Here is what we will be doing this week:
BOOK FAIR
The book fair will be held in our library DEC 8 through 12. The library books are not due this week. Please feel free to come by and visit the book fair. The library is open after school. As a class we will go to the book fair at our regularly scheduled library time, Wednesday at 9:00.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Monday: Reading homework comes home. This week we will learn more about RAZ kids reading. See more below.
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning. Math Homework will be in the Tuesday folder.
Wednesday: Library at 9:00. We will not turn in or check out books this week. We will attend the book fair to look or shop.
Friday: Homework is due.
HOMEWORK
To provide books that are at your child's reading level first grade has subscribed to RAZ Kids. This site will have many books to read for your child. This week we will be using the books on RAZ kids as our homework books. To use these books go to www.raz-kids.com; go to KIDS LOGIN; type in the teacher username tbyrne6; then click on the student name; go to reading assignments. After reading the first book in the assignment section you may complete the homework response page that was sent home in today's blue folder.
READING
This week we will explore a new genre in fiction: Folk Tales. We will learn about the elements of Folk Tales. Folk Tales have animals with human characteristics as the main characters, and there is usually a lesson to be learned at the end of the story.While we read some of the most beloved children's stories such as the Three Little Pigs, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and The Little Red Hen, we will work on many comprehension strategies such as retelling the story (telling the events in logical order), and summarizing the story which is telling the important events in the story from the beginning to the end. When we summarize we tell the important events in a short paragraph. We will also review main characters, setting and the problem and solution in the story.
WRITING
In writing we will continue writing facts about traditions and celebrations around the world. As our elf is traveling around the world, we will learn about many new traditions.
Lat week we learned about traditions in United States This week we will learn about Mexico and England. We will also write a expository writing about the traditions and celebrations in our own family.
MATH
This week we will continue working on subtraction. Last week, we practiced on many math problems that involved "taking away, separating from a set, taking a part away from a whole". This week, we will focus on subtraction as a way to find the difference between two quantities, or a way of comparing two different quantities. If team A scored 12 goals and team B scored 9 goals, how many more goals did team A score than team B? At the beginning of the year, the children learned to solve these kinds of problem by thinking addition: 9+ ?=12. Now, they are learning that they can actually use subtraction to solve these kinds of problem: 12-9=3.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We will travel around the world and learn about customs, holidays, and celebrations. We will learn about the importance of various beliefs, customs, language, and traditions of communities and how communities celebrate their heritage.