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Week of October 11th, 2021


Our class is growing so much already in first grade! Take home books will be sent home starting this week! Please read the information that comes in the bag with the book! Thank you for reading daily with your child! 


This week in literacy, we will…


  • Understand that some letters represent vowel sounds

  • Hear and identify short vowel sounds in words

  • Read Jumping into the Leaves by Winnie Tucker. We will use and recognize long vowel sounds in words and notice periods, commas, question marks and exclamation marks. We will also talk about how the character changed or learned a lesson in the story. 

  • Read a poem titled, Autumn Leaves 

  • Read books about fall including, 

  • Participate in Heggerty Phonological Awareness Lessons

  • Learn proper letter formation for the Magic C letters.


In writing this week, we will…

  • Start our unit on opinion writing and writing reviews


In math this week, we will…

  • - Recognize the number of objects in a collection of 6 or fewer

  • - Solve addition problems by counting on

  • - Use >, <, and = symbols to compare

  • - Reason abstractly and quantitatively

  • - Count up to 20 objects to answer "how many?" questions.

  • - Add within 20


In Social Studies this week, we will…


  • Learn about animals we see in the fall. 


Important Dates to Remember!

10/08-NO SCHOOL

10/16-All School Open House 9:00 am-3:00 pm

10/22- Early Release 1:45

10/25-Pumpkin Days- IMC

10/29- Outdoor Halloween Parade

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