First Grade May Newsletter
This will be our last newsletter.
Reading
The rest of our school year indicators
include:
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identify the main topic (main idea)
and key details of informational text
identify the reasons an author gives
to support points in a text and
identify actions that can help the
environment
describe the connection between
two pieces of information in a text
use the prefixes –un and –re as a
clue to the meaning of a word
identify and discuss reasons an
author gives to support a point
identify similarities and differences
in how information is presented in
two texts on the same topic
use attributes to define contentspecific vocabulary
identify and discuss similarities and
differences between the information
and ideas in two
texts
identify and describe reasons an
author gives to support a point
use the table of contents and index
to locate key facts or information
identify and use various text
features to locate key facts
use illustrations and details in a text
to describe its key ideas
use illustrations and details in a text
to describe its key ideas
sort words into categories
Writing
Math
At the end of the marking period,
students research and write opinion
texts to answer the question: What
can I do to reduce my impact on the
environment?
The rest of our school year
will be focused on two
things in math:
First, students share their
informative pieces with peers as a
part of pre-writing for an opinion
text.
Students write opinion pieces that
introduce a topic, state an opinion,
supply a reason for the opinion and
provide some sense of closure.
They use a technology tool to add
drawings or other visual display to
clarify ideas in their opinion text.
Peers respond to questions and
suggestions from peers to strengthen
writing.
Use of language instruction focuses
on singular and plural nouns, verb
tenses, complete sentences,
conjunctions, simple and compound
sentences and determiners.
Taken from MCPS (Instructional focus MP 4).
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shapes
time
As students are exploring
different 2-D and 3-D
shapes, they will be able
to identify a shape by its
attributes (how many
sides, corners, etc.).
They will also be
comparing shapes to one
another and composing
new shapes. In addition to
that, students will be able
to recognize halves,
fourths and quarters of a
given shape.
We will then finish up the
school year by learning
about time. Students will
be able to read time using
both analog and digital
clocks.
We will learn how to tell
time to the hour and the
half-hour on both types of
clocks.
Social Studies
Science
Dates:
5/13 –Muffins for Mom
5/9 – Spring Concert
5/10 – Assembly-concert
Economics:
The rest of our school year indicators
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identify how transportation links
goods to places
describe how communication links
people and places through the
movement of ideas and messages
describe work people do to earn
money
describe the skills and abilities a
worker uses to earn money at a job
describe work they do for which
they do or do not earn income
describe how money is obtained
describe knowledge, skills, and
abilities workers need to earn
income at a job
list both goods and services
provided by a business in the
community
select and describe a new good or
service and its purpose to their
community
describe how technology affects the
way people work
In science, we will focus on
these indicators for the
remainder of the school year:
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What actions can kids take to
help protect the Earth?
How do human actions
harm/help the environment?
How do humans use natural
resources in daily life?
Discuss what items in the
classroom do not need
electrical energy to work.
Where does electricity come
from?
When do we use electricity?
What can we do to prevent
littering in our school yard?
What does it mean to
conserve items?
How can we reuse items to
make new goods?
What are the 3 Rs (reduce,
reuse, recycle)?
5/23 – Instrumental
Concert
5/30 – Memorial Day –
No school
6/3 – Donuts for Dad
6/6 – Juneteenth
Celebration
6/20 – Last day for
students, half a day