This week in First grade...

January 17-20

We had a great full week of learning last week! There will be a lot of things coming your way in the Tuesday folder this week! Also, I just wanted to remind everyone that I am keeping samples of the student's work for their portfolios. The contents of the portfolio will go home at the end of the year.  You are always welcome to come up and view their work!


Reminders for this week:
Monday (1/16): No School
Tuesday (1/17): Tuesday folders will come home.  Please unload and return them the next day.
                          Library Check out.  Please remind your child to return their books.
                          Reading Homework will come home.  It is due on Friday.
Wednesday (1/18): Science Fair and Science Night
Thursday (1/19):
Friday (1/20): Reading Homework is due.

In the future...
Tuesday, February 7th : First Grade PE program

This week in Reading Workshop...
We will be exploring the Literary Nonfiction genre.  These are nonfiction books that are written more like a story.  We will talk about how these could be memoirs or stories from peoples experiences.  We will use our reading strategies such as monitoring our comprehension and asking questions while we explore books.

This week in Writer's Workshop...
We are spending the week discussing what writer's do.  We will review the different types of writing we have learned about this year.  Some of these include stories from our experiences, imaginary stories, fact writing, comics, How to writing, research, expert writing and letter writing.  The students will be able to choose their favorite types and practice writing this week during our "free choice writing" week.

This week in Math...
We will begin a new unit on Deepening our understand of 2 digit place value.   We will represent numbers using pictures, objects and expanded form up to 99.  We will compare two digit numbers using symbols and comparative language.  We will look for relationships in numbers such as 10 more, 10 less, 1 more and 1 less.  We will work with numbers lines and hundreds charts to compare numbers as we incorporate problem solving in to our work.

This week in Social Studies...
We are learning about the World Around Us in our Geography unit.  We will explore maps and globes as we look for landforms.  We will use cardinal directions to help us read and make maps.  We will learn about physical features of places as well as learn about natural resources.

Have a great week!