RELIGION: Students will be completing the remaining Stations of the Cross as well as completing fun activities that will help prepare our hearts for Easter! We will not have weekly mass this week as families are encouraged to attend Holy Week masses on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday.
For weekly mass, students are encouraged to bring one can or one dollar to donate to those in need within our community. As always, parents are welcome to join us at mass!
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS:
SKILLS:
Foundational Skills:
Students will read and write words with the spelling alternatives /n/ > ‘kn,’ ‘n,’ ‘nn,’ and /s/ > ‘c,’ ‘ce,’ and ‘se.’
Students will use previously taught Tricky Words to create an oral story.
Students will segment and blend two-syllable words with up to six phonemes.
Students will segment and blend two-syllable words with up to seven phonemes.
Students will read plural nouns ending in –s and –es and sort words according to the pronunciation of their plural markers.
Language:
Students will read and spell words containing /m/ > ‘m’ and ‘mm,’ consonant clusters, and the Tricky Word could.
Students will use pronouns to replace nouns in oral sentences.
Students will make oral sentences with the pronouns he, she, it, I, and you, and will match pronouns with nouns in written sentences.
Students will use adjectives and prepositions to expand short sentences.
Students will spell and write words with /m/ > ‘m’ and ‘mm,’ consonant clusters, and the Tricky Word could.
Reading:
Students will read the story “The Yard Sale” with purpose and understanding; will answer written short-answer questions; and will answer literal, inferential, and evaluative questions about key details in the text.
Students will read the story “The Storm” with purpose and understanding, and will answer written short-answer questions about key details in the text.
Students will read the story “Dark Clouds and Wind” with purpose and understanding, and will answer written short-answer questions about key details in the text.
Students will read “In the Storm Shelter” with purpose and understanding, and will answer written short-answer questions about key details in the text.
Students will read the story “The Visit” with purpose and understanding, will answer written short-answer questions about the story, and will answer oral literal and inferential questions about key details in the text.
KNOWLEDGE:
Students are now in Knowledge Unit 9: Fairy Tales
Why Fairy Tales are Important:
This domain will introduce students to fairy tales that have been favorites with children for generations. Students will learn about the elements of fairy tales that distinguish them as a unique type of fiction that still has the elements of character, plot, and setting that are found in other types of fiction. Reading these fairy tales will help first-grade students develop a strong foundation for the understanding of other fictional stories in later grades.
Stories we have already listened to:
Sleeping Beauty
Rumpelstiltskin
Rapunzel
The Frog Prince Part I
The Frog Prince Part II
Stories we will listen to this week:
Hansel and Gretel Part I
Hansel and Gretel Part II
Speaking and Listening:
Students will review the elements of fairy tales.
Reading:
Students will retell and identify elements of a fairy tale.
Students will identify elements in a fairy tale to determine if their predictions were correct.
Students will sequence the events of a fairy tale.
Language:
Students will demonstrate understanding of the Tier 2 word comforted.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the Tier 2 word creep.
Writing:
Students will use a graphic organizer to compare characters in several fairy tales.
Students will use a graphic organizer to plan a narrative retelling of a fairy tale.
MATH:
Reveal: Students will be completing Unit 11: Subtraction with 100 this week by:
using mental math to fund 10 less than a given 2-digit number and explain their reasoning
using place value to subtract a multiple of 10 from larger multiples of 10
using a number chart and an open number line to subtract a multiple of 10 from a larger multiple of 10
using a known addition equation to find the difference of a multiple of 10 from larger multiples of 10 and explaining their reasoning
Math Homework/Assessments: There will be NO math facts homework this week.
Math Facts:
In order for your child to be successful in the upcoming challenging concepts that we will be learning during the year, it is of VITAL importance for your child to continue practicing their math facts at home. I would strongly suggest utilizing flash cards or the Fact Monster link below to help keep your child's math fact fluency proficient.
Students can practice their math fact fluency throughout the whole year at the following link:
https://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcard?op[0]=addition&level=1
UNITS OF STUDY: Students will be learning about rabbits as well as completing fun activities to prepare their hearts for Easter.