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December 1st, 2023

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Dear 1st Grade Families,

We are so happy to have fullfilled another week full of learning. Students were monitored on their reading skills and we feel very proud of the great job they did and how much they have grown! We also closed the week with our amazing field trip to American Donuts factory, where students learned the process of making donuts from scratch. Moreover, they had an amazing time sharing a good time at Puerto Salvador Allende, where they had the chance to play, eat, and socialize a lot! They are ready to have a restful weekend!

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Writing: Writers will use checklists to evaluate their writing and set new goals.

PHONICS: Relate and apply what you know about reading all the way across words and know common ways that words end. With that knowledge and with a peek at the first letter of an ending, students can guess what the ending might be and then check their guesses as they read on.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Writing: Using their own checklist writers will make sure that they are being ambitious whilst setting goals for their writing. A checklist will help them achieve this goal. Writers will take the time to check their writing and notice punctuationn, spelling as well as Capitals.

PHONICS: Readers and writers will explore how important it is to read all the way across words and know common ways that words end. With that knowledge and with a peek at the first letter of an ending, you can guess what the ending might be and then check your guesses as you read on.

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

Writing: Write a letter to someone with your child, teaching them about something. Use this CHECKLIST to make sure we are adding all we need so that the reader can read the letter with ease. Thisnk about spelling, capitals and punctuation.

PHONICS: Use what we practice about “Common Word Endings” to read the book “Black and White”. Now from the book, get examples of those endings.

Write them in your homework notebook (Reading Response).

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Los lectores curiosos pueden usar todo lo que saben sobre la lectura de libros de no ficción para aprender no solo de los libros, sino también del mundo que los rodea.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los lectores pueden usar todo lo que saben sobre la lectura de libros de no ficción para leer y aprender mucho de cada libro, además,pueden estar atentos a las palabras clave, es decir, palabras que son importantes para comprender el tema. Pueden coleccionar las palabras clave que aparecen una y otra vez y usarlas mientras piensan y conversan sobre el tema con sus compañeros de lectura.

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

En casa, encuentra un compañero de lectura, puede ser mamá, papá o tu mascota y lee cualquier palabra difícil o larga, usando la estrategia lee parte por parte en el libro Los animales del bosque. Recuerda leer mínimo 20 minutos diarios.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Use the relationship between addition and subtraction within 20 to solve problems.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Students will practice adding and subtracting by counting on and counting backward on the number line.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

Online Math games Place Value Basketball Home Connection Practice on the Number Line page #1 page 2. Due on Thursday December 7th.

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

Healthy living.

What tigers are doing at school...

The development of social-emotional learning skills to foster their overall health and well-being, positive mental health, and ability to learn, build resilience, and thrive

What tigers could be doing at home...

Watch the following video and write down 5 healthy foods and 5 unhealthy foods.

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

Identify beliefs or stereotypes that exist about others, objects, or roles.

Describe limitations and problems associated with stereotyped thinking.

Demonstrate ways to challenge stereotypes(e.g., exchange for fresh thoughts or get to

know others).

What friends and learners are doing at school...

They learn strategies to reflect on the accuracy of these beliefs and foster increased understanding of variability and similarities within social groups. In this lesson, students will identify stereotypes that exist about others, objects, or activities and discuss the fairness of stereotypes.