This week we will read a favorite story and activites based on the story that review all skills we have learned this year in 1st grade!

We will wrap up and review all of our learning for the year!

This week we will be reading fantasy stories and reviewing all skills we have learned this year in 1st grade!

The next 2 weeks will be all about data! 1st graders will collect and organize data into tally charts, picture graphs and bar graphs. 

This week first graders will learn how technology and communication have changed over time. Look for special homework coming home where students will have the opportunity to interview a grandparent or other special adult! 

This week our phonics skill will be will be vowels au, aw, al and all like in the words ball, fault, paw, salt, etc. We will be reading informational texts all week from ScholasticNews magazines.  

The next 2 weeks will be all about data! 1st graders will collect and organize data into tally charts, picture graphs and bar graphs. 

This week first graders will learn how technology and communication have changed over time. Look for special homework coming home where students will have the opportunity to interview a grandparent or other special adult! 

This week our phonics skill will be will be vowels ou and ow like in the words cow and mouse. We will be reading narrative nonfiction stories all week. Narrative nonfiction stories share real information told like a story.  

We will continue with time.  1st graders are expected to identify time to the hour and half hour. 

Our next unit in I&I is about famous Americans who show good citizenship. We'll learn about Ben Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt and Alexander Graham Bell. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be vowels /oo/ like in the word boot and stoop. Students will also make inferences and also identify the theme of a story. 

We will continue measuring with non-standard units and begin time. 1st graders are expected to identify time to the hour and half hour. 

Our unit in I&I is all about Careers. We will discuss wants/needs, goods/services, community helpers & leaders and wrap up with Career Day later this month! 

This week our phonics skill will be will be vowels /oo/ like in the word good and hood. Students will also make inferences and also identify the theme of a story. 

We will begin our next unit all about measurement. 1st graders are expected to measure using non-standard units like cubes, plastic tiles, and paperclips. 

Our unit in I&I is all about Careers. We will discuss wants/needs, goods/services, community helpers & leaders and wrap up with Career Day later this month! 

This week our phonics skill will be will be contractions. Students will also find the central idea of a text and practice adding the prefix re- to create new words. 

This week will be all about money! First graders are expected to identify and count pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. 

Our unit in I&I is all about Careers. We will discuss wants/needs, goods/services, community helpers & leaders and wrap up with Career Day later this month! 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with glued sounds -ng and -nk. Glued sounds means 2 letters make 1 sound.   Students will also practice using time order words in their writing. 

This week will be all about money! First graders are expected to identify and count pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. 

Our unit in I&I is all about Careers. We will discuss wants/needs, goods/services, community helpers & leaders and wrap up with Career Day later this month! 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words r-controlled vowels with er, ir and ur {they all make the same sound!}.  Students will also do more practice with two syllable words as well as prefix un-. 

This week students will be comparing numbers using the greater than or less than with < and > symbols. We will also do lots of counting by 2's, 5's and 10's.  

1st graders will begin our next unit about plant parts. We'll discuss the purpose and job of seeds, roots, stems, leaves and flowers. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words r-controlled vowels with or. We also refer to this as "Bossy R". Students will also find focus on alliteration as an element of poetry. 

This week students will be comparing numbers using the greater than or less than with < and > symbols. 

1st graders will begin our next unit about plant parts. We'll discuss the purpose and job of seeds, roots, stems, leaves and flowers. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words r-controlled vowels with ar. We also refer to this as "Bossy R". Students will also find the central idea of an informational text.  We'll also do 2 fun St. Patrick's themed writing activities. 

This week students add groups of tens and ones. We will also begin comparing numbers using the greater than or less than with < and > symbols. 

1st graders will use the Engineering Design Process to design a wall using rocks and a mortar mixture. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with long vowel i spelled igh and y. Students will also focus on the elements of a drama. 

This week students will continue to count and build 2 and 3 digit numbers using base 10 blocks; and identify ones, tens and hundreds. We will continue our learning by writing numbers in expanded form. 

1st graders will use the Engineering Design Process to design a wall using rocks and a mortar mixture. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with long vowel o spelled oa and ow. Students will also focus on making mental images as we read. 

This week students will begin to count and build numbers using base 10 blocks and identify ones and tens. We will continue our learning by writing numbers in expanded form. 

1st graders will use the Engineering Design Process to design a wall using rocks and a mortar mixture. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with long vowel a spelled ay and ai. Students will also focus on finding the central idea of an informational text. 

1st graders will describe and compare soils and its properties. 1st graders will also observe the properties of different walls in our school.  

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with long vowel e spelled ee and ea. Students will also focus on finding the central idea of an informational text. 

1st graders will be learning all about landforms and bodies of water. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with long vowel e spelled ee and ea. Students will also focus on finding the central idea of an informational text. 

