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September 29th, 2023

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1st Grade News

Dear First Grade Families,

Our First graders had a great week of learning. Next week students will get prepared to start our new reading unit, Wor Detectives. In Spanish, they will start a new writing unit How to Books. In phonics, they joined Rasheed in a celebration because they are becoming Phonics professors. In Math, students will generate addition and subtraction equations or fact families through picture cards.

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

PHONICS: Focus on studying how words usually make a long “A” sound when there is a silent “E” at the end of the word.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

READING: Readers are detectives on the hunt, ready to be aware of any words that may challenege them, Detective s will work on monitoring their reading and re-reading when making a mistake. They will be on the lookout for common endings such as-s and -ing and make the links between the sounds they hear and how they are represented. 

PHONICS: Readers and writers will be word detectives who are always on a mission to learn more about words. They will look for tricky words all day long - during reading, during writing, and especially during word study.

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

PHONICS: Use what we practice about “The Case of the Silent E” to read the book “Fire fighter”. Remember to hear, say and notice that words usually make a long “A” sound when there is a silent “E” at the end of the word.

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Los escritores escriben para enseñar ( Libros Instructivos), Los escritores escriben para enseñar (Libros Instructivos)

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los escritores de libros instructivos se convierten en lectores y preguntan, ‘¿Puedo seguir con esto?, releyendo y asegurándose de usar palabras claras,además, convertiran sus dibujos en diagramas utilizando las palabras más específicas y precisas para enseñar más información. 

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

Los escritores leerán el libro Hagamos limonada prestando atención a los pasos, para luego escribir lo que aprendieron usando sus propias palabras.En la mochila encontrarán un libro de hojas pautadas para la actividad de español (la actividad es en casa).

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Solve additions and subtraction story problems with sums and minuends.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Students will write story problems and generate addition and subtraction equations or fact families within 20.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

Home Connection Unit 2 Module 2 Session 2 Page 1. Page 2 Due Friday October 6 Activity 1 Dominoes

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

5-day Science Project: Collaboration & Engagement

What tigers are doing at school...

Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Watch the following video, and discuss at home: what is the function of the roots and stem?

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

Learners and friends introduce, recognize and differentiate what are thoughts, feelings and actions when they work and play with others.

What friends and learners are doing at school...

Simple examples thought role playing and working in groups, they differentiate and label what is a thought, feeling or action

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

When you read a story with your child, you can ask questions about the characters: What does this character think? How does it feel to think that way? What action the character are going to do?

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The Magic of Books
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Meet the Team!

Mrs. Gema Pereira

1A

Ms. Claudia Romero

1B

Mrs. Daniela Carrión

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