Monte Vista Elementary

December 15, 2014

Ms. Martinez 1st Grade
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Email: kemartinez@lcps.k12.nm.us
Unit 3 Week 3 / Unidad 3 Semana 3
Literature / Literatura
Students will review the characteristics of a fiction/nonfiction
text and decide what THEME the text describes:
Patience/Love/Courage/Acceptance/Friendship. They will
also answer comprehension questions and use the text to
reference their answers. Los estudiantes repasaran las
caricaristicas de textos de ficcin/no ficcin decidiendo cual
caricaristica nos describe el TEMA del libro:
paciencia/amor/valenta/aceptacin/amistad. Tambin
usaran el texto para dar respuestas a preguntas sobre el
libro.

Math / Matemticas
Students will explain addition of doubles and doubles plus
one. EX: Doubles (4+4=8), Doubles plus one 8 (4+4) + 1 =
9 Students will also work with addition and subtraction of
multiples of 10 using place value.
Example / Ejemplo

Writing / Escritura
Students will be introduced to opinion writing using fact and
opinions. Los estudiantes estarn usando hechos y
opiniones para escribir un papel de opinin.

PHONICS / FONETICA
English: Adding es, Plural es, R controlled vowel: or,
ore
EX: foxes, for, more
Espaol: Silabas con ll, silabas ce, ci
Ej. Llaves, cemento

TESTING Continues this week! Please try to

attend everyday!
ANNOUNCEMENTS / ANUNCIOS

December 15 & 16 Barnes and Noble Book Fair for Monte Vista from 5 to 8pm at the
Mesilla Valley Mall. First and fourth graders have been invited to sing on the 15th. Monte
Vista Leadership students will be reading to customers and children who visit Barnes and
Noble on December 16th. Barnes and Noble will have a table set up where our Monte Vista
Staff will be handing out bookmarks and vouchers. The vouchers can be turned in and
Monte Vista will receive a portion of the proceeds. Our first graders need to arrive by 6:15pm
and will perform from 6:30 6:45pm.
December 19th Pijama Day and Breakfast, Desayuno y Da de piyamas
Dismissal at 11:00am

Have a wonderful Christmas Holiday!!

Away, car, friends, house, our, school, very

Dio, poco, sali, viven