Monte Vista Elementary

1 st grade Ms. Pryor 11-12-13

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LITERACY focus standards

CCSS RL.1.5 Students will explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information Strategy: Students will identify the features of fiction and non-fiction texts. This weeks story is The Big Circle. The genre is fiction. CCSS L.1.4.a Determine or clarify the
meaning of unknown words and phrases using sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning.

MATH focus standard

CCSS 1.OA.6 Add and subtract within 20,
demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8+6=8+2+4=10+4=14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 134=1331=101=9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8+4=12, one knows 128=4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6+7 by creating the known equivalent 6+6+1=12+1=13).

Phonics Focus: o_e (magic e) note, spoke, home

contractions ll m nt Thank you Veterans for your service to our country.

Weekly Dictation Tests

Parents, please continue to help your child practice the weekly phonics skills. I posted a resource page on my website, and included a copy with last weeks newsletter. We are now in week 2.4.

Disguise a Turkey Homework Project

Look for the instructions and the turkey template later this week. Have fun doing the assignment, and have your child bring it back to school on Wednesday, 11/20.

Novembers Habit of the Month

Habit Four: Think Win-Win

Everyone can win!
Words to practice:

down inside now there together

Last week, 22 (out of 23) students knew all 5 words as quick as a snap.