First Grade Website - Week at a Glance

Week 20: January 12-16

Phonics: Looking at -dge ending words. High Frequency Words: woman, women

Reading: Continue to read nonfiction text and identify the main topic and details. Also, ask and answer questions about the text and find text evidence to support our answers. Words to know: non-fiction, main topic, detail, text evidence

Writing: We will learn how we can write sentences to form an opinion about a topic and support our opinion with reasons and discuss facts vs opinions. We will continue to check for a capital letters at the beginning,, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end.

Math: The kids will build toward fluency with adding and subtracting within 20. We will practice adding and subtracting one-digit numbers from teen numbers without composing or decomposing a ten. Find the value that makes an addition or subtraction equation true, involving 20. Understand 10 ones as a ten and the numbers 11 to 19 as a ten and some ones. We will also add within 20, including three addends and subtract within 20.

Science: Continue to explore how animals move and defend themselves and how they use their different body parts.

Phonics: Looking at compound words and -tch ending words. High Frequency Words: friend and because,

Reading: Continue to read nonfiction text and identify the main topic and details. Also, ask and answer questions about the text and find text evidence to support our answers. Words to know: non-fiction, main topic, detail, text evidence

Writing: We will finish up Narrative writing and introduce Opinion writing. We will learn how we can write sentences to form an opinion about a topic and support our opinion with reasons and discuss facts vs opinions. We will continue to check for a capital letters at the beginning,, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end.

Math: The kids will build toward fluency with adding and subtracting within 10. We will practice adding and subtracting one-digit numbers from teen numbers without composing or decomposing a ten. Find the value that makes an addition or subtraction equation true, involving 10. Understand 10 ones as a ten and the numbers 11 to 19 as a ten and some ones. We will also add within 20, including three addends and subtract within 20.

Science: Continue to explore how animals move and defend themselves and how they use their different body parts.

Week 19: January 5-9

Phonics: Looking at open and closed syllables.

Reading: Continue to read nonfiction text and identify the main topic and details. Also, ask and answer questions about the text and find text evidence to support our answers. Words to know: non-fiction, main topic, detail, text evidence

Writing: We will finish up Narrative writing and introduce Opinion writing. We will learn how we can write sentences to form an opinion about a topic and support our opinion with reasons and discuss facts vs opinions. We will continue to check for a capital letters at the beginning,, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end.

Math: The kids will build toward fluency with adding and subtracting within 10. We will practice adding and subtracting one-digit numbers from teen numbers without composing or decomposing a ten. Find the value that makes an addition or subtraction equation true, involving 10. Understand 10 ones as a ten and the numbers 11 to 19 as a ten and some ones. We will also add within 20, including three addends and subtract within 20.

Science: Continue to explore how animals move and defend themselves and how they use their different body parts.

Week 18: December 8-12

Phonics: Adding the ending -ing to words. High Frequency Words: into and been. Review words- two, does, any, many.

Fonemas:

Reading: Continue to identify the central message or moral of a story and retelling using beginning, middle, and end. Ask and answer questions about key details in a story. Words to know: lesson/central message/moral of a story, first, next or then, last.

Lectura: Continuamos con identificar el mensaje central o moral de las historias utilizando primero, después al final. Haciendo preguntas sobre los detalles de la historia. Palabras conocidas: lección/central mensaje/moral de la historia, primero, después, final.

Writing: Introduce Narrative Writing and how we can write to tell a personal narrative story. We will also discuss how we use transition words when we tell/write a story. We will continue to check for a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also identify differences types of sentences.

Escritura: Escritura narrativa y como podemos escribir diciendo una historia narrativa. Vamos a analizar como se utilizan las palabras de transición al escribir una historia narrativa. Seguiremos trabajando en las palabras que llevan mayúsculas, espacio entre las palabras y puntuación. También compararemos las diferentes maneras de escribir en las oraciones.

Math: The kids will build toward fluency with adding and subtracting within 10. We will practice adding and subtracting one-digit numbers from teen numbers without composing or decomposing a ten. Find the value that makes an addition or subtraction equation true, involving 10. Understand 10 ones as a ten and the numbers 11 to 19 as a ten and some ones. We will also add within 20, including three addends and subtract within 20.

