Weekly Academic Updates:
Week of 12/8:
Unit 14 Letterland homework, (Blends at the end: nd, nt, st, sk) phonics sheet, & math will be coming home along with a reading log. Students should read nightly for 15 minutes Monday - Thursday. All homework and reading log are due each Friday.
LetterLand: Lists to Reference
Close Reading (writing embedded - Sentences, Spelling and the Writing Process):
Quarter 1 Topics: Building our Class COmmunity, First Grade on the Move
Quarter 2: Topics: My Spectacular Sky, Protectors of Our Global Community
Quarter 3 Topics: Becoming Researchers of Earth and Animals, Dynamite Diversity
Quarter 4: Our Earth Is Home to All, Our Community Words Together
Math:
Quarter 1 Topics: Graphing, Number Sense, Representing Place Value (ones, tens), Understanding Teen Numbers, Counting On
Quarter 2 Topics: Comparing Numbers, Addition, Subtraction, Measurement & Data, Problem Solving
Quarter 3 Topics: Operating with Place Value, Distinguishing and Composing Shapes
Quarter 4 Topics: Partitioning Shapes, Telling Time, Problem Solving
Science:
Quarter 1 Topics: Balance and Motion
Quarter 2 Topics: Earth Moon and Sun
Quarter 3 Topics: Earth Materials
Quarter 4 Topics: Plants and Animals
Social Studies:
Quarter 1 Topics: Community Rules and Procedures
Quarter 2 Topics: Culture and Traditions
Quarter 3 Topics: Community, Maps, and Environment
Quarter 4 Topics: Economics
Homework:
Homework will be given nightly ( Monday-Thursday) and be sent home for the week on Monday. Your child will need to read every night and have a parent sign a book recording sheet.
**Most Monday- Thursdays we will have Letterland homework and an oral mental math/phonic check in to do during the week.