Write a word with an inflected ending ‐s Good Morning Fabulous First Gr__ders, We are g__ing to have a great d__y today! We are going to talk about the new contract and am__zing words for the w__ __k. In math, we will be talking about l__ne plots and how w__ interpret them. This w__ __k in writing, we are going to be writing r__ __listic fiction stories. I can't w__it to see all of your cr__ativity in your stories! Let's all r__member to r__spect others with our words and actions. Love, Mr. F. Can you find the missing long vowels? A Thanksgiving Dinner by Maude M. Grant Take a turkey, stuff it fat, Some of this and some of that. Get some turnips, peel them well. Cook a big squash in its shell. adjectives rhyming words blends digraphs Now potatoes, big and white, Mash till they are soft and light. Cranberries, so tart and sweet, With the turkey we must eat. Pickles-yes-and-then, oh my! For a dessert a pumpkin pie, Golden brown and spicy sweet. What a fine Thanksgiving treat! You've learned You'll learn 0 0 habitat chirp hatch croak survive moist 0 8 6 0 words so far. words this week. Which wild animals live in our neighborhood? Short e and Short i Sort Read Like a Writer A realistic story is made up but it is like real life. Characters is realistic stories do things that real people and animals do. Sequence ‐ story planning Write a word that rhymes with one of the pictures. Dear Clever First Graders , I hope that you are all ready for a great day of trying our best! We are going to review adjectives a little this morning and talk about word wall shapes. Some of you need to pay a little closer attention when we are going over these shapes. We are also going to be discussing main idea and details again this week with a story about a girl who learns a lesson from her grandma. In math, we are going to be working with dominoes after library. We will end the day with word study. Let's make this a tremendous day of learning! Love, Mr. F. Find the blends Word Shapes small what have your they saw use come tree Main Idea Details Write an -en word. Good Morning Room 16, Today is a new day and I know it will be fantastic! We are going to spend a little time on clusters this morning. We are going to be using the dominoes that you cut out in math this afternoon. We are going to end the day reading a new Janell Cannon story. We are going to be talking more about story events, and whether they are important or not. Let's all remember to be respectful, responsible, and safe today. Love, Mr. F. grape grass pretzel prince crab crib bridge breakfast drive drum friend frog trash truck Click for cluster activities While listening to the story today, I want you to think about the important details in the story. We are going to sort some of the details when we are finished reading and discuss what happens at the beginning, middle and end. Write an odd number that is more than 20 but less than 100. Happy Friday Room 16, I hope that you all enjoyed your day off yesterday! I know that we did! We are going to read Trupp again this morning and work on thinking about some events in the story and when they happened. I hope we have some time to share your thinking from the other day. In math, we are going to review some of the things we have been learning in Unit 3. We are going to end the day with writing workshop working on our realistic fiction stories. Let's make this a great end to the week! Love, Mr. F. Fill in the diagrams. Total Part Part Find 3 things that rhyme with tack. Find 5 things that have the short e sound. Find 1 thing that rhymes with best. Find 1 thing that starts with the blend /spr/. Total Part Part Time Order Words Yesterday we filled in a chart to help me put my ideas for beginning, middle and end of my story in order. Today I will write each event in order. I can use time‐order words like first, next and last to make the events seem clear. Once there was a girl named Ivory and she had to go get her pictures taken. First, her mom made her take a bath. She had to scrub behind her ears. Ivory hated washing behind her ears! Next, her mom made her wear a dress with tights. Ivory HATED wearing dresses, especially with tights! After that, they went to the picture place. It was raining outside. Ivory LOVED when it was raining. She always liked to splash in the puddles. Finally, Ivory and her mom went into the picture place. Ivory was a mess! Her dress and tights were SOAKED. Ivories mom HATES when it is raining.