Monte Vista Elementary

1 st grade Ms. Pryor 9-23-13

LITERACY focus standards

CCSS RL1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story using key details.
We use a Retell Rope to identify and describe a storys setting, characters, problem, major events from the beginning, middle, end, and the solution. Students should be able to orally tell you about these story elements. This weeks basal story is The Big Blue Ox. The genre is animal fantasy.

MATH

focus standard

CCSS 1.OA.1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
This week we will use Math tools to introduce subtraction and to demonstrate how it is the inverse operation to addition.

CCSS RF1.1a Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence.

(Capital letter, end punctuation, makes sense)

Phonics Focus : short o fox, not, on

plural -s ending dogs, bats, lids

Our class website is updated weekly: http://apryorknowledge.weebly.com/

Habit Two:
Important Dates: 9/24/13 - School Picture Day (Tuesday) 9/24/13 - PTO meeting at 6:00 pm Words to practice:

Begin With the End in Mind (Have a Plan)

blue from

help use

little get

Last week, 19 (out of 23) students knew all 4 words as quick as a snap.