Weekly Update for 1/11/20211/12/2021
0 COMMENTS Hi Parents! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Here is what’s going on next week:
MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions. MGSEK.CC.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies. MGSEK.CC.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals. MGSEK.NBT.1 Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones to understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8). MGSE1.NBT.7 Identify dimes and understand ten pennies can be thought of as a dime. (Use dimes as manipulatives in multiple mathematical contexts.) MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will continue our new unit, “Bigger Books, Bigger Reading Muscles.” This week, students will study pattern breaks in books. They will review their super powers and remember to use them especially when they notice a pattern break in their books. When students are reading their books with their superpowers and have solved a tricky word, they will check that their attempt looks right by checking that the letters match, sounds right, and makes sense. When they get to the end of their books, they will use the pattern and the ending to think about what the whole book was about and share that with someone (or pet or stuffed animal). We will also warm up with an alphabet chart, practicing saying the sounds as soon as they see the letters. Then they will read a book, saying the initial sounds of words when they approach them. Students will use their knowledge of blends and digraphs to help them solve the words in their books. They can recognize blends and digraphs at the start of unknown words and get their mouths ready by saying the sound(s). In phonics, we will be discussing r blends and reviewing s and l blends. Examples of r blends include: br, cr, pr, dr, etc. For read aloud, we will be reading “The Napping House” and focusing on patterns in books. In writing, we will continue our narratives, or true stories. students will work with a partner, whether virtual or face to face, (teacher, parent, sibling, etc.) to reread their writing. They will use their tools, like their pencil to point to each word as they read. Then, their partner will help them fix things up using other tools, like the personal word wall for snap words. When working with partners, we will be focusing on stretching out words and getting more sounds in each. Partners can read each other’s work and stop at any words that are hard to read to fix them up. Students will look back over all of their writing and thinking about everything they have learned to make writing easy to read and work on improving their writing and revising their writing. When revising, they can add more to their story. They can add details to their pictures and words, going to back to words they had a hard time reading and re-spelling, etc. In social studies, we will continue our unit on maps and globes. This week, we will focus on map keys and using our cardinal directions to locate places on a map. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis Hi Parents! I hope you and your families have a wonderful break! I also wanted to say thank you for the class gift too. 😊 This email will be for face to face and remote students. Here is what’s going on when we come back from break:
Please make sure students continue to read and answer questions about what they are reading and work on iready math and reading over break. Students can also continue to practice counting, writing numbers, reviewing 2d and 3d shapes, etc. I will be assessing students on their reading levels when we return, and students will also be taking their second iready math and reading diagnostic when we return from break as well. In math, we will be reviewing pennies and dimes and that we can trade ten pennies for a dime. We will also begin learning how to count sets of coins that include pennies and dimes. We will learn that we always start with the dimes and count by 10’s first and then transition to counting by 1’s when we count the pennies. Students will have Seesaw activities to work on during their small group math time. In reading, we will begin our new reading unit of study: Bigger Books, Bigger Reading Muscles. We will learn to study our books and think about how they are getting bigger and harder. We will review their reading super powers and remember to use all of their powers to support their reading. Then, they will make a reading plan, stacking their books in order from easiest to hardest and then reading in that order. We will also be on the lookout for patterns in our books. When we find a pattern, we will work to carry that pattern across the pages of our books. After talking about patterns, students will read their books thinking about what stays the same and what changes. Then they will use the first letter of the changing/unknown word and check the picture to help them solve the word. In writing, we will continue our narrative, or true story, unit. Students will be sent home with writing paper for the three virtual days. We will review everything we will need to include in our narratives: thinking of something that happened to us or something that we did, starting our introduction page with “One dark night,” or “One sunny morning,” pictures and words include who, what, and where, and use speech bubbles. Students will look back over their writing from before, seeing if they’ve used certain words a lot and marking them (sight words/snap words). Then, they can talk about adding them to their personal word wall when returning to school. Students can create their own personal word wall at home if they wish. They can then use this tool as they write a new true story and work to write snap words quickly. Students will continue their books/start a new piece and tell their stories to a listener. In social studies, we will begin our new IB unit on maps and globes. Here are the standards: Please start working with students on memorizing their home address including city, state, and country. SSKG2 Explain that a map is a drawing of a place and a globe is a model of Earth. a. Differentiate land and water features on simple maps and globes. b. Explain that maps and globes show a view from above. c. Explain that maps and globes show features in a smaller size. SSKG3 State the street address, city, state, and country in which the student lives. In phonics, we will be reviewing syllables, s blends, and l blends. It is important that the kids are able to recognize their blends (along with word families and the vowel teams we have begun) instantly as it helps them decode words. Making flashcards of these is a great resource to practice at home as well. In shared reading, we will be reading about maps and globes and for our read aloud, we will be reading “Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” and talk about patterns. j
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