Math

We are working on measuring.  We are discussing using various units of measurement and how to accurately measure by starting and ending at endpoints with no gaps.

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1st Grade Team Update

WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON:

Math: Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour, Comparing and Ordering Length

Reading/Writing: Frontier Explorers, Soft c, Pronouns and Adjectives, Plural Nouns

SEL: Erin’s Law, Problem Solving

1st Grade Team Update

WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON:

Math: Adding Two-Digit plus Two-Digit Numbers, Geometric Solids, Pattern Blocks, Composing Shapes, Attributes of Shapes

Reading/Writing: Statements, Questions, Exclamations, Hard G, Soft G, Spelling Alternatives, Opinion Writing

SEL: Apologizing & Solving Problems

1st Grade Team Update

First Grade had a WONDERFUL time at the Museum of Science and Industry!

What We’re Working On:

Math: We are continuing to add within 100. Students are applying and extending previously learned models and addition strategies to add two-digit numbers. Students are understanding that to add two-digit numbers, you can add the tens with tens and the ones with ones. Students are also using equations to show composition and decomposition to add two-digit numbers and explain their reasoning used. 

Reading/Writing: In our new  Skills Unit, we have been working on segmenting and blending two syllable words, root words, and plural nouns. In writing, we are identifying statement and question sentences and using the appropriate punctuation. So far in first grade, we have done narrative and informative writing. In the next few weeks, we will begin to focus on opinion writing. 

SEL: We are learning about problem solving and the importance of asking for what we need.

Important Reminders:

Please check with your student to see if they need headphones or a new adapter. Headphones are needed for upcoming testing!

1st Grade Team Update

What We’re Working On:

Math: Adding two 2-digit numbers without regrouping has been our objective.  Students are learning to draw pictures, use a 120 chart, and use base 10 blocks to help solve these equations.  Students can also separate the tens and ones to add.  (To solve 52+34 you can add 50+30 and 2+4.)

Reading/Writing: This week we are wrapping up Unit 4 in our Skills Reading program.  In this unit we went over contractions, sounds /er/, /ar/, and /or/, how to read two-syllable and compound words, discussed the past, present and future tenses, and learned about adjectives.  We also learned about the text features caption, title, heading, table of contents, and photograph.  In our Knowledge program we are finishing our unit on Fairy Tales!  When reading with your children at home, ask if they can identify the characters,setting, problem, and solution.

SEL: We are learning about problem solving and the importance of saying, “I’m sorry, it was an accident,” if something was not done on purpose.

1st Grade Team Update

Math: We are continuing our study of numbers up to 120. We have compared numbers using <, =, and >.  We are now practicing adding groups of tens and ones to a given number.  We have used drawings and are learning how to use the 120 chart to help us solve these equations.

Reading/Writing: The students were introduced to adjectives this week by relating them to our 5 senses.  (Look: colorful, Smell: stinky, Taste: sweet, Sound: loud, Feel: soft)  We are also beginning a unit on Fairy Tales that is typically very popular with our students!

SEL: We have completed our unit on kindness.  Our next unit will be practicing problem solving.

1st Grade Team Update

What We're Working On:

Math: Numbers to 120, place value, 10 more/10 less, comparing numbers

Reading/Writing: Informational texts, text features, syllables, parts of speech, animal habitats

SEL: Practicing kind acts

1st Grade Team Update

What We’re Working On:

Math: True/False Equations, counting two-digit numbers of objects, sorting objects into tens and ones

Reading/Writing: R-controlled vowels: ar, er, nonfiction text features, contractions, verbs, starting to find facts for informative writing

SEL: Offering Kind Acts