Hello Families!
DO NOT FORGET THAT LABOR DAY IS MONDAY. THAT MEANS NO SCHOOL. Please be safe over the long weekend! This blog is long but is packed with info!
Next week in First Grade:
Comprehension: Students will explore visualizing while reading or listening to stories. This means we will practice listening for details, big and small and make a mental movie in our head while reading. This helps students understand the story better. I will have student describe or draw out what is happening in their head while we read. This will show me what information students are in taking during reading. A fun activity you could do at home is listen to music and have the student "visualize" or describe what images come to mind, you can also get some cool art work from it!
Phonics: Students will review a variety of letter sounds and continue our heavy review of short vowel sounds. Have your student point out vowels as you read for an extra challenge! We will also start Heart words this week. These are also referred to as sight words or red words because they usually cannot be sounded out or are so common we should know them by 'heart'! We will spend this week identifying, practicing, and familiarizing ourselves with them. Next Friday, after our introduction to them in school I will send home a Rapid Word Chart with the Heart words listed on them. This chart can help you continue to practice at home. I will also send home a list of helpful activities as well.
Upcoming Heart Words: the, of, you, and, to
Writing: Students will discover the world of verbs! Verbs are action words. This week is super fun and allows us to play several fun movement games while learning. A great way to support this learning at home would be play Simon says with verbs!
Math: In math our class will practice subitizing, this is recognizing common images, such as faces on a dice, and associating them with numbers quickly. Below is a great video to help support your student at home. Students will continue to strengthen their addition skills within 20. *Quick note. I have really noticed that our class as a whole struggle with counting and identifying numbers after 30. If you could please practice this at home that would be fantastic! Students could count noodles, cars, coins, etc. Also practicing writing the numbers would be amazing as well!
Science: We wrapped up our engineering unit this week and will be moving to our sound unit. Students will explore vibrations and different items that create different sounds and vibrations. I will need a few things to help make this unit fun and engaging, below is a link for a Signup Genius for some items we will need. If you are able please sign up and donate what you can.
Upcoming weather: In our future forecast we have some colder weather. I would like to remind you to LABEL all items your student brings. This includes scarfs, gloves, mittens, ear muffs, snow boats, coats, jackets, sweaters, etc. Students will keep smaller items in their backpacks while in class and their heavier coats/jackets will be on their hook. Your student will be responsible for tracking these items. However, lost items do occur and if they have their name on them we can usually find and return them faster. Please review expectations and how certain items are suppose to be worn, not played with.
Have a fabulous long weekend!
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