Matemáticas: Los estudiantes resolverán problemas razonados con numeros hasta el 20.

Social Science/Science: Continue Unit 2 in Science and become Animal Reporters. We will learn

how to make observations of animals and how to group animals. We will also continue to talk about

needs/wants and good and services.

Week 17: December 15-19

Phonics: Adding the ending -ing to words. High Frequency Words: into and been. Review words- two, does, any, many.

Fonemas:

Reading: Continue to identify the central message or moral of a story and retelling using beginning, middle, and end. Ask and answer questions about key details in a story. Words to know: lesson/central message/moral of a story, first, next or then, last.

Lectura: Continuamos con identificar el mensaje central o moral de las historias utilizando primero, después al final. Haciendo preguntas sobre los detalles de la historia. Palabras conocidas: lección/central mensaje/moral de la historia, primero, después, final.

Writing: Introduce Narrative Writing and how we can write to tell a personal narrative story. We will also discuss how we use transition words when we tell/write a story. We will continue to check for a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also identify differences types of sentences.

Escritura: Escritura narrativa y como podemos escribir diciendo una historia narrativa. Vamos a analizar como se utilizan las palabras de transición al escribir una historia narrativa. Seguiremos trabajando en las palabras que llevan mayúsculas, espacio entre las palabras y puntuación. También compararemos las diferentes maneras de escribir en las oraciones.

Math: Students will solve story problems within 10. They will begin to understand the meaning of the equal sign and connect story 34 to equations. Unit 2 Vocabulary- add to, take away, result unknown, put together, take apart, solve, compare, difference, equal sign, expression, expression, equation, addend, difference.

Matemáticas: Los estudiantes resolverán problemas razonados con numeros hasta el 10.

Social Science/Science: Continue Unit 2 in Science and become Animal Reporters. We will learn how to make observations of animals and how to group animals. We will also continue to talk about needs/wants and good and services.

Week 16: December 1-5

Phonics: Adding the ending -es and -ed to words. High Frequency Words: two, does, any, many

Fonemas:

Reading: Continue to identify the central message or moral of a story and retelling using beginning, middle, and end. Ask and answer questions about key details in a story. Words to know: lesson/central message/moral of a story, first, next or then, last.

Lectura: Continuamos con identificar el mensaje central o moral de las historias utilizando primero, después al final. Haciendo preguntas sobre los detalles de la historia. Palabras conocidas: lección/central mensaje/moral de la historia, primero, después, final.

Writing: Introduce Narrative Writing and how we can write to tell a personal narrative story. We will also discuss how we use transition words when we tell/write a story. We will continue to check for a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also identify differences types of sentences.

Escritura: Escritura narrativa y como podemos escribir diciendo una historia narrativa. Vamos a analizar como se utilizan las palabras de transición al escribir una historia narrativa. Seguiremos trabajando en las palabras que llevan mayúsculas, espacio entre las palabras y puntuación. También compararemos las diferentes maneras de escribir en las oraciones.

Math: Students will solve story problems within 10. They will begin to understand the meaning of the equal sign and connect story 34 to equations. Unit 2 Vocabulary- add to, take away, result unknown, put together, take apart, solve, compare, difference, equal sign, expression, expression, equation, addend, difference.

Matemáticas: Los estudiantes resolverán problemas razonados

Social Science/Science: Continue Unit 2 in Science and become Animal Reporters. We will learn how to make observations of animals and how to group animals. We will also continue to talk about needs/wants and good and services.

Week 15: November 24-28

Due to the short week, we will spend time reviewing a few learning concepts in reading and math and also complete a few fun activities. We will also talk about what we are Thankful for at home and at school. Happy Thanksgiving!

Week 14: November 17-21

Phonics: Words with _ce /s/ and _ge /j/. High Frequency Words: who, by, my, one, once

Reading: Continue to identify the central message or moral of a story and retelling using beginning, middle, and end. Ask and answer questions about key details in a story. Words to know: lesson/central message/moral of a story, first, next or then, last

Writing: Introduce Narrative Writing and how we can write to tell a personal narrative story. We will also discuss how we use transition words when we tell/write a story. We will continue to check for a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also identify differences types of sentences.

