Mrs. Papke's Fantastic First Grade

    January 24th, 2021 This week in literacy, we will… Learn the letter-sound correspondences for the long vowel teams ee and ea . where the two vowels make the long vowel sound.  Learn that the two vowels e-e and e-a make a single vowel sound  Learn that syllables that contain the ee and ea vowel team are called vowel combinations Read Lots of Snow, by Joan Silver. While reading, we will read repeating phrases with intonation and adjust our voices while reading dialogue to reflect the characters' emotions. We will make predictions, infer characters' feelings and discuss the problem and solution in the story. We will also recognize contractions in the text and take apart compound words to read two smaller words Read books by Jory John, including The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Cool Bean, and The Couch Potato Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons In Writing this week, we will… Celebrate reaching our all school pride ticket goal with a snowman olympics...

  January 18th, 2021 Jan. 18-20 This week in Literacy, we will… Read Inventions in Nature . While reading, we will search for and use information in the body of the text as well as in labels and sidebars. We will read words with blends and digraphs and recognize compound words Recognize and use contractions with is Write about activities we do in winter during community writing time Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons In Writing this week, we will… Work on our informational texts  Continue creating our Table of Contents Practice editing our work by using proper capitalization and punctuation In math this week, we will…  Represent addition and subtraction  on a number line  Demonstrate an understanding that multiples of 10 from 10 to 90 refer to some number of tens and 0 ones  Add a multiple of 10 (up to 80) and another 2-digit number, using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, or the relationship between addition and sub...

  January 10th, 2021 This week in literacy, we will…  Read Science and Nature by Nancy Geldermann. We will use labels and captions to understand words in text. We will also make predictions based on information from pictures Learn that the table of contents lists the important topics in a nonfiction book Learn that the author uses headings to organize information and tell the reader what the part is about Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons Read nonfiction books titled, What if you had Animal Teeth , by Sandra Markle, Best Foot Forward , by Ingo Arndt, and Surprising Sharks , by Nicola Davies In Writing this week, we will… Practice spelling domain-specific words Set writing goals to make our writing better Edit our work by including end marks, capital letters, and other punctuation marks  Create a Table of Contents  In math this week, we will… - Recognize and extend number patterns - Count to 120, starting with any number less than 120, including 0 or ...

  January 3rd, 2021 This week in literacy, we will…  Understand the concept of a contraction Take apart compound words to read two smaller words Read Zoom in and Out by Amanda Yskamp. We will search for and use information in text as well as in photographs, labels, sidebars and captions. We will also use contextual information to understand the meaning of unfamiliar words Notice how authors and illustrators use illustrations, photographs, sidebars, and labels to give information about a topic Write a list of steps for how to put on our snow gear during Community Writing time. We’ll hang our list in the hallway to help us get ready for recess! Read Tools, by Ann Morris, Who Would Win: Hyena vs. Honey Badger by Jerry Pallotta, Owls by Gail Gibbons, Remarkable Reindeer by Jeff Bauer, and Penguins: Discover More by Penny Arlon . We will use nonfiction text features in these books to get more information Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons In Writing this week, we wi...