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Hi Parents!
I hope you’ve had another great week!
In math this week, I will be giving students a post assessment on our current unit This will be a grade. Students need to know how to count to 40 by 1’s and 10’s, count on from a number, write their numbers 0-21, how to count objects using our counting strategies, know that a group of objects is the same number if it is rearranged without adding or taking away any cubes, one more and one less, and sorting by color and counting how many objects are in each set. Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. Here are the standards we will focus on for our next unit after Thanksgiving Break: MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions. MGSEK.CC.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies. MGSEK.CC.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals. MGSEK.NBT.1 Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones to understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8). MGSE1.NBT.7 Identify dimes and understand ten pennies can be thought of as a dime. (Use dimes as manipulatives in multiple mathematical contexts.) MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will continue our new unit on “Superpowers!” We will discuss how partners an sit side-by-side, one book or poem or song will go in the middle, and they will take turns reading and pointing making sure to focus on making their pointing match what they are reading. As students are reading, we will go over how they need to make sure that when they get stuck or into some trouble they use ALL their strategies to help them get unstuck. Some strategies they will be using include: pointer power, reread power, partner power and picture power. We will also practice using picture power and add how they can also look closely at the letters in the word and think about the sounds they make to figure out what the word is. Students will also work hard to learn new words as they read by using the “How to Learn a Word” process: •Read the Word •Study the Word •Spell the Word •Write the Word •Use the Word In phonics, we will be discussing the letters “Vv,” “Xx,” and “ Zz.” For shared reading, we will read a book about helping others not only during this time of year, but all year. We will also read a poem about being thankful and a silly turkey poem. In writing, we will be finishing up our “Show and Tell” unit. Students will have a post assessment on Monday and Tuesday. They will choose an object or a place to show and tell about and use all that they learned: labels and details in their pictures and words, writing a sentence, etc. We will also begin our narrative stories (true stories). We will talk about getting ideas from stories and practice storytelling, planning stories page by page, and adding more details to pictures and stories. In social studies, we will be talking about gratitude all week. Each day, students will think of something they are thankful for in the following areas:friends, skills and talent, something at home, a book, and a freedom. Our “Cookies for Character” learner profile word this month is “reflective.” We will be reading the story, “Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse” and discuss how this book represents reflection. Remote students will be getting a separate email with remote plans and any necessary attachments. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis
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Hi Parents!
I hope you’ve had another great week!
In math this week, I will be giving students a formative assessment on counting from 1-40 and writing their numbers 1-20. This will be a grade. I will also pre assess students on our next unit- continued counting. Please see below for the standards in our next unit that we will talk about next week but officially begin after Thanksgiving break. Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. Here are the standards we will focus on for this unit: MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions. MGSEK.CC.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies. MGSEK.CC.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals. MGSEK.NBT.1 Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones to understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8). MGSE1.NBT.7 Identify dimes and understand ten pennies can be thought of as a dime. (Use dimes as manipulatives in multiple mathematical contexts.) MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will begin our new unit on “Superpowers!” This is my absolute favorite unit as students learn about different superpowers to help them read. This week, we will focus on “Pointer power in which students put their finger, popsicle stick, pencil, etc. under each word as they are reading to make sure they don’t leave out or add any words. When talking about pointer power, we will discuss how readers don’t let longer words slow them down: every word gets one tap. We will also use “Snap word Power” (snap words are the same thing as sight words) in which we identify our sight words in a snap! We will be reading the story “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” to help us with these two powers. We will even read “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do you Hear?” and “Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do you See?” to help reinforce these concepts. In phonics, we will be discussing the digraph “wh” and the letter Yy. For shared reading, we will be reading a book about signs all around us as symbols, a poem about Veteran’s Day, and a book about our current season, Fall. In writing, we will be finishing up our “Show and Tell” unit. We will be reviewing/working on finger spaces in between words, expanding and adding more sentences, how to end our books, and celebrate the end of this unit. For this celebration, students will get to share their books that they have worked so hard on! On Friday, students will have a narrative writing pre assessment. They will be writing about a “small moment” in which they did something. In social studies, we will continue our unit on Symbols. We will have some fun with Microsoft Teams symbols that students were using earlier in the year and we will also talk about symbols that tell us information about positive behavior. We will also read a book on the American Flag and working on making text to text connections, text to world connections, and text to self connections. Remote students will be getting a separate email with remote plans and any necessary attachments. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis Hi Parents,
I hope you’ve all had a great week and for those without power it comes back on soon! Here are a few reminders for next week:
Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. Here are the standards we will focus on for this unit: MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. MGSEK.CC.2 Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1). MGSEK.CC.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will continue with our second reading unit. We will delve deeper into labeling our storybooks and work with partners.When students work with a partner, they can read the story the best they can and talk about the important things. Kids and their partners can also read and make more labels together! Partners can help each other hear more sounds in books. We will discuss making our own pattern books, based off the labels in students’ storybooks and the sight words that they are learning. Students can then reread and share, not only their storybooks with friends and family, but the pattern books that they made as well. Just like discussing our writing with someone, we will discuss our reading with someone. Before discussing with a partner, students can mark parts that they want to share with a sticky note or piece of paper. We will discuss that we can also ask each other questions. Asking partners questions help to clarify what’s going on in the book and to share how they like the book. In writing, we will continue to create show and tell books about places. Students will write books about the things they love, that kids like them will want to read. They will use the words they know to write multiple pattern books across pages. Students will work on planning their pattern books using the sight words they know. Then, they’ll draw and write those books, working to write a sentence on each page. We will also work on including finger spaces between our words in sentences. To go along with patterns, we will be reading the story, “We’re going on a Leaf Hunt” for our read aloud this week. In social studies, we will continue talking about symbols. Our international day country of study is France- we will look at different monuments/landmarks that are symbols of France. Students will get to draw a picture of the landmark they choose and research a fact about it. We will also be making a class flag. Students will get to create their very own part of the flag by putting symbols on it that represent them. Ex: a heart for love, a baseball if that is a sport they love, music note if they love music, their initials, favorite animal, etc. One of our shared reading books will connect to social studies- “Our Class Flag.” Our other shared reading book will be an old favorite storybook- “Chicken Little.” Remote students will be getting a separate email with remote plans and any necessary attachments. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis Hi Parents!
I hope you had a fantastic week! Here’s what’s going on next week!
Monday 10/26 – Proud to be Drug Free! Wear red to help kick off Red Ribbon Week! Tuesday 10/27 – Peace Out to Drugs! Wear peace signs and/or tie dye Wednesday 10/28 – Follow Your Dreams! Wear your pajamas! Thursday 10/29 – Team Up Against Drugs! Wear your favorite sports team shirt or jersey Friday 10/30 – My Character Counts! Dress up as your favorite book or movie character (no masks/hoodies/fake weapons)!
