First Grade Weekly Update March 18th-22nd
Weekly Syllabus: March 18th-22nd, 2024
Reminders
Tuesday, March 19th is birthday free dress.
Friday, March 22nd is a Spirit Day-Disney
Religion
We continue to focus on Lent
Language Arts
Unit 12 Lessons 6-10
Word Work: Associate aw with the short o sound, decode aw words, read a story with aw words, determine the number of syllables in words, decode difficult words from an informational text, encode aw words, spell memory words, understand and use the conjunctions because and and, and understand and use adjectives and precise verbs.
Spelling Words: law, saw, dawn, lawn, crawl, come, coming, they, our, and put
Reading: Develop fluent reading with repeated readings of a story, read a story with expression, read memory words with automaticity, read and discuss a grade level informational text, identify main idea, retell key details, connect ideas with cause and effect, compare and contrast two texts.
Writing: Descriptive Writing
Mathematics
Number Corner for March: The March Calendar Grid features telling time to the hour and half-hour on both digital and analog clocks, and students explore elapsed time as they determine the time between each marker. Coins return to the Calendar Collector, and students practice counting mixed sets of dimes, nickels, and pennies to determine their total value. This month they review strategies for solving equations within 20 and learn how to “think ten” when adding numbers with sums greater than 10. The Number Line and Days in School workouts both introduce students to numbers beyond 100.
Bridges Unit 4 Module 4: The mathematical focus of Module 4 is measurement, comparing and ordering two-digit numbers, writing inequality statements, finding differences, and working on a number line. In the context of a pretend trip to Antarctica, students get their heights measured for snowsuits and graph the results. The class records height and other data for two types of penguins: the rockhopper and the king. Students make measuring strips and strings and use them to order and compare the numbers and find differences.
Social Studies
We will continue our unit on American Symbols. Students will learn about symbols on stamps, the Liberty Bell, the Bald Eagle, Landmarks as symbols, The White House, Mt. Rushmore, The American Flag, and the Statue of Liberty.