Grade 1 Mrs. Waugh
Week at a Glance (May 23-26)
Tuesday Night: Pack Library books to be returned Wednesday.
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: Monitoring and Fixing-up
· This week, we will focus on self-monitoring and “fixing-up” when reading. If something doesn’t sound or look right, it’s important to back-up, reread, and fix our mistake!
Word Family: There will be no new word families. We will review for the remainder of the year.
Writing: Non-fiction writing - The students will be researching information about an animal and writing a report.
Math: Numbers to 100 & measurement
· Practice facts and strategies.
· As necessary:
· Work on number reversals/formation.
· Work on number line activities from last week.
· Work on 100 chart activities from last week.
· Work on before/after…..especially when it involves a new decade, for example after 49, after 89, before 60, before 40 etc.
· We will work with money to show the reason for/importance of skip counting in the real world. If you have coins at home, review the value of a penny (if you have any!), nickel, and dime with your child. Make sure he/she understands that 5 pennies can be traded for one nickel because each penny is worth 1 cent and one nickel is worth 5 cents. Have your son/daughter practice counting groups of nickels and pennies to find the total amount. Encourage him/her to begin by counting the nickels (by 5s) and then count the pennies by 1's (counting on). You can include dimes if your child is ready for more!
· We have started a new Measurement unit in which we will be describing and comparing the length, height, and mass of objects. Have your child use words like taller/shorter/ longer/ lighter/heavier to describe and compare various objects around the house.
· Choose an object at home (pencil, paper clip, tissue box, etc.) and have your child find something that is longer than that object, shorter than the object, and about the same length/height.
· Give your child 3 objects and have him/her order them from shortest to tallest. Then try 3 more objects and order them from tallest to shortest.
Reminders/Important Dates:
Thursday, June 15-last day for cafeteria
Friday, June 16-School Picnic and showcase (more info to follow)
Thanks and have a great week!