What Are We Doing?
November
- (Newly added skills to learn)
Reading Language Arts/Phonics
· Review consonant, vowel, and digraph (sh, th, ch, and wh) sounds.
· Blend short “a” words.
· Blend short “i” words.
· Memorize the First Grade High Frequency Words
Reading Comprehension
· Prediction (guess what will happen)
· Inference (use clues to understand better)
· Sequence Events
· Compare and Contrast
· Cause and Effect
Writing
· Write a complete sentence with a naming word (noun) and an action word (verb).
· Use printing lines and spacing correctly.
· Capitalize the word “I”.
· Use correct end punctuation.
· Practice printing letters neatly and correctly.
· Practice writing first and last name.
- Write Expository (informational) paragraphs that have a Topic Sentence, 3 facts, transitions (first, next, last, etc.), and a conclusion.
- Quick Writes/Quick Sketches
- Journal writing
- Use descriptive words.
Math
· Read, write, and count numbers to 50.
· Count backwards.
· Use the tens and ones place.
· Draw pictures to add.
· Add vertically and horizontally.
· Write and solve addition sentences.
· Solve addition word problems.
- Organize and graph data. Then answer questions about the graph.
- Use doubles to add.
- Use a number line and Touchmath dots.
- Find one more, one less, 10 more, and 10 less than a given number using a hundreds chart.
- Use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction to solve problems.
- Write and solve subtraction sentences and word problems.
Social Studies
· Family, community, and moving to new homes
· Leaders and rules
- The history of Thanksgiving
- Pilgrim life
- Native American life
Science
· Matter (solids, liquids, and gases)
· Identify and classify solids, liquids, and gases.
- Weather/Seasons
- Leaves
