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                    Week of October 27^th

                           ^{Social Studies}                                  
Our Social Studies Unit is Community Helpers. Essential Question:  What is a community helper?  How do they help the community? The students are learning about rules in the community-who makes rules in the community as well as how and why they are reinforced. As part of our study of Community Helpers, the students will be taking a field trip.   *****Field Trip to the Greenville Library Date to be Announced Next Week Upon Approval****  The librarian is a helper in our community. The students will be able to sign up for a library card if they do not have one.  Info will go home this week. There is a cost of $2.50 per child to pay for the bus.

^{Math Connects ……Chapter 5…Addition Strategies}

^{Essential Questions:}

^{1.What strategies can I use to help me add vertical and horizontal addition problems?}

^{2. Can you explain with pictures, words or equations?}

^{3.  What is a turnaround fact and how does it help you learn math facts?}

^{4.What is a fact family?}

^{Vocabulary: addend-count on-doubles-fact family-number line____________________________________________}                             Unit 5 Welded or Glued Sounds

Essential Question:  What is a welded or glued sound? A Fundations term for word families in which one or more of the sounds is altered a bit. (For example the /n/ and /m/ sounds often alter proceeding vowel sounds.)  We teach these word families because the sounds are not easily segmented. a-m-ham-/am/-a-n-fan-/an/. We say the am and an have a “stinky” a. Check out the Fundations pages for activities to reinforce welded sounds you can do at home.

Trick words: from  have  do  does

Fluency:  We are also working on SCOOPING phrases of short stories.  Our focus is on Characters, Setting and Main Ideas to assist with COMPREHENSION.

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                        SCIENCE
First grade is now responsible for the garden area under our window.  We will be caring for it throughout the school year.  Wednesday morning,  Please have your child wear pants to plant and a sweatshirt.

 READING….We  continue to check for understanding when we read.

Students need to comprehend what they are reading.

*Retell Story     *Discuss the beginning-middle and end

*Make predictions….read and maybe change your prediction

*Make Connections (to other text-self-or to the world)

*Visualize (Make a picture in your head)

*Discuss story elements, title, setting, characters, and main idea.

BE A VIRACIOUS READER….Read to and with your child every night.

RETURN YOUR READING LOGS FRIDAY AND YOUR READING BINGO. CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO WIN A BOOK ON FRIDAY!

*I will also be including a comprehension passage as part of the children’s homework pack each week.*

Reminders:  Wear your HALLOWEEN Costume to school on Friday! NO Masks or Weapons of any kind please

If you want to send in any goodies on Halloween,please NO CANDY (stickers,rings,pencils,etc.)