1st Grade
Home Base

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

Phonics: We will begin our unit studying how to turn words wirh short A, like "mat" into long A, like "mate". All thanks to silent E.

Reading: Use the book “Buster’s Busy Day” to practice monitoring and looking out for inflectional endings. Use this Anchor Chart to help.  

Phonics: practice turning other CVC words including a short A into Long A words, by adding a silent E at the end. It doesn't matter if it is a made up word, like turning  "bat" into "bate". The important thing is that your child understand the principle of the ending/silent E changing the vowel sound before it.

Los escritores de libros instructivos  , planean las palabras que escribirán en cada paso, decodificando esas palabras y escribiendo palabras completas en cada paso. Usan la estrategia de combinar sonidos y verificar que palabra tenga sentido. Harán dibujos diciendo las palabras que van con cada dibujo. La única diferencia es que ahora cada dibujo y cada página son un paso en el proceso. Gramática: Aprenden sobre el uso de mayúscula y artículo, además, continúan aprendiendo sobre sustantivos propios y comunes que usarán en sus escritos como: pastel, limón, cuchara, cuchillo, agua, cama... 

En casa, con un compañero de lectura lee Olivia dibuja a Violeta , recuerda combinar los sonidos de las palabras y luego decirla con una voz fluida. Busca pistas en el dibujo para comprender lo que pasa. 

Students will use double-flap number cards to solve addition and subtraction facts and compare different number combinations.

Home Connection Unit 2 Module 2 Session 2    Due Thursday October 9       Activity 1 Dominoes. to practice at home.

As we wrap up our unit, students will review how all parts of a plant work together to help it survive and support the ecosystem.

- Students will revisit key vocabulary (roots, stem, leaves, flowers, seeds/fruits).

- Through hands-on activities and discussions, students will:

Observe real or model plants

Describe the function of each plant part

Explore how plants support environmental health

- Students will organize their ideas to show how they can care for local plants and natural spaces as environmental stewards.

To support learning at home:

- Encourage your child to revisit a plant at home or outside.

- Each evening, have them explain what they know about one part of the plant and how it helps the plant survive.

- Prompt them to think about how this plant might help the environment (e.g., “Does it provide food, clean the air, or help insects?”).

- They can record their observations and thoughts in a piece of paper with drawings or simple notes.

In this lesson, tigers will learn to identify emotions based on internal and external cues as they play charades. Each student will act out an emotion varying intensities and the group will have to identify the emotion with the level. 

When tigers are experiencing an emotion, help them use descriptive feeling words to identify what is happening with their bodies on the outside and how their bodies feel on the inside.