Here’s what our CA first graders are learning in week 8:
Reading:This week we are reading stories that revolve around the fall season. Within these stories we will be continuing our conversation of characters. We will also begin to discuss characteristics of fiction and non fiction stories. Stories we will be reading this week will be Nuts to You!, Leaf Man, Why do Leaves Change Color?, Fall, and When the Leaf Blew In.
Phonics: We will be continuing to learn about blends this week. Blends are two (or sometimes three) consonants put together at the beginning or end of a word. For example, in the word "truck," tr- is the beginning blend. In the word "fold," -ld would be the ending blend. Students will practice identifying blends in words, in addition to reading and spelling them.
Writing: Students are continuing to work on their small moment pieces. We are studying a mentor text and using the authors craft to apply to our own small moment writing pieces.Our mentor text, The Night of the Veggie Monster, uses ellipses and bold words. Some of these bold words are written in a different font.We will then applying this authors craft to our own small moment writing pieces.
Math:Now that students can find missing parts of an addition and subtraction problem, we are going to move into balancing equations. Students are to recognize that the equal (=) sign means, "the same as." Students then are to figure out how to make both sides of the equal (=) sign "the same as" the other side. For example, 2+3=__+1 the missing part to make this true would be 4. Here are a few other examples: 10-5=0+__ 6+__=7+4
IXL: If you would like to use IXL at home, we recommend these sections for practice this week:
- Counting and Number Patterns (Section A)
- Addition (Section B & C)
- Subtraction (Section D & E)
- Mixed Operations (Section F)
Core Knowledge:Matter, Matter, Every Where! This week we began our science unit on matter. We will discuss that matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. We will also learn that matter can be described by color, shape, texture and size. Lastly, we will be learning that matter can come in three forms, liquids, solids and gases.
Core Virtue: October's core virtues are Honesty—telling and saying what is true—and Integrity—doing what is right even when no one is looking.
