify the last two steps in problem solving (Think, Try).

Friends and learners use a spirit of curiosity to generate fair solutions to given scenarios.

What friends and learners are doing at school...

Learners and friends will reinforce steps to solving a problem. They will focus on finding solutions to problems that are fair and meet everyone’s needs and practice these skills during a collaborative project as they work to plan a party.

What friends and learners could be practicing at home...

Present examples of book or TV characters using problem-solving steps, or discuss whether using the steps would have changed the situation. Click HERE to see the poster