FIRST GRADE NEWS

4th Quarter Learning Topics:

Reading: Our focus is on researching plants, while reading fiction and non-fiction texts.  We'll learn about fact vs opinion and using text evidence to support opinion reading responses.  

Writing: This quarter, students will write well-researched opinion pieces, using the writing process to develope their ideas, and revise/edit their work.

Math: The first week of the 4th quarter we will finish up Module 5 by exploring time to the half hour.  The rest of the quarter will be spent in Module 6:  Place Value, Comparing numbers, and  understanding income with addition and subtraction to 100.

Science: Rocks, Soil, and Bodies of Water; Organisms and their environments (both topics in connection with our Reading/Writing unit)

Social Studies: Financial Literacy (in connection with our Math unit); Texas symbols; exploring places.

* Please label ALL of your child's layers - coats, jackets, hoodies - with your child's first and last names.  It helps us get them back to the correct person when they get lost. * 

Unit 4 ELAR  Click on the link for the family letter for our current Reading Language Arts unit.

Module 6 Math  Click on the link to learn about what students will be learning in Module 6 of math, and suggestions for what you can do at home.

Math Newsletter - introduction to our new program and how parents can support their child at home.

Zearn - a website for math practice.  How does my child log in from home:  English   Spanish