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Grade 1 Week at a Glance (May 27-31)

Wednesday Night: Pack library books.

Nightly:

• Read good-fit books. Have your child provide a retell of the main events. Also, when your child reads a word containing a sound team, point it out to him/her. Try keeping a running list of the sound team words you and your child find in his/her good-fit books to practice reading and spelling at home. In order to be meeting grade level reading expectations, students must be reading level G books independently, fluently, and with good comprehension by the end of June.

• Practice all sight words and sound teams. If your child can read all of the sight words, have him/her try spelling them or writing them in a sentence.

• The sight words for grade 1 will be their no excuse spelling words in grade 2. So, they could get a head start!

• Reading: Expression

•  Encourage your child to read with expression! Point out how quotation marks mean someone is talking and that we may have to change our tone of voice to match the speaker. Also, be watching for question marks, exclamation marks, and/or words printed in bold or all uppercase letters which usually indicates that the reader should be using expression and/or changing tone of voice.

Writing: Non-fiction (Report)

Students will continue to explore non-fiction writing.  The students will be researching information about an animal of their choice and writing a report.

Math: Numbers to 100 & measurement

• Continue as necessary:

• Work on number reversals/formation.

• Work on 100 chart activities.

• Work on before/after…..especially when it involves a new decade, for example after 49, after 89, before 60, before 40 etc.

• Practice math facts/strategies (doubles, friends of ten)

• The goal is not for students to memorize facts (however, it is great if they understand the strategy so well that some facts are now memorized). The important skill is to use strategies (counting-on, doubles, doubles plus/minus 1, making 10,etc.). When you are practicing with your child at home, make sure you talk about what strategy he/she is using. You may need to give reminders such as, you should be able to figure that one out because you know the strategy of doubles plus one or how can we figure this one out? What strategy could we use?

• We are continuing our unit on measurement. We will work on surface area-the amount of space taken up by an object and will work on capacity (how much something will hold) as well as mass (how much an object weighs).

   

Reminders/Important Dates:

Thursday, June 6 – Showcase/School Picnic 11:00-1:00 (information went home about the picnic in communication bags Friday, May 24).

June 13 – K-2 Field Day (please be sure your child is dressed for the weather and has appropriate outdoor footwear for running, jumping etc…)

June 21 – Last day of school for students

Be sure to ask your child about their letter activity for our ABC countdown! Your child may wear a hat to school on Tuesday, May 28 for “H Day” of our ABC countdown.

• Be sure to check the school web page for information on upcoming events and dates.

Homework will take on a different format beginning next week for the month of June. Stay tuned for more information!

Thank you for your support!