Mrs. Schmidts First Grade Minions
March 9 , 2015
Deer Valley USD
Weekly Theme:
Classroom News & Events
How can a surprise be a treasure?
Weekly Homework
Monday:
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Learning Goals :
*I can read high frequency sight
words: about, surprise, enjoy,
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worry, give, would
Read for 20 minutes/*SIGN Reading Log
Study for Words Their Way/SIGN
Complete activities on the Tic-Tac-Toe
Board
Sight word list (1/2 sheet)
*I can decode ‘ai,’ ‘ay’ words (train, stay,
Tuesday:
rain, may, gray, pain)
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*I can read and identify adjectives to
describe things.
**I can form singular possessives Ben’s
bats) and plural possessives birds’ cage).
*I can add tens and tens and ones and
ones, across a ten and subtract tens and
ones; I can subtract within 20. (example:
17 + 5 = 22; 22-7= 5).
This week’s
Cub of the Week is……..
Jesus Urbina!
**I can draw conclusions from my text.
*I can read words/text fluently.
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Information!
This site will give you a great deal
of information.
Reading
‘ai’ or ‘ay’ words: play, rain, train, may
Next test is next Thursday (due
to ½ day on Friday): This
Thursday, March 12, 2015.
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Read for 20 minutes/*SIGN Reading Log
Study for Words Their Way/SIGN
Complete activities on the Tic-Tac-Toe
Board
Sight word list (1/2 sheet)
http://www.dvusd.org/Domain2835
Words Their Way (spelling)
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Read for 20 minutes/*SIGN Reading Log
Study for Words Their Way/SIGN
Complete activities on the Tic-Tac-Toe
Board
Sight word list (1/2 sheet)
Check out my website:
Please remember that we sort and work on
our “SPELLING”/Words Their Way lists
each night. The parent check sheet will
guide you. Do the top side the 1st week
and the reverse side the 2nd week. Our test
is EVERY OTHER WEEK.
We have groups working on 4 levels
so far this year.
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Thursday:
*I can identify weather elements and
seasons.
*I can use text to locate comprehension
questions answers.
Wednesday:
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*I can describe and give traits for the
national symbols: American flag, bald
eagle, Statue of Liberty, Washington
Monument.
*I can read text and highlight facts within
that text to answer questions.
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Read for 20 minutes/*SIGN Reading Log
Study for Words Their Way/SIGN
Complete activities on the Tic-Tac-Toe
Board
Sight word list (1/2 sheet)
Drawing Conclusions
Monitor and Clarify
Singular and Plural Possessives (one
boy’s dog; five boys’ dogs)
High Frequency Words:
about, surprise, enjoy, worry,
give, would
Amazing Words
celebrate, grateful, rarest, genuine,
cherish, delicate, loot
Math
Adding tens and
tens; ones and
ones—going
across a tens. Subtracting
within tens
(ex: 17 + 5 =22
22-7=15).
Using a ‘tape diagram’
To solve word problems
Social Studies/Science
We continue to study
national symbols and
need to be able to
identify, describe, and
give traits of: American
flag, bald eagle, Statue
of Liberty, Washington
Monument.
We will begin to work on
weather as well.