Sunday, January 4, 2015

Welcome 2015

Welcome to 2015!  This half of first grade will be full of more learning and fun.

We will be working on the following targets:
 
ELA (English Language Arts)
~Recognizing non-fiction texts
~Understanding and using non-fiction text features in both reading and writing
   *table of contents, index, captions, labels, photographs, bold words, facts and information
~Asking questions before, during and after reading
~Increasing our reading and writing stamina (reading independently 20+ minutes and writing 4+ sentences)
~lowercase letter formation, capitalization at the beginning, ending punctuation and spaces

Math
~describing shapes and items using attributes
~comparing and contrasting items by their attributes
~collecting and analyzing data

Social Studies (case study on community)
~comparing/contrasting families
~discussing needs/wants and goods/services
~analyzing jobs in our community
~describing and understanding the importance of America's National Symbols
~comparing maps/globes to include water vs. land including continents

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