January 25, 2014

First Grade News

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Highlights
Weekly


Last week we


concluded our objects in
the sky unit!
As part of out

Reading/Writing
The focus of
students reading and
writing was Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Students
read a Scholastic News

community unit, students

article on MLK and then

learned more about

used sticky notes to

needs and wants, and

the goods and services
that people and
businesses provide.
We continued to discuss
the importance of

didnt know.
Students also
listened to and
responded to A Picture
Book of Martin Luther King
Jr. and Martins Big Words.
They wrote their own
dreams for our school,

of families and people in

community, and world.

continued to share their

digital winter tradition
posters.

- Resident Registration
Due at Sunrise Drive:
February 13
- Spring Chinese
Festival: Friday,
February 20 from 6:007:30
- Rodeo Break: February
26 & 27

record information they

celebrating the diversity

our community. Students

Please note:

Students word work

focus continues to be on
blends (a combination
of two consonants that
make a predicable sound
together).

Math Corner

Students leaned a new

number game, Dot Addition. This
game promotes a deep
understanding of number
combinations (ie. combinations of
2 or more addends for 6, 8, 10,
and 12), with an emphasis on
counting on as a strategy for
finding combinations.
They continued to work on
strategically solving problems and
showing their thinking/justifying
their answer using drawings with
number labels and words.
Finally, we discussed strategies for
completing a series of fast math
facts (addition and subtract
problems that need to be solved
quickly).