In math this week, we will continue our counting unit. Students will work on an activity called “Bag of Beans” in which they will utilize different counting strategies to complete. We will also work on exemplars. Exemplars are higher order thinking word problems. We will use the CUBES strategy. C-circle the numbers, U-underline the question, B-box the key words, E-evaluate, S-solve. Students will work on fun Halloween number representation activities with Mrs. Gillon. We will continue to discuss teen numbers and how they always start with a 1. We will review counting on and work on counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s. We will work on crossing over to the next decade (i.e. 29-30, 49-50, 79-80, etc.) Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. Here are the standards we will focus on for this unit: MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. MGSEK.CC.2 Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1). MGSEK.CC.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will continue with our second reading unit. We will talk about marking words with a sticky note that we notice and can point to from our old favorite storybooks. We will do a lot with labeling characters, objects, feelings, actions, and descriptions in our books using sticky notes. After we have everything labeled, students will use this information to re-tell the story. We will be using the story, “A Big Mooncake for Little Star” during read aloud to practice with. In writing, we will continue to create show and tell books about places. We will continue to create a title page, and choose 3 areas of the place students chose and write a page on each. For instance, if a student chooses to show and tell about the grocery store, the first place they can draw and write about could be where the shopping cards are, the second place could be the bakery, and the third place could be the checkout area. We will continue to work on adding labels and details to our pictures and focus even more on adding sentences to match our picture. Students will have a formative writing assessment to see where they are in this unit. Students need to be able to choose a place and create a title page, choose 3 areas of that place (1 place per page) and draw/label/ write sentences on each page. On Friday, students will get to do a show and tell piece on their storybook character! In social studies, we will continue talking about American symbols such as the White House, Bald Eagle, Liberty Bell, etc. We will inquire about symbols and think about the following: What is a symbol? How do we all know what these symbols mean? Do you think people in different countries would also recognize these symbols? Remote students will be getting a separate email with remote plans and any necessary attachments. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis Hi Parents!
I hope you all have had a fantastic week and have a wonderful weekend! It’s been so fun having the kids all day and can’t wait to see them all again next week! Here are a few reminders: -If you haven’t done so already, please sign up for a parent teacher conference at this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bdgvzDXTx27jSmEBGgdUe2h8iTGuHTf2np3a2gjgXt0/edit?usp=sharing -Earlier this week, I emailed you the newsletter and information for the storybook character project. Please make sure these materials are turned in on the given due dates. I have attached the newsletter again and template for remote students. -We will be going to the library on Tuesday. Starting this week, we will be going every other week to check out new books and to listen to a story. Please make sure your child brings back their library book. -I will be out Friday afternoon, so Mrs. Gillon will be taking over in class and remotely. -Our sight words this week are can, no, and am. Our word family is -op (pop, hop, bop, top, drop, etc.) PLEASE make sure students are practicing sight words and word families every night. If students know the sight words we are going over weekly, feel free to move ahead! -Don’t forget students need to be on math and reading for 45 minutes each week. Please remind students to take their time, pay attention, and do their best. We like to see at least 80% accuracy on each lesson. I have also been telling students in class not to guess and to look at all the given choices. In math this week, we will continue our counting unit. We will continue to discuss teen numbers and how they always start with a 1. We will review counting on and work on counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s. We will work on crossing over to the next decade (i.e. 29-30, 49-50, 79-80, etc.) We will use number lines to work on identifying numbers that are one more. To enrich this, we will also talk about numbers that are one less. We will continue to practice counting on and putting “the number in our pocket.” For example, if I asked a student to count on from 13, they would put 13 in their pocket and then start counting with 14. Students will also have a formative assessment this week. Students need to know how to count on and write teen numbers, cross off and count a quantity, and represent a teen number by drawing a picture, filling in ten frames, and writing the number. Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. Here are the standards we will focus on for this unit: MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. MGSEK.CC.2 Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1). MGSEK.CC.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will continue with our second reading unit. We will reread and look closely at books students know well to make their reading sound like a story. We will do a read aloud with the book, “Corduroy” to help facilitate this as well. In writing, we will start writing show and tell books about important places, not just object. Students will practice making time for drawing and writing so they don’t spend too long on either. We will continue discussing the importance of details in our pictures and adding longer labels to bring pages to life. In social studies, we will begin talking about American symbols such as the White House, Bald Eagle, Liberty Bell, etc., community symbols like Chick-fil-a, stop sights, etc., and universal symbols like the peace sign, heart, smile, music notes, etc. We will inquire about symbols and think about the following: What is a symbol? How do we all know what these symbols mean? Do you think people in different countries would also recognize these symbols? For remote students, the remote lesson plan is attached and I will be emailing you some activities in a separate email to print out (if you can) for math small group next week as they will be difficult to use on Seesaw. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis |
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