Week of Jan. 17-20

Hello Families! I hope you are all enjoying your day together. Here is what our short week looks like:

Spelling Words
fly
flat
flash
flower
place
plug
under
of
some
were

Reading: We are learning how to identify questions and statements. It is important that your child can distinguish between a question and statement and know what punctuation mark goes at the end of each. We are learning to ask and answer questions about a book we have just read. Mainly, we discuss the characters, setting, problem, solution and central message. We will also review the five senses: touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. We will talk about how authors use interesting words to appeal to the five senses.

Math: We are continuing to learn about place value, tens and ones, and solving addition and subtraction sentences in many different ways. We learned the symbols for greater than, equal to, and less than. Students should be able to put numbers in ascending and descending order and should be able to add two digit numbers together.

Science: We will continue to study weather and weather patterns as we keep track of the weather conditions this month. We will collect, observe, and interpret data about the weather and continue to discuss weather characteristics in each of the four seasons.

Writing: We will continue to work on opinion writing this week. Students should be able to declare an opinion in their first sentence (topic sentence) and then provide at least two reasons supporting their opinion and then give a sense closure in their last statement. Here is an example of a first grade opinion writing piece about the topic: Favorite Fruit

Topic sentence: I love all kinds of fruits, but apples are my favorite. Reasons: One reason that I love apples so much is that they are juicy. Sometimes when I am thirsty, I feel better after eating an apple. Another reason that I think apples are great is that they come in different colors and flavors. I like the green sour ones best, but there are other kinds too! Finally, I love apples because they are easy to eat and not messy at all. My mom lets me take an apple with me in the car. Closing sentence: Fruits are awesome, but apples are the absolute best!

Social Studies: We are continuing to learn about goods (things that people buy), services (things that people do for you like a car wash or hair salon), consumers (customers), and producers( makers of the goods).

Check out these photos from our m&m science experiment:

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