Math:
Students will practice and demonstrate their ability to
subitize, or instantly recognize sets of objects (such as dots) in patterned
arrangements and to tell how many without counting. Students will continue to
develop their conceptual understanding of the relationships between the numbers
1-10 and the anchor numbers of 5 and 10 and will use five-frames and ten-frames
in problem solving. Students will practice and develop an understanding of how
to compose and decompose numbers 0 – 120
using concrete and pictorial representations. Students will count up and back
between 1 and 120.
Students will continue to develop their ability to conceptualize
a number as being made up of two or more parts and their understanding of the
part-part-whole model and related number relationships. They will also continue
to explore, in this unit and throughout the year, a variety of
addition/subtraction problem situations including joining, separating,
part-part-whole, and comparing, with different unknowns: result/change/start,
or part/whole or difference, in order to develop an understanding of the
operations of addition and subtraction. Sums and differences are limited to 20.
Students will generate a problem solving situation from a given number sentence
and use concrete and pictorial models to solve problems using addition and
subtraction with whole numbers to 20.
Reading Workshop:
This week in reading
workshop we will continue with our lessons on Reading to Someone and practicing
what that looks like independently. We
will focus on choosing our own classroom spot, learn how to choose our own
partner (so far I have placed them with a partner), and finally learn
techniques for coaching our partners (if they get stuck on their reading or
with comprehension). Partner reading
can be very productive and rewarding for each person, but certain guidelines
must be followed so optimum learning will take place. This will complete all our lessons on Read to
Someone. From now on, the focus will be
on learning different reading strategies to help build our reading
comprehension and stamina.
*Reading Homework. Thank you for helping your child complete and turn in their homework. We discussed the importance of practicing reading at home so we can become Strong Readers! Our first grade goal for reading is 50 minutes each week. I will revise the At Home Reading Log so it reflects that expectation.
Words Their Way:
Blue group’s rule for Word Work this week is…
The (c) sound at the beginning of a one syllable word is
spelled c as in cat.
The (h) sound at the beginning of a one syllable word is
spelled h as in house.
The (ch) sound at the beginning of a one syllable word is
spelled ch as in chair.
Apple Group’s rule for Word Work this week is…
The (i) sound at the beginning or in the middle of a word is
spelled i as in pig.
The (i) sound at the beginning or in the middle of a
one-syllable word is spelled i-consonant-e as in five.
The (i) sound at the end of a syllable in a base word with
two or more syllables is spelled i as in iris.
The (i) sound at the end of a base word is spelled y as in fly.
Red group’s rule for Word Work this week is…
The (i) sound at the beginning or in the middle of a word is
spelled i as in pig.
The (u) sound at the beginning or in the middle of a word is
spelled u as in cup.
Green group’s rule for Word Work this week is…
The (-an) sound at the end of a word is always spelled an as
in fan.
The (-ad) sound at the end of a word is always spelled ad as
in dad.
Writing Workshop:
Next week we will be writing about the beginning, middle, and
end in stories. We will focus on the main characters and the setting during the
"beginning"; what were the main characters doing and why/what was the
main character's problem in the "middle"; how were the main
characters live's different/how was the problem solved in the "end".
Social Studies:
This week, we will be discussing what leaders
are, and the different types of leaders in our society. We will brainstorm the responsibilities of
our Principal, Mrs. Hohmann, our Mayor, Lee Leffingwell, our Governor, Rick
Perry, and our President, Barack Obama.
After this, we will think and write about how we are leaders in our
school.
Reminders:
*Please remember to
send a healthy snack every day. Snack time is @
9:30am.
*Make sure your child
wears tennis shoes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
*Library day is
Tuesday.
*Please remember to
send back your child’s orange folder and homework bag every day.
Dates to remember:
October 14: Student Holiday
October 18: Hoot Family Picnic
October 30: Early Release Day
November 2: Harvest Festival
November 13: Family Skate Night
November 27-29: Thanksgiving Holidays
December 4: Early Release Day
December 5: Family Art Night
December 9-13: Book Fair
December 23: Winter Break Begins
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