First Grade October Newsletter
It was great seeing you all at our Back –To – School – Night!
Reading
Writing
We have been learning how
to use reading strategies. We
are predicting before we read,
using fixing-up strategies
while we read, and using after
reading strategies like
retelling. We have been
learning how to use text
features to comprehend what
we are reading. We are
learning to identify these
features (title, photographs,
table of contents, headings,
captions, labels, index, bold
print, illustration, etc.).
Social Studies
Students have been
participating in shared
research projects. They’ve
been encouraged to ask
questions about their topic
before gathering information.
The topics align with the
science curriculum.
Students are also learning to
distinguish between proper
and common nouns and will
be working on matching verbs
to singular and plural nouns.
Math
We have been learning about
number sense and how to
locate a number on a 120
chart. We have also been
learning about place value and
what each digit represents
(ones, tens, and hundreds
positions). We are beginning
to explore number sentences
in both addition and
subtraction. We are using
problem solving strategies to
help us determine our answers.
Science
Dates:
We will learn about living
things and how their features
We are continuing to share
and behaviors help them
ideas to learn about the
survive. We will use text
United States and American
features such as graphic
democracy. In our
organizers, photographs,
discussions and instruction,
we will learn about symbols, drawings, and labels to
accomplish this. These
leaders (past and present),
and the Pledge of Allegiance. learning opportunities will be
Students will also learn about provided by studying specific
citizenship and respect for the animals such as bears, frogs,
United States by singing and and beetles. We will discuss
the concept of predators and
learning about patriotic
prey as well as and make
songs.
connections to food chains.
We will also be learning
about the food pyramid and
making healthy meal choices.
October 12th – Columbus
Day, Open House
October 16th – No school
October 21st – Field Trip Homestead Farms
October 30th – Halloween
Party at 2:00 PM
October 30th – End of the
marking period