CALENDARIO DE NOVIEMBRE, 2019 GRADE 1 SRA.

COLLUNEY

DOMINGO LUNES MARTES MIERCOLES JUEVES VIERNES SABADO

31 1 2
PD DAY No Faith Day
classes No classes

3 4 Day 3 5 Day 4 6 Day 5 7 Day 6 8 Day 1 9

Gym
Alien -in Line @ Alien -in Line @ Alien -in Line @ Alien -in Line Clubs
9:45-10:45am 8:40-9:40am 12:45-1:45 9:45-10:45am Remembrance Day
Sight Word Quiz #5 Gym Gym Liturgy @ 1:30
Return Home Reading
10 11 12 Day 2 13 Day 3 14 Day 4 15 Day 5 16

Remembrance Day Return Home Library Gym Gym

No Classes Reading

17 18 Day 6 19 Day 1 20 Day 2 21 Day 3 22 Day 4 23

Sight Word Quiz #6 Clubs Gym

Return Home Reading Gym

24 25 Day 5 26 Day 6 27 Day 1 28 Day 2 29 Day 3 30

Gym Gym Progress Reports

Return Home Reading Go home
Thank you to all of you for supporting the home reading and word work program. This month, we will start slowing down the word work program
and changing the quizzes to once every two weeks instead of once a week to allow for more time for your child to practice them at home and in
class. The words are getting more challenging so I believe that having ample time to practice and reinforce them will help with the student’s self
confidence and accuracy. The dates for the quizzes are included in the calendar. If your child has already read a book sent home in the home
reading, this is a good opportunity for them to practice it again and help develop their fluency and intonation when reading. Also, take advantage
of the www.kidsa-z.com website as it is a great literacy resource and there are “good fit” books leveled for your child. Username and password
were sent home in September. This month our themes will be centered around Remembrance Day and preparing for the coming of Jesus in
December.

In English Language Arts: Students will

 Develop sentence structure
 Develop story sense
 Identify writing elements ( characters, setting ( place- where and time –when ) Beginning- middle and ending
 Identify short vowels
 Word Families
 Blends begin e.g. BL/ CL/ BR /DR/ SN / SK/ST (two letters that work together to create a sound)

We are now working in our Daily 5 Literacy model each day, in which students routinely practice their writing, listening to reading, reading to self,
reading to a partner, and word work. We are getting used to using the chromebooks for listening to reading and continue to explore literacy and
word families through stories and interactive learning.

In Spanish Language Arts: We are continuing with our calendar routine (days, months, seasons, weather, date) , rhyming, songs and
introducing the following themes:
 Expressing likes continues: Me gusta rojo
 The alphabet and sonidos iniciales (a, e, I , o, u)
 Verb IR : e.g. Yo voy a la escuela
 Journaling
 Dialogues – Using daily expressions, vocabulary , and calendar questions:

 Qué día es hoy?

 Cuál es el mes ?
 Cómo está el tiempo hoy?
 Números : patrones
 Qué color es ?
In Math: We are continuing with our number sense unit. Math is done in Spanish.

 Represent and describe numbers to 20 concretely, pictorially, and symbolically.

 Match numerals, number words, and sets of objects.
 Say the number sequence forward and backward 0 to 20
 Make one number in different ways using cubes and colors e.g. 4 3 y 1 / 2 y 2/ 1 y 3
 Recognize numbers in different arrangements; Recognize at a glance and name familiar arrangements of 1-10 objects or dots.
 Build a number greater than 10 in in 2 ten frames
 Identify the number up to 20 that is one more, two more, one less, and two less than a given number.

Religious Education:

We are going to study the liturgical seasons of the year as an annual unfolding of the mysteries of Christ celebrated in the liturgies of the church
through signs, symbols, rituals, words and actions. We will also be starting to practice our Christmas concert songs!

In Science:

 The students are observing, describing and recording weather reports and seasonal changes reports in relation to fall and winter.
 More mixing color experimenting – Secondary colors, shades, Light and Dark, Transparent, Opaque.

Social Studies: We are discussing about:

 What are our responsibilities and rights at home, at school, in groups and in communities?
 Respect for individual rights and rights of others

If you have any concern, please contact me.

Thank you for your support of your child’s education.

Sra. Colluney
Grade 1 Teacher Escuela St Margaret
Anne-marie.colluney@cssd.ab.ca