W h a t ’s h a p p e n i n g i n 1 B ?
Mrs. Scott’s Official Newsletter for the Week of January 30, 2012
L it e r a c y a n d L a n g u a g e
Daily 5
Read to Someone: Review the fairy tale genre, compare and contrast characters, choosing appropriate books for shared reading Work on Writing- common and proper nouns, adding when details to sentences, organizing information brainstormed about a topic Work on Words: vowel digraph ea makes the short and long e vowel sounds, adding endings to words that end with y
Math
Investigations Unit 5
1.1 Cube Towers/Measuring Collections 1.2 Measuring with Cubes and Tiles 1.3 Measuring Fish 1.4 Fish Stories 1.5 Measuring Keepers Vocabulary: measure, length, measurement, unit, inch, height
Literacy CAFE: Infer meaning, learning to visualize
S o c ia l S t u d ie s
Sight words: Sunday, put, us, people, just, they
Self-Control
Writing Workshop -Writing for Partners -Revising with Partners -Peer-Editing: Spelling
Handwriting Without Tears -Lowercase m and h
January Citizenship Skill:
Explain and recognize national patriotic symbols including the U.S. flag, the Liberty Bell, and the Statue of Liberty. Recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. Flag. Begin research of Famous Americans on Pebble Go.
Don’t forget to return you report cards by this Wednesday, February 1st. The Boosterthon Fun Run is this Thursday, February 2nd. Thanks for all your pledges so far!
Nicole Scott – 1B- nscott@coppellisd.com