Hard to believe March is here! We are busy, busy! Assessments are beginning as we wrap up our 3rd nine weeks. We encourage you ask guided questions about our standards! Be involved! Thanks for all that you do for all of us to have a continued successful year! You are very much appreciated!
Listed below are the academic areas that your child has been working on during the 3rd nine weeks: Reading: - Reading a text (Level G or higher) independently with expression, comprehension at 95% accuracy - Phonics: Long and short vowels, consonant blends (fr, gr, gl, tr, cr, etc.), digraphs (th, ch, sh, wh), Vowel teams (ai, ay, oa, ow, oe,, ee, ea, ie, igh, y as a vowel, oi, oy, oo, ew, ue, ou, ow, ar). final e (when a silent e is on the end of a word it makes the vowel say its name for example cut-cute, mat-mate. hop-hope) - r- controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, and ur) - Sight Words: Recognizing 150 or more sight words…students need to read these words in a snap!!! - Retelling a story from beginning, middle, and end with key details - Identifying the central messages and main ideas of stories - Identifying who is telling the story throughout the text (Point of View) Writing: - Writing opinion pieces consistently and independently by introducing the topic, stating an opinion, and supplying reasons for the opinion - Correct capital letters at the beginning of each sentence and punctuation at the end - Correct sentence structure - Neat and legible handwriting Math: - Comparing two-digit numbers using symbols <, >, = - 10 More /10 Less using 120 Chart (mentally) - Decomposing Numbers (Make a friendly 10) - Subtract multiples of 10 - Solve word problems to 20 - Addition and subtraction to 20 Science: - Animals and their basic needs Social Studies: - Contributions and character traits of historical figures – Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea, Theodore Roosevelt - Identifying and locating all continents and oceans Continue to work on IXL and Headsprout. We can’t wait to see the growth of our first grade friends!
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