Mrs. Papke's Fantastic First Grade

    February 28th, 2022 This week in literacy, we will… Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel to determine the number of vowels in a word Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in single-syllable words Learn that a “closed syllable” has one vowel, closed in a consonant, and has a short sound Read The Hungry Fly, by Hannah Cales. While reading, we will use repeating patterns to monitor accuracy. We will infer the important idea from the book and make connections between text  and labeled photographs. We will also recognize simple plurals, notice and count syllables, and read words with initial consonant clusters. Read a poem titled, Little Raindrops. We will talk about syllables, vowel teams and contractions while reading the poem Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons In Writing this week, we will…  Include detailed steps in our How-To Writing Transfer our rough draft ideas onto our writing pieces to create complete books Include transitio...

  February 21st, 2022 This week in literacy, we will… Read a book titled Scrunch the Caterpillar by Stephen Krensky. While reading, we will identify how characters change throughout the story and a lesson we can learn from the characters. We will also understand the meaning of past tense verbs with -ed endings and clap syllables in words.  Read a poem titled “Moon, Moon” Write a “How-To” writing piece as a class Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons In Writing this week, we will…  Begin our How-To Unit Understand what procedural nonfiction is Brainstorm topics for our How-To books Add lists for the supplies/materials readers will need in our How-To texts Add commas at appropriate times In math this week, we will…  Partition a rectangle into halves and fourths Partition a circle into halves and fourths Describe halves and fourths and which you would rather have Play fraction bingo with different shapes  Take the Unit 5 Assessment This week during our...

    February 14, 2022 This week in literacy, we will… Learn the letter-sound correspondences for ow and ou , where the two letters make the /ou/ sound, as in cow and cloud  Learn the letter-sound correspondences for the vowel teams oi and oy , where the two vowels make the /oi/ sound, as in coin and boy Read a book titled Scrunch the Caterpillar by Stephen Krensky. While reading, we will identify how characters change throughout the story and a lesson we can learn from the characters. We will also understand the meaning of past tense verbs with -ed endings and clap syllables in words.  Read a poem titled “Out”. Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons In Writing this week, we will…  Continue researching topics to teach others about Use craft moves in our writing to make our writing more interesting Edit our work using an editing checklist Read our chapter books to partners  In math this week, we will…  Identify and name three-dimensional sh...

    February 7, 2022 This week in literacy, we will… Learn the letter-sound correspondences for the long vowel teams   ie and oe , where the two vowels make the long vowel sound.  Read a book titled Ripples in the Sea by Miriam Glassman. While reading, we will make connections between text, illustrations and print features. We will also understand the meaning of words that represent sounds (swoosh, smack) and recognize words with beginning consonant blends.  Read a poem titled  Hearts Read books about the 100th Day of School, including  Jake’s 100th Day of School by Lester Laminack, I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words by Michael Frith, Chicka Chicka, 1,2,3 by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson, and One Hundred Days (Plus 1) by Margaret McNamara Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons In Writing this week, we will… Choose a topic that interests us and that we know a lot about Plan our ideas in a way that is organized and informative Include det...