WEEKLY QUESTION:

* High Frequency words: ‘around, find, under, grow, water, food.”

*Review all long vowel words.

*Singular and plural words.

**Words with ‘ed’ endings: (walked, talked, baked, helped…)

*Author’s purpose.

*Add and subtract to 20 with parts unknown, specifically using word problems (math drawing, number bond, unknown numbers, etc.., by adding number sentences and statements).

*Identify people/traditions of Thanksgiving throughout time.

Classroom News & Events Weekly HW Practice

Mrs. Schmidt’s First Grade Minions

“How do plant and animal commu- nities depend upon each other?

**Reading 30 first grade sight words.

November 12, 2018 Life in the Forest

**To study Thanksgiving and community, the class will be reading versions of the story “Stone Soup” and discussing sharing and friends. ATTACHED is a letter explaining. We need EVERY student to donate 1 item for the stone soup we will be making

and sharing w/Ms. Wieber’s class on Tuesday, Nov. 20 th .Please send in your assigned item on Nov. 19 th .

Hopefully, your Thanksgiving holiday will be great! We have been studying all about Thanksgiving and its traditions. WATCH for a special thankful letter/gift for you to come home this week. Ask your child what he is thankful for.

Upcoming for December: We will take an overall test in Words Their Way (spelling), to regroup students appropriately. We will also be taking the district mid tests in reading and in math (DVELA/DVMA). When you receive your ‘Student Snapshot’ in your child’s report card in the first week in January, you will receive the updates on your child’s scores.

*CLASS WEBSITE http://www.dvusd.org/Domain/2835

Monday: *Read for 15 minutes/*SIGN Reading Log

*NO TIC-TAC-TOE THIS WEEK

Tuesday: *Read for 15 minutes/*SIGN Reading Log

*NO TIC-TAC-TOE THIS WEEK

Wednesday:

*Read for 15 minutes/*SIGN Reading Log

*NO TIC-TAC-TOE THIS WEEK

Thursday:

*Read for 15 minutes/*SIGN Reading Log

*NO TIC-TAC-TOE THIS WEEK

CUB OF THE WEEK:

None

Words Their Way (spelling)Please remember that we sort and work on our “SPELLING”/Words

Their Way lists each night.

We have groups working on 3 levels so far this year.

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We took our last Words Their Way test for this semester. We will take the overall test in the next few weeks and regroup for new words after Christmas.

Reading* * Long vowel word review*’ed’ endings

*Singular/plural words

*Author’s purpose.

High Frequency WordS around, find, under, grow, water, food

Amazing Words forest, bear, environment, leaves, squirrels, thrive, creature, capture…

Social Studies

We will continue to study traditions of Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving long ago and today; origins of Thanksgiving; Pilgrims/Indians. This will finish up right at Thanksgiving time.

After Christmas: We will begin studying Winter and Christmas Around the World (Christmas in different countries).

Math We will continue adding and subtracting numbers to 20. We will sometimes do this with word problems and in sometimes in sentence form. WE ARE CONCENTRATING ON “MAKING TEN” to do our addition, and then taking away from that ‘ten’ to subtract. Module 2…Lessons 25-27 this week.

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FRIDAY:

**No TIC-TAC-TOE hw until Nov. 27th, after Thanksgiving break.

**Read EVERY NIGHT and SIGN.

**NO WORDS THEIR WAY spelling until after Christmas.