Weekly Update for 1/18/211/15/2021
0 COMMENTS Hi Parents! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Here is what’s going on next week:
MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.MD.1 Describe several measurable attributes of an object, such as length or weight. For example, a student may describe a shoe as, “This shoe is heavy! It is also really long!” MGSEK.MD.2 Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/“less of” the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter. MGSE1.MD.1 Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object. MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. MGSE1.MD.4 Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another. MGSE1.NBT.7 Identify dimes, and understand ten pennies can be thought of as a dime. (Use dimes as manipulatives in multiple mathematical contexts.) Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. In reading this week during small group, I will be assessing students on their reading levels. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, students will grow their sound power. They will practice looking all the way across words from beginning to end when they are decoding. As they read, when students come to an unknown word, they can work to use what they’ve learned about letters and sounds to work through the word to the best of their ability. Students will practice using their snap word power too this week. They will warm up by reading a list of previously studied words. Then, they will preview pages in a book, noticing all the words they already know in a snap. We will also practice solving words in books by using all of our reading super powers. After they work to figure out a word, their next job is to check it by asking themselves, “Did that make sense? Did that sound like a book? Did that look right all the way through the word? In phonics, we will be talking about consonant ending blends. Just like beginning blends and digraphs, knowing ending blends helps students decode words easier through the chunking strategy. Instead of sounding out each letter individually, they will be able to sound out groups of letters. The ending consonant blends we will talk about this week are: -nt, -ck, -mp, and -nd. For read aloud, we will read the story, “The Nuts Keep Rolling” and continue to discuss patterns. In writing, students will decide whether they want to revise or start a new piece, focusing specifically on the beginning part of their stories and making sure they are grabbing the reader’s attention. We will continue to review transition words and students will work with their writing partners, whether in person or virtually. One partner will read their piece aloud while the other listens carefully, noticing “Wow” and “Huh?” parts. Then the writers will fix up the piece to make it even better. After, they can switch and the other partner will read their writing. They’ll then continue to work on fixing up writing independently. Later in the week, students will pick one story that feels extra special to them to get ready to publish. They’ll read over it and think about whether or not they’ve told why the time was so special. If not, they’ll add more to make the piece really shine and will use all of their tools and strategies from the unit. In social studies, we will be finishing up our unit on maps and globes. Our next IB unit will be on senses!
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