First Grade Weekly Newsletter

First Grade Weekly Newsletter

Weeks of 12/18-12/22 to 1/2- 1/12

Reminders/Announcements
Please ask your child each day about their STAR behavior chart and initial the box daily. Please encourage your child to follow the classroom and school rules and be a Northview Star!
Your child will have homework each night in their homework journal. Please make sure you check to see they are completing it each evening and turning it in on Fridays. The weather is changing, please make sure your child has proper outdoor attire.
Reminders:
●  December 25-January 1 - Winter Break
●  December 22 Second Quarter Progress Report
*For questions or concerns please contact us at 301-218-1520 or email.
*We recommend email as the quickest way to communicate with us.
Teacher Email Addresses
-  Mrs. Dreyer:
-  Mrs. Gbekor:
-  Ms. Kaercher:
-  Mrs. Quagliato: / Language Arts
CCSS: RL 1.1A, W 1.3, RF 1.3B, RF 1.3A, L 1.5D, RF 1.3E, RF 1.3A, Rl 1.2, L 1.1A, L 1.1B, L 1.2A, RF 1.3D, W 1.3, RI 1.7 RF 1.3G, RF 1.3A, RF 1.3G, RF 1.3A
●  Grammar and Mechanics: Common and Proper Nouns, Capitalize Proper Nouns, Irregular and Plural Nouns, Capital Letters and Periods
●  Structural Analysis: Closed Syllables, Inflectional Endings
●  Phonemic Awareness: Build and blend words th, sh, -ing, Phoneme Segmentation, Introduce and blend words with consonant digraphs ch, tch, wh and ph
●  Handwriting: uppercase K, L, U, V, W, X
Stories We Are Reading:
Week 1 and 2:Nell’s Books, Luis’s Library, The Story of Martin L. King, Jr., My Little Island, I Love My Hair, Me on the Map, Fun with Maps, Map It!, Do Like Kayla, Students Drafts
High Frequency Words (for the word wall):
Week 1 and 2: All, Call, Day, Her, Want, By, Many, Walk, That, Saw, Locate, Around, Height, Model, Separate
Vocabulary:
Week 1 and 2: Leadership, Admire, Enjoy, Rely
Writing Fundamentals:
●  Personal Narrative: Generating Ideas
●  Mentor Text: My Steps, My Visit to the Aquarium, When I was Five, I Love My Hair, Nino’s Pizzeria
Math Skills for Unit
1.NBT.B.3, 1.NBT.C.5, 1.NBT.C.4
Topic 9, Lessons 2-6
Topic 10, Lessons 1-8
Find numbers that are more or less than a given number.
Use a hundred chart to find 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, 10 less
Use place-value blocks to compare 2 two-digit numbers.
Compare two numbers using a greater than, a less than, or an equal to sign.
Compare and write two-digit numbers that are greater than or less than other two-digit numbers.
Make sense of a problem and find the best way to solve it.
Solve addition problems by using blocks or drawings. / Science
NGGS: 1-PS4-4
-  Plan and conduct investigations
-  Sound and Vibrations
-  Sound Waves
-  Loud/ Soft sounds
Social Studies
MAPS AND MODELS
-  Assessment
-  What is your community like?
-  What are ways we take care of our planet?
-  Maps and models of earth