1. Week of November 27-December 1
Fowler’s
1st
elizabeth.fowler
@dcsms.org
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Week of November 27-December 1
Upcoming Events
A Peek at Our Week
Dec. 1- PTA PJ Day $1
Dec. 7- Literacy Night 6-7
Dec. 8 – Christmas at the O.K. Corral – Music Program 11:00
Dec. 13- Christmas Party 12:00-2:00
Reading: We will read The Wild Christmas Reindeer and many other books about reindeer. We will ask and answer questions about key details in a text. (RL1.1) Students can retell the using what happened in the BME (RL1.2). Describe character, setting, and major events from the story using key details. (RL1.3). Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text. (RL/RI1.5)
Math: Students will understand the meaning of the equal sign and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false. (1. OA.7) Count, read, and write numerals, and represent a number of objects to 60. (NBT.1)
Writing: Students will write silly animal stories and informational pieces on reindeer. (W1.1, W1.2)
Sight Words: We will work on List 2 of the second 100 list this week. Practice the highlighted words in your child’s folder .
Language: We will learn about possessive nouns. (L1.2)
Spelling: drink, stacked, five, good, name, six, napkin, us, jump, yes, some, was
Homework
Monday:
Language sheet. Read Take Home Book and answer comprehension questions.
Tuesday:
Math sheet and read Take Home Book
Wednesday:
Read Take Home Book
Thursday:
Math sheet and read a book from home
Read the take home book in the green folder and answer the questions!!!! This is very important! Return them to school on Thursday.
Vocabulary-
tundra- flat, cold land with no trees
harness- tool used for joining two or more arctic animals
herd- group of animals of the same kind
frantic- wildly excited or scared
arctic- at or near the North Pole
Reminders
Your child may buy ice cream on Friday for S1. Don’t forget!
Your child must master 70% of Language Arts skills AND 70% of Math skills AND read and comprehend Level I independently to promote to 2nd grade.