Ms. French's Class
Important Dates:
May 10th: Music Concert
May 14th: Garden lesson 12:24-1:25
May 17th: Step-Up Day 9:00-11:45
May 18th: Librarians read to classroom 11:05-11:25
May 21st: Field trip
May 25th: MHS Community Service 8:00-11:00; Memorial Day Assembly 1:00-1:30
May 28th: No School for Memorial Day
June 1st: Whole School meeting 8:45-9:00
May 10th: Music Concert
May 14th: Garden lesson 12:24-1:25
May 17th: Step-Up Day 9:00-11:45
May 18th: Librarians read to classroom 11:05-11:25
May 21st: Field trip
May 25th: MHS Community Service 8:00-11:00; Memorial Day Assembly 1:00-1:30
May 28th: No School for Memorial Day
June 1st: Whole School meeting 8:45-9:00
What we are learning:
May Week 2
Fundations: Unit 11 Week 1
Trick Words: friend, other, another
Words of the day: globe, brave
Skills: long vowel sounds: vowel-consonant-e syllable; grade level passage with Fundations skills embedded inside
Reading Centers:
Sight words: one, on, our, out, of, old, once, open, over
Writing: how to build a...
Math: 3-D shapes, composition of shapes, addition fact strategies, time to the half hour, bar graphs, number-grid puzzles
STEM: How do things get built?
May Week 3
Fundations: Unit 11 Week 2
Trick Words: none, nothing
Words of the day: swipe, tape
Skills: long vowel sounds: vowel-consonant-e syllable; grade level passage with Fundations skills embedded inside
Reading Centers:
Sight words: play, please, pretty, put, red, run, ran, ride, round
Writing: how to take care of a plant
Math: mentally finding 10 more and 10 less, unit review, unit assessment
STEM: How do plants change as they grow?
May Week 4
Fundations: Unit 11 Week 3
Trick Words:
Words of the day: tribes, rules
Skills: reading words of v-e with suffixes; long vowel sounds: vowel-consonant-e syllable; grade level passage with Fundations skills embedded inside
Reading Centers:
Sight words: said, see, saw, say, she, so, soon, some, stop
Writing: my favorite food
Math: measurement, two-digit number stories, money, equal parts, addition and subtraction
STEM: How do we get our food?
May Week 5
Fundations: Unit 12 Week 1
Trick Words: people, month
Words of the day: upset, limit
Skills: syllable division; grade level passage with Fundations skills embedded inside
Reading Centers:
Sight words: the, three, to, two, that, there, they
Writing: my favorite thing about first grade
Math: two-digit comparison number stories, strategies for two-digit addition and subtraction, relations and equivalence, place value, 3-D geometry
STEM: end of year activities
May Week 2
Fundations: Unit 11 Week 1
Trick Words: friend, other, another
Words of the day: globe, brave
Skills: long vowel sounds: vowel-consonant-e syllable; grade level passage with Fundations skills embedded inside
Reading Centers:
Sight words: one, on, our, out, of, old, once, open, over
Writing: how to build a...
Math: 3-D shapes, composition of shapes, addition fact strategies, time to the half hour, bar graphs, number-grid puzzles
STEM: How do things get built?
May Week 3
Fundations: Unit 11 Week 2
Trick Words: none, nothing
Words of the day: swipe, tape
Skills: long vowel sounds: vowel-consonant-e syllable; grade level passage with Fundations skills embedded inside
Reading Centers:
Sight words: play, please, pretty, put, red, run, ran, ride, round
Writing: how to take care of a plant
Math: mentally finding 10 more and 10 less, unit review, unit assessment
STEM: How do plants change as they grow?
May Week 4
Fundations: Unit 11 Week 3
Trick Words:
Words of the day: tribes, rules
Skills: reading words of v-e with suffixes; long vowel sounds: vowel-consonant-e syllable; grade level passage with Fundations skills embedded inside
Reading Centers:
Sight words: said, see, saw, say, she, so, soon, some, stop
Writing: my favorite food
Math: measurement, two-digit number stories, money, equal parts, addition and subtraction
STEM: How do we get our food?
May Week 5
Fundations: Unit 12 Week 1
Trick Words: people, month
Words of the day: upset, limit
Skills: syllable division; grade level passage with Fundations skills embedded inside
Reading Centers:
Sight words: the, three, to, two, that, there, they
Writing: my favorite thing about first grade
Math: two-digit comparison number stories, strategies for two-digit addition and subtraction, relations and equivalence, place value, 3-D geometry
STEM: end of year activities
Classroom News:
Materials to practice at home:
Reading: Please read with your student every night to help with fluency. While reading ask your student questions about who the characters are, what the setting is, and what is happening in the story.
Math: Please practice addition and subtraction facts with your student every night. By practicing every night your student will become fluent in their math facts.
Resources: Xtramath: This is a free website that helps students practice addition and subtraction facts.
Abcya: This is a fun website that allows students to play reading and math games.
San Diego Zoo Kids: This is a fun website where students can learn about different animals and even see live videos of animals at the zoo.
Other:Please make sure you pack a healthy, filling snack every day for your student so he/she has enough energy to focus on school work until lunch.