Monte Vista Elementary

1 st grade Ms. Pryor & Ms. Sedillo

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9-14-2015

LITERACY focus standards

MATH focus standards

CCSS: RL1.3 Students will describe

setting, characters, and major events in a
story using key details.

CCSS: NBT.1 Count to 120, starting at any number less

We use a Retell Rope to identify and describe a

storys setting, characters, problem, major events from
the beginning, middle, end, and the solution.
We are focusing on major events this week.
This weeks basal story is The Big Blue Ox
The genre is animal fantasy.

than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and

represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
NBT.2 Understand that the two digits of a twodigit number represent amounts of tens and ones.
This week we will focus on counting strategies that include
making groups of ten. The tens place is the number of groups
and the ones place is the leftovers (not in a group of 10).

CCSS: RF1.1a Students will recognize the

distinguishing features of a sentence.
(Capital letter, end punctuation, makes sense)

Phonics Focus:
short o fox, not, on
plural ending -s dogs, bats, lids

Homework This Week:

Important News:
P.E. is now on Tuesdays and Fridays.
No school this Thursday and Friday (9/17 & 9/18).
MVES Jog-A-Thon is next Friday, 9/25/2015.
Read the information that went home today.
This is a great fundraiser for our school.

Habit of the Month:

Habit 1
Be Proactive
Youre in charge!
Words to Practice:

Yellow folders need to come to school every day.

Read for 15 minutes each night, and complete
Reading Log in yellow folder.
Spelling Practice Homework is due Wednesday.
Septembers Family Activity Calendar is optional, and
isnt due until 10/02.

We will begin using Science Notebooks

with the new Foss Science curriculum.
Please send in another wide-ruled
composition notebook. They are
sturdy and should last all year.

Parent/Teacher Conferences
Conferences are this week including the no school
days of Thursday and Friday (9/17-9/18). A reminder
note went home to confirm your time. Please bring
your student along to discuss their progress.

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