Math: Students will solve story problems within 10. They will begin to understand the meaning of the equal sign and connect story problems to equations. Unit 2 Vocabulary- add to, take away, result unknown, put together, take apart, solve, compare, difference, equal sign, expression, expression, equation, addend, difference.

Social Science/Science: Continue Unit 2 in Science and become Animal Reporters. We will learn how to make observations of animals and how to group animals. We will also touch on needs/wants and good and services.

Week 13: November 10-14

Phonics: Words with long vowel u and e with silent e, u_e and e_e. High Frequency Words: who, by, my, one, once

Reading: Continue to identify the central message or moral of a story and retelling using beginning, middle, and end. Ask and answer questions about key details in a story. Words to know: lesson/central message/moral of a story, first, next or then, last

Writing: Introduce Narrative Writing and how we can write to tell a personal narrative story. We will also discuss how we use transition words when we tell/write a story. We will continue to check for a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also identify differences types of sentences.

Math: Students will solve story problems within 10. They will begin to understand the meaning of the equal sign and connect story problems to equations. Unit 2 Vocabulary- add to, take away, result unknown, put together, take apart, solve, compare, difference, equal sign, expression, expression, equation, addend, difference.

Social Science/Science: Begin Unit 2 in Science and become Animal Reporters. We will learn how to make observations of animals and how to group animals. We will also touch on needs/wants and good and services.

Week 13: November 3-7

Phonics: Words with long o and e with a silent e. High Frequency Words Review: who, would, could, should, or, for, by, my

Reading: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson and ask questions about a text. Words to know: character, setting, before, after, first, next, last.

Writing: Introduce Narrative Writing and how we can write to tell a personal narrative story. We will also discuss how we use transition words when we tell/write a story. We will continue to check for a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also identify differences types of sentences.

Math: Students will solve story problems within 10. They will begin to understand the meaning of the equal sign and connect story problems to equations. Unit 2 Vocabulary- add to, take away, result unknown, put together, take apart, solve, compare, difference, equal sign, expression, expression, equation, addend, difference.

Social Science/Science: Begin Unit 2 in Science and become Animal Reporters. We will learn how to make observations of animals and how to group animals. We will also touch on needs/wants and good and services.

Week 12: October 27-31

Phonics: Words with long vowel i with silent e, i_e and long vowel o with a silent e o_e High Frequency Words: by, my Review: who, would, could, should, or, for)

Reading: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. Words to know: character, setting, before, after, first, next, last.

Writing: Introduce Narrative Writing and how we can write to tell a personal narrative story. We will also discuss how we use transition words when we tell/write a story. We will continue to check for a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end.

Math: Students will solve story problems within 10. They will begin to understand the meaning of the equal sign and connect story problems to equations. Unit 2 Vocabulary- add to, take away, result unknown, put together, take apart, solve, compare, difference, equal sign, expression, expression, equation, addend, difference.

Social Science/Science: Continue our first science unit on the Museum of Leafology. We will explore special features plants have to help them survive and grow and also review all that we have learned about plants so far. Continue to observe how our seeds are growing. (Radish, Sunflower and Squash) and identify any changes.

Week 11: October 20-24

Phonics: Words with long vowel a with silent e, a_e. High Frequency Words: who (review: would, could, should, or, for)

Reading: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. Words to know: character, setting, before, after, first, next, last.

Writing: Continue to discuss what a sentence is and practice writing a sentence with a capital letter, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also discuss how a sentence can describe a picture or an idea. Identifying verbs as action words.

Math: Students will solve story problems within 10. They will begin to understand the meaning of the equal sign and connect story problems to equations. Unit 2 Vocabulary- add to, take away, result unknown, put together, take apart, solve, compare, difference, equal sign, expression, expression, equation, addend, difference.

Social Science/Science: Continue our first science unit on the Museum of Leafology. We will explore special features plants have to help them survive and grow and also review all that we have learned about plants so far. Continue to observe how our seeds are growing. (Radish, Sunflower and Squash) and identify any changes.

Week 10: October 13-17

Phonics: Words with long vowel a with silent e, a_e. High Frequency Words: who (review: would, could, should, or, for)

Reading: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. Words to know: character, setting, before, after, first, next, last.

