Monthly Lesson
Our Theme this month is Our Earth:
Reading Strategies: will be decoding; summarizing, predicting & infering, and phonics decoding. We are working on building schema this month.
Comprehension: we will be working on categorize / classify; topic sentences, main idea, details / summarize; drawing conclusions.
Phonics lessons: we will be on base words and ending (s, ed, ing); Vowel paris ou, ow (/ou/)
Grammer lessons: we will focus on naming words for people, animals, things, places; naming words for one or more as well.
Writing lessons: we will work on writing informational paragraphs; writing with action words; process writing: research reports. We will be using fancy words in our writing as well.
Vocabulary work: we will be compound words; nature words; science words; color and pattern words; homophones; words that describe things.
Listening skill focus: we will focus on dramatizing a story, monitoring understanding and retelling.
Information and study skills: we will be working on using reference resources; locationg information and organizing information.
Announcements
- First grade will start to use their planners for parent communication. Please remember to sign and return them with their green folders.
- January 3rd return to school
- January 16th - NO SCHOOL
- February 10th - NO SCHOOL
- February 17th - End of 2nd Tri-mester
- February 23rd & 24th - NO SCHOOL
- March 1st & 2nd - PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE - See your child's teacher for available times!
- Lutheran Schools Week - March 5th - March 9th -Planning has begun stay tuned for more information!