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May 16th, 2022


This week in literacy, we will…

  • Learn that the vowel combination ue and ew make the /oo/ sound, as in true and crew

  • Learn that homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings

  • Read a book titled, The Cactus Hotel, by Abbey Grace Moore. We will read words with consonant clusters and understand new vocabulary from context. We will also identify the author's purpose for writing the book.

  • Respond to reading in our Reader's Notebooks

  • Read a poem titled, How Much Dew?

  • Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons

In Writing this week, we will… 

  • Continue our Narrative Writing Unit

  • Edit our work to include important components 

  • Investigate what makes Realistic Fiction realistic

  • Focus on creating and including small realistic details

  • Create an Elephant & Piggie comic strip for E Day in the ABC countdown


In math this week, we will… 

  • Take MAP testing 

  • Tell time to the hour and half-hour on an analog clock

  • Understand how long a second, minute, and hour are

  • Compare a second, minute, and hour

  • Learn how to play an hour or bust



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

  • Learn about sugar and how much sugar is in different foods and drinks

  • Create a healthy recipe and make a class recipe book

  • Make observations about our first grade raised garden and take a look at all of the healthy foods that are beginning to grow!


Important Dates to Remember!

May 16 - MAP Assessment (Reading)Interesting Fact day, write down and bring in an interesting fact! 

May 17-Just Dance Day

May 18- MAP Assessment (Reading)/Kindness Day

May 19- Lemonade Day

May 20- Mismatch Day

May 24- MAP Assessment (Math)

May 25- MAP Assessment (Math)

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