Writing: Continue to discuss what a sentence is and practice writing a sentence with a capital letter, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also discuss how a sentence can describe a picture or an idea. Identifying verbs as action words.

Math: Students will solve story problems within 10. They will begin to understand the meaning of the equal sign and connect story problems to equations. Unit 2 Vocabulary- add to, take away, result unknown, put together, take apart, solve, compare, difference, equal sign, expression, expression, equation, addend, difference.

Social Science/Science: We will continue our Science unit Museum of Leafology. We will be discussing how plants are amazing, parts of a plant and how seeds are dispersed. We will be planting our own plants to identify the six main parts of a plant - seeds, roots, stem, leaves, flowers and fruit.

Week 9: October 6-10

Reminder-1/2 day Wednesday, October 8-dismissal at 10:50

Phonics: Words with wh at the beginning and ph at the beginning and end of words. High Frequency Words: could, would and should. Review words: they, their, were, talk and walk.

Reading: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. Words to know: character, setting, before, after, first, next, last.

Writing: Continue to discuss what a sentence is and practice writing a sentence with a capital letter, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also discuss how a sentence can describe a picture or an idea. Identifying verbs as action words.

Math: We will finish Unit 1 this week and begin Unit 2. Students will solve story problems within 10. They will begin to understand the meaning of the equal sign and connect story problems to equations. Unit 2 Vocabulary- add to, take away, result unknown, put together, take apart, solve, compare, difference, equal sign, expression, expression, equation, addend, difference.

Social Science/Science: We will continue our Science unit Museum of Leafology. We will be discussing how plants are amazing, parts of a plant and how seeds are dispersed. We will be planting our own plants to identify the six main parts of a plant - seeds, roots, stem, leaves, flowers and fruit.

Week 8: September 29-October 3

Reminder-No school on Thursday 10/2

Phonics: Words with ch at the beginning and end of words and digraphs review. High Frequency Words: talk and walk. Review words: she we they, their, were

Reading: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. Words to know: character, setting, before, after, first, next, last

Writing: Continue to discuss what a sentence is and practice writing a sentence with a capital letter, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also discuss how a sentence can describe a picture or an idea. Identifying verbs as action words.

Math: Understanding adding and subtracting within 10 when one of the addends is one or two. We will be using dice and counters as tools for this addition/subtraction practice. We will also introduce various strategies to add and subtract. Some strategies that will be covered will be; counting on/back, counting all objects and using a counting sequence to find sums/differences. We will be looking at using surveys that provide data. Tallies will be used to help understand the data from the surveys. Words to know: survey, data, categories, questions, collections, tally marks, addend, sum and difference.

Social Science/Science: We will continue our Science unit Museum of Leafology. We will be discussing how plants are amazing, parts of a plant and how seeds are dispersed. We will be planting our own plants to identify the six main parts of a plant - seeds, roots, stem, leaves, flowers and fruit.

Week 7: September 22-26

Phonics: Words with th at the beginning and end. High Frequency Words: were, they, their. Review words: goes, says, she and he.

Reading: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. Words to know: character, setting, before, after, first, next, last

Writing: Continue to discuss what a sentence is and practice writing a sentence with a capital letter, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also discuss how a sentence can describe a picture or an idea. Identifying nouns as a person, place or thing will also be a focus during writing.

Math: Understanding adding and subtracting within 10 when one of the addends is one or two. We will be using dice and counters as tools for this addition/subtraction practice. We will also introduce various strategies to add and subtract. Some strategies that will be covered will be; counting on/back, counting all objects and using a counting sequence to find sums/differences. Words to know: plus, equals, addend, sum, all together, minus, difference, take away

Social Science/Science: We will continue our Science unit Museum of Leafology. We will be discussing how plants are amazing, parts of a plant and how seeds are dispersed.

Week 6: September 15-19

Phonics: Words with ck and sh. High Frequency Words: goes, says, she and we. review words: your, want, go, no, so

Reading: Answer questions about stories we read and retell stories in sequence. Words to know: character, setting, before, after, first, next, last

Writing: Continue to discuss what a sentence is and practice writing a sentence with a capital letter, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also discuss how a sentence can describe a picture or an idea. Identifying nouns as a person, place or thing will also be a focus during writing.

