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March 7, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

  • Learn that an open syllable ends with a single vowel that makes its long sound

  • Construct and read two-syllable words in which the first syllable is open

  • Construct and read words containing long vowel Silent e syllables

  • Read a book titled The Farmer and the Crow, by Byron Kent. While reading, we will notice one- and two-syllable words. We will infer a lesson from reading the story and talk about the important events.

In Writing this week, we will… 

  • Write an introduction in our How-To books

  • Write a conclusion in our How-To books

  • Utilize our How-To Rubrics when editing and revising 

  • Create a Table of Contents 

  • Prepare our books for publishing


In math this week, we will… 

  •  Solve addition story problems with sums to 20 involving situations of adding to and putting together, with unknowns in all positions.

  • Solve addition problems by counting on

  • Use strategies to add with sums to 20

  • Determine whether addition equations are true

  • Solve for the unknown in an addition equation involving 3 whole numbers

  • Demonstrate an understanding that numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a 10 and some more ones

  • Count by 2s to 20

  • Group and count objects by 2s


In Science this week, we will finish our unit on polar animals.  We will…

  • Learn more about penguins and snowy owls

  • Sort animals based on if they migrate, hibernate or adapt

  • Complete a blubber experiment, which is always a first grade favorite!


Important Dates to Remember!

March 14 - How to presentations are due

March 14- PTO Meeting

March 18-27- Spring Break

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