1. Wonders Unit 5 Week 2: Up in the Sky
A Peek at Our Week:
First Grade News
Unit 5
Week 2
Week of: April 8-12, 2019
This week we’re learning:
Homework
Wonders Unit 5 Week 2: Up in the Sky
Essential Question: What can you see in the sky?
Monday: At least 15 minutes of reading & reading fluency
Tuesday: At least 15 minutes of reading & reading fluency
Wednesday: At least 15 minutes of reading & reading fluency
Thursday: Math (in homework folder) & reading fluency
Comprehension Strategy: Make and confirm predictions
Comprehension Skill: Plot: Cause and Effect
Writing Traits: Word Choice
Grammar: Adjectives
Structural Analysis: Inflectional ending -er
Mechanics: Capitalization and end punctuation
Reminders
Stories for the week:
4/10 – KLES Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast (8:00am-9:00am)
4/19 – Spring Holiday (No School)
4/24 – Progress Alerts Go Home
5/17 – Fairy Tale Knowdown (9:00am)
Reading/Writing Workshop Story: A Bird Named Fern
Genre: Fantasy
Literature Anthology Story: Kitten’s First Full Moon
Sight Words
Spelling Words
R-controlled vowels er,ir,ur,or
through
poor
great
full
climb
another
her
bird
fur
fern
dirt
work
climb*
through*
barn**
arm**
* sight word
** review spelling word from last week.
Vocabulary Words
leaped – jumped a long way.
2. stretched – extended or made longer
Phonics Focus
Vocabulary Words
R-controlled vowels er, ir, ur, and or like in her, stir, fur, and worm.
*Please help your child recognize and write the sound/ spelling with words.