Math: Understanding adding and subtracting within 10 when one of the addends is one or two. We will be using dice and counters as tools for this addition/subtraction practice. We will also introduce various strategies to add and subtract. Some strategies that will be covered will be; counting on/back, counting all objects and using a counting sequence to find sums/differences. Words to know: plus, equals, addend, sum, all together, minus, difference, take away

Social Science/Science: We will continue our Science unit Museum of Leafology. We will be discussing how plants are amazing, 'sleepy' seeds and parts of a plant.

Week 5: September 8-12

Phonics: Double consonant spelling rule with ll, ss, ff, zz along with -all, -oll and -ull words. High Frequency Words: your, want, go, no, so

Reading: Answer questions about stories we read and retell stories in sequence. Words to know: character, setting, before, after, first, next, last

Writing: Continue to discuss what a sentence is and practice writing a sentence with a capital letter, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also discuss how a sentence can describe a picture or an idea. Identifying nouns as a person, place or thing will also be a focus during writing.

Math: Understanding adding and subtracting within 10 when one of the addends is one or two. We will be using dice and counters as tools for this addition/subtraction practice. We will also introduce various strategies to add and subtract. Some strategies that will be covered will be; counting on/back, counting all objects and using a counting sequence to find sums/differences. Words to know: plus, equals, addend, sum, all together, minus, difference, take away

Social Science/Science: We will discuss Community Helpers and what they do to help in our communities. We will begin our first unit in Science this week. The science unit is called Museum of Leafology. We will be discussing how plants are amazing and what 'sleepy' seeds are.

Week 4: September 1-5

Phonics: Short vowels u and e. Review the high frequency words learned in kindergarten. Words to know: he, be, me, from, look, book, are, was.

Reading: Continue to discuss good reading strategies that we can use to help us when we are reading a story including identifying the characters and setting of a story.

Writing: Continue to discuss what a sentence is and practice writing a sentence with a capital letter, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also discuss how a sentence can describe a picture or an idea.

Math: Understanding adding and subtracting within 10 when one of the addends is one or two. We will be using dice and counters as tools for this addition/subtraction practice. We will also introduce various strategies to add and subtract. Some strategies that will be covered will be; counting on/back, counting all objects and using a counting sequence to find sums/differences. Words to know: plus, equals, addend, sum, all together, minus, difference, take away

Social Science: We will discuss Community Helpers and what they do to help in our communities.

Week 3: August 25-29

Phonics: We will be looking at short o and short u words. we will review the high frequency words learned in kindergarten. Words to know: I, a, go, see, like, can, we, the, play and said.

Reading: Continue to discuss good reading strategies that we can use to help us when we are reading a story including identifying the characters and setting of a story.

Writing: Continue to discuss what a sentence is and practice writing a sentence with a capital letter, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also discuss how a sentence can describe a picture or an idea.

Math: Add and subtract within 10 using different math strategies. Words to know: category, data, sum difference and survey

Social Science: We will finish our first social studies unit on following rules and expectations and why they are important.

Week 2: August 18-22

Phonics: Review the letters of the alphabet including the sounds of each letter.

Reading: Discuss good reading strategies that we can use to help us when we are reading a story. We will also begin putting those reading strategies to work as we begin to read and discuss the characters and setting of a story.

Writing: Discuss what a sentence is and practice writing a sentence with a capital letter, spaces between our words, and punctuation at the end. We will also discuss how a sentence can describe a picture or an idea.

Math: Review skills learned in kindergarten including reading and writing numbers, counting to 100, comparing numbers, and 2D shapes.

Social Science: We will begin with our first social studies lesson on following rules and expectations. We will learn and discuss why rules are important and how we can follow our school rules and expectations in different places.

Week 1: August 13th-15th

Welcome to 1st Grade! As the school year begins we will spend the first few days...

Getting to know each other
Learning our daily routine and schedule
Setting and practicing classroom expectations
Exploring how we are going to be the best 1st grade learners we can be

Let our learning journey begin. 1st Graders are AMAZING!