First Grade April Newsletter
Reading
The students will learn the following:
 use illustrations and details to
describe characters, setting, or events
 make real-life connections between
words and their use
 identify words or phrases in a poem
that suggest feelings or appeal to the
senses
 Compare and contrast experiences of
characters using resources to produce
a good
 Compare and contrast the experiences
and adventures of characters
 Use root words and inflectional forms
of verbs in a unique way
 Use words that signal simple
relationships to distinguish shades of
meaning between verbs
 Distinguish between information
provided by illustrations and
information provided by the words in
a text
 Identify sources and uses of
electricity
 Explain major differences between
texts that tell stories and texts that
give information
 Ask and answer questions about key
details in a text
 Sort words into categories to gain a
sense of the concepts the categories
represent
 Identify basic similarities and
differences between two texts on the
same topic
 Use sentence-level context as a clue
to the meaning of a word or phrase
Writing
Math
The 4th marking period includes:
Students will continue to:
Narrative Writing:
 The students will recount
two or more sequenced
events that will include
details, temporal words and a
sense of closure.
Process, Production & Research:
 The students will be asked to
recall information from
experiences or to gather
information from provided
sources to answer a question.
Use of Language:
 The students will write
descriptions of people,
places, things and events
with relevant details, while
expending ideas and feelings.
 The students will clarify
ideas, thoughts and feelings.
 The students will use a
variety of personal,
possessive and indefinite
pronouns and frequently
occurring adjectives will be
encouraged.
 The students will continue
with spelling conventions
and phonemic awareness
skills.
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Work on adding
and subtracting 2digit numbers
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Show their work
by using many
different
strategies and
manipulatives.
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Explain place
value and the
difference
between tens and
ones while they
are working with
the 2-digit
numbers and their
equations.
Dates:
Social Studies
Science
-Earth and Space
Economics:
The students will learn the following:
 identify natural and human resources
and how they are used in production
 give examples of human and natural
resources used in a production process
 give examples of human, natural, and
capital resources used to produce a
good
 describe how different resources are
used to make a good
 create a ‘good’ made from natural
resources and recyclable materials
 describe how a resource is used in the
production of goods
 give examples of resources used in the
production of pancakes
 Identify how natural resources are
gathered and used
 identify how communities provide
‘goods’ and ‘services’
 describe how tools and products affect
the way people, live, work and play
 identify how technology has changed
the way we live, work, and play
 identify and describe the economic
choices people make about ‘goods’
 identify people who provide health care
services available in schools
 locate, identify, and describe health
care services provided in school
 describe the goods and services
provided by a single business in the
community
 select and describe a good or service to
add to their community design
 identify how technology affects the
way people work
-Electricity
We will focus on:
How do human actions help/harm
the environment?
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Students will recognize that
caring about the environment is
an important human activity.
Students will learn how do
humans use natural resources in
daily life.
Students will list what happens
to trash when we throw it away.
The class will be asked to
identify and list the sources and
uses of electricity in daily life.
Students will create an original
graphic organizer to record facts
about electricity.
4/8 – End of marking
period 3
4/19 – Science Expo
6:45 PM
4/20 – Science Expo 9:00
AM
4/22 – Report cards go
home
4/25 - First grade parent
night – please bring your
child. 5:00 PM – 6:00
PM
4/26 – Holiday
4/28 – Take Your Child
To Work Day