1st graders will be learning all about landforms and bodies of water. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with long vowels e and u with silent e.  We will make inferences as we read. To make an inference; we put together what we know and what we read and then make a smart guess! 

This week is all about our families and our cultures. We'll talk about the languages we speak, clothes we wear, holidays we celebrate, food we eat and more! 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with long vowels i and o with silent e.  We will also identify text features and their purpose. 

We will discuss Martin Luther King Jr. and why we admire him. 

We are learning all about Texas symbols and what they stand for. We will also read about these during Language Arts. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with long vowel a with silent e like cake, made, shame.  We will also identify the point of view while reading. 

We are learning all about US symbols and what they stand for. examples of symbols we'll cover are the Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, Star Spangled Banner, White House and many more! We will also read about these during Language Arts. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with long vowels spelled with e, i and o; like me, no, hi.  We will also identify the elements of a drama while reading our story of the week. 

Students will work in groups to create a working windmill. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with final blends like -mp, -nt, -xt, -sp, -st, -ft, etc. We will also identify the theme (lesson or moral) of a story. 

The next 3 weeks will be part of our first Engineering Unit! We will be studying the wind and at the end; students will work in groups to create a working windmill. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with final blends like -mp, -nt, -xt, -sp, -st, -ft, etc. We will also identify the theme (lesson or moral) of a story. 

The next 3 weeks will be part of our first Engineering Unit! We will be studying the wind and at the end; students will work in groups to create a working windmill. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with final blends like -mp, -nt, -xt, -sp, -st, -ft, etc. We will also identify the theme (lesson or moral) of a story. 

The next 3 weeks will be part of our first Engineering Unit! We will be studying the wind and at the end; students will work in groups to create a working windmill. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with r blends - pr, gr, fr, br, cr. We will also find text features and their purpose as we read. 

We will continue our study of things we find in the sky like stars, the sun, the moon and clouds. 

This week our phonics skill will be will be words with l blends - pl, gl, fl, bl, cl. We will also find text features and their purpose as we read. 

We will continue our study of things we find in the sky like stars, the sun, the moon and clouds. 

This week our phonics skill will be words with initial s blends - like sl, st, sp, sn, sm. Students will read many texts this week and work to find the Point of View {first or third person}. 

This week will kick off our study of things we find in the sky like stars, the sun, the moon and clouds. 

This week our phonics skill will be digraphs wh, th and tch at the beginning and ending of words. We will also find the central idea of a text. {what the text is mostly about}

We will spend this week wrapping up our unit about animals and their characteristics with a fun STEM activity and a unit wrap-up. 

This week our phonics skill will be digraph ch at the beginning and ending of words. We will also discuss the difference between first and third person texts. 

1st graders will observe and record life cycles of animals such as a chicken, frog, or fish. 

This week our phonics skill will be digraph sh at the beginning and ending of words. Students will also use details from the text to explain their thinking. 

1st graders will observe and record life cycles of animals such as a chicken, frog, or fish. 

This week our phonics skill will be double final consonants - ff, ll, ss, dd, zz. As we read and write this week; we will make mental images - what kind of picture do you make in your brain while you read? We will also CogAT test on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Students will be creating their own animals within a habitat that provides what they need to survive. 

We'll continue this week with short vowels by working with short e. As we read and write this week; we think about the setting of the story and how it changes. We will also make connections as we read - connections to ourselves (text to self), connections to other books we've read (text to text) and connections to our world (text to world).  

For the next 2 weeks; we will discuss the difference between living and nonliving; learn about food chains and interdependent relationships between animals. At the end of the 2 weeks; students will create their own animals within a habitat that provides what they need to survive. 

We'll continue this week with short vowels by working with short o. As we read and write this week; we think about the setting of the story and how it changes. We will also make connections as we read - connections to ourselves (text to self), connections to other books we've read (text to text) and connections to our world (text to world).  

For the next 2 weeks; we will discuss the difference between living and nonliving; learn about food chains and interdependent relationships between animals. At the end of the 2 weeks; students will create their own animals within a habitat that provides what they need to survive. 

This week is all about short o. As we read and write this week; we think about the setting of the story and how it changes. We will also make connections as we read - connections to ourselves (text to self), connections to other books we've read (text to text) and connections to our world (text to world).  

We'll continue our unit about Maps and Globes this week. Students will locate places using the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, west).  We'll also create and use simple maps such as maps of the home, classroom, school, and community.

This week is all about short a and short i. As we read and write this week; we'll share our opinions. It's important to think - does your reasoning make sense?  We will also focus on the setting of a literary text and understand how it affects the story. 

We'll start our unit about Maps and Globes this week. Students will locate places using the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, west).  We'll also create and use simple maps such as maps of the home, classroom, school, and community.