The Week of October 3rd

This week in Language Arts students will...

• Continue working on small moment stories
• Practice stretching out tiny moments using transition words and details
• Plan detailed stories by telling stories aloud before writing them
• Work on strategies to reinforce that stories have a beginning, middle, and end
• Be introduced to new vocabulary and challenge selves to find words in other readings
• Make text-to-self connections with literacy
• Recognize long and short vowel sounds
• Reinforce spelling patterns through spelling sorts
• Continue building bank of tools to use when coming across hard words in reading

This week in Math students will...

• Mork on subtraction facts using subtraction tables
• Graph numbers and draw conclusions
• Find pattern with odd and even numbers
• Model and solve word problems
• Work on Reflex Math
• Facilitate hands on math practice using our BUILD program

This week in Science students will...

• Continue our unit on matter but specifically in regards to heat, such as
• how does matter change with heat
• predicting and observing changes caused by heat
• enriching our 'matter' vocabulary
• identifying changes causes by heat and by cooling

Week of September 26th

The Week of September 26th

This week in Language Arts we will...

• Work on stretching out thoughts in our writing
• Separate out the many sounds we hear in words and figure out corresponding letters
• Reinforce new vocabulary
• Look for patterns of spelling and sounds through poetry
• Learning the important jobs we have to know and facilitate during reading
• Continue working on learning our top 100 High Frequency words
• Continue working on recognizing beginning sounds in words through spelling

This week in Math we will...

• Use pictures to and subtraction to compare
• Understand the concept subtract all or zero
• Deconstruct numbers
• Add and subtract within 10
• Be assessed on our knowledge these skills
• Model and solve word problems

This week in Science we will...

• Continue our unit on matter but specifically in regards to heat, such as
• how does matter change with heat
• predicting and observing changes caused by heat
• enriching our 'matter' vocabulary
• identifying changes causes by heat and by cooling

The Week of September 19th

This week in Language Arts, we will...

• Fancy and fix up a piece of writing
• Read and edit our stories by checking correct usage of capitalization and punctuation
• Practice writing CVC words
• Discover new vocabulary through read alouds
• Practice sorting words that will get us ready for the spelling program
• Continue working on good habits for strong reading

This week in Math, we will...

• Review addition strategies
• Model and create addition sentences
• Be introduced to subtraction using the vocabular "take away from"
• Model taking away from
• Use subtraction and pictures to compare values
• Solve problems of the independently, then as a class
• Participate in our math stations

This week in Science, we will...

• Learn about matter through various experiments and observations

Week of September 12th

Language Arts

In writing this week we will continue working on our Small Moment stories. Small moment stories are personal reflections about our daily life...of something that has happened (going to the grocery store, walking to school, climbing a tree) that we turn into a story with a beginning, middle, and end. We also work on correct sentence constructions (capital, periods, etc.) In addition, we are encouraging the students to include details in descriptions through words, pictures, and labels. Next week we will focus on extending our stories across multiple pages to give it the feel of an actual story modeled by our read-alouds. By stretching out these moments across pages, it works on visualization as well as detailing. In reading, now that we have established the routine of our workshop, we are focusing on 'Building Good Reading Habits.' Your child should be able to tell you about some of the objectives such as: taking a sneak peek before reading, setting goals, rereading to smooth out our voice for fluency, scooping words together for comprehension, etc.  Finally, remember that we are always working on sight words and blends in terms of reading and writing. Knowing sight words and being able to pronounce common blends helps in both areas of study! 

Math - This week students will continue working on addition. We will focus on solving problems horizontally and vertically as well as recognizing patterns with skip counting. Our BUILD program will also begin which allows students a time to facilitate hands on math practice into a cooperative learning environment. 

Social Studies - Students will wrap up our unit on Authority Figures/Community Helpers. Next we begin discussions on maps - what they are, what they are used for, as well as the important components (legend, compass rose, etc.).  

The Week of September 5th

Our Curriculum for Next Week:

Language Arts - This week we will continue focusing on the routines and procedures of our Reading and Writing Workshops. In writing, students will spend time including pictures that correspond with their personal stories. In addition, students will be encouraged to work on spelling strategies in their writing by analyzing beginning (initial) sounds. When challenging words appear in stories, students will also be encouraged to seek out methods of support (alphabet charts, spelling dictionary, high frequency word lists). In reading, students will continue focusing on establishing good reading habits during workshop. Later in the week they will evaluate the differences between good reading habits and bad reading habits and challenge themselves to continue with habits that promote strong reading. 

Math - This week students will continue working on putting numbers together. Specifically, we will focus on modeling our addition problems with objects, moving on to picture representations of our problems, and finally working on the actual number sentences. By bridging these different methods we solidify our number awareness.

Science - Students will continue working on learning safety features when working in the lab as well as conducting experiments in the classroom. 

Social Studies - Students will work on a unit including Community Helpers and Authority Figures. We will discuss the various roles and duties not only in our schools but in our community. Finally, we will challenge ourselves by investigating how life would differ without leaders and authority figures as well as determine what role we would prefer to have ourselves. 

Our First Grade Encore Schedule:

Additional Items for your Calendar!

September Dates 

5^th       Labor Day-No School

9^th       Evacuation Drill (if you see our campus walking to the neighboring church, it’s okay! It’s just a drill!)

10^th     CEF Event at Hilton Town Square

16^th     OUES Family Picnic (4:00-7:00)

21^st      Picture Day (Preschool, 3rd and 4th)

22^nd    Picture Day (Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd)

29^th     Dragon Dash Pep Rally in the Cafeteria (2:00-2:45)

30^th     Dragon Football vs. Trinity-Pink Out (7:30 kickoff)