What will First Graders be learning in March?
Reading/Language Arts
Students will:
 Explore the “l” blends.
 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
 Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or
phrase.
 Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs and adjectives
differing in intensity by defining or choosing them or by acting out
the meanings.
 Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story or poem
using a graphic organizer.
 Compare and contrast the experiences of characters.
Writing
Students will:
 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English
grammar and usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when
writing.
 Write an opinion paragraph in which they state their opinion, give
reasons, and provide closure.
 Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately
sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened,
use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense
of closure.
Math
Social Studies and Science
Students will:
 Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or
subtraction equation to make the equation true.
 Create a word problem about an addition or subtraction situation
and with unknown numbers in different positions.
 Add any 2-digit number and a 2-digit number ending in zero and
subtract two 2-digit numbers ending in zero.
 Add a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number using models or
drawings and describe the strategy used.
 In Science, students will identify objects and materials in the
environment, and recognize that caring about the environment is
an important human activity.
 In Social Studies, students will describe places on earth using
geographic characteristics, and explain how people modify,
protect, and adapt to their environment.
Important Dates:
3/23 3rd Marking Period Ends
3/24 No School (Professional Day)
3/28-4/3 No School (Spring Break)
Teacher Requests:
Mace: Dollar Store headphones
Rakow: winning lottery ticket, trip to Tahiti
Melrose: Dollar Store headphones, weekend spa get away
Ruiz: Lysol Wipes, liquid hand soap, weekend at The Four
Seasons, 1967 mustang
Taylor: Lysol Wipes
FYI...
 Please dress your children in layers since
temperatures may vary from morning to
recess.
Technology Corner:
Looking to enrich your child’s learning? Try some of the
suggested websites or free apps below…
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www.kenken.com or get the kenken app (Think Sudoku)
Funbrain.com (Always a favorite! Lots of fun learning games.)