West Elementary School
Weekly Update
Kindergarten
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/11/19
In reading students will understand that:
- Growing readers can distinguish
between letters and words
- Growing readers read texts by
“reading the words”
- Growing readers continue to read
texts by “reading the words”
In writing students will understand that:
- Growing writers have ideas to share
and understand that all ideas are
valid
- Growing writers learn about the
parts of a writer’s notebook
- Growing writers have ideas to share
and understand that all ideas are
valid
In math students will:
- Order and write numerals 4 and 5 to
answer how many questions
- Write numerals 1-5 in order
- Count 4-6 objects in circular and
scattered configurations
Other notes or information:
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First Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week of 10/11/19
In reading students will understand that:
- use strategies to figure out
unfamiliar words.
- blending and reading three sound
short vowel words.
- read with a partner and talk about
their books.
In writing students will understand that:
- use their graphic organizer and
sketch their small moment stories.
- write a beginning to their Personal
Narrative.
- write a complete sentence with a
capital letter and a punctuation
mark.
In math students will:
- understand the meaning of the equal
sign by pairing equivalent expressions
and constructing true number
sentences.
- represent the same story scenario with
addends repositioned.
- apply the commutative property to
count on from a larger addend.
Other notes or information:
● No School on Wednesday, October 9 in honor of Yom Kippur.
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Second Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/11/19
In reading students will understand that:
- write closed syllable words with bonus
letters - f, l, and s like stuff, full and
mess.
- acknowledge the important parts of a
story by identifying the essential
story elements.
- use visualization to check for
understanding.
In writing students will understand that:
- choose a personal experience to tell to a
partner orally.
- continue to retell a story orally to a
different partner.
- decide what topic they want to write a
personal narrative on.
In math students will:
- measure lengths of strings.
- solve two-step word problems.
- take the unit 2 assessment on
measurement.
Other notes:
● Back to School Night is Wednesday, September 25 at 7:00 pm.
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Third Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/11/19
In reading students will understand that:
- Understand a story better by
identifying the story elements.
- Understand the characters’ roles
in a story by differentiating
between main characters and minor
characters in the story.
In writing students will understand that:
- Bring their character to life by
adding dialogue by using
quotation marks and commas.
- Growing writers reflect on their
own writing by listening to the
feedback of their peers.
In math students will:
- Apply the distributive property
to decompose units.
- Solve two-step word problems
involving all four operations, and
assess the reasonableness of
answers.
No school 10/9
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Fourth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week of 10/4/19
In reading students will understand that:
- I can monitor for meaning by
formulating text-based
questions while they are
reading..
- I can make reasonable
predictions and revise them by
utilizing text details to support
their thoughts.
- Activities: guided reading, read
aloud, shared reading,
independent reading
In writing students will understand that:
- I can think about the major
turning points in my life and
write about it.
- I can improve my writing by
listening to peers questions
and comments.
- Activities: independent and
guided writing
In math students will:
- I can use place value understanding to decompose to smaller units
once using the standard subtraction algorithm.
- I can solve multistep word problems by recognizing important
words and understand what is being asked of me.
- Activities: cooperative learning groups and independent practice
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Fifth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/11/19
In reading students will understand that:
- Monitor for meaning by
summarizing the main events in
the text .
- Build comprehension by digging
deeper and thinking beyond the
literal text- inferencing.
- Readers will continue to keep
records of their reading lives by
responding to literature in their
reading journal
In writing students will understand that:
- Revise their writing by using
specific details to help readers
create vivid mental images in
their minds .
- Recognize the theme of their
personal narratives by identifying
the message they want the reader
to walk away with.
In math students will:
- Subtract decimals using place value
strategies and relate those strategies
to a written method.
- Multiply a decimal fraction by
single-digit whole numbers, relate to
a written method through
application of the area model and
place value understanding, and
explain the reasoning used.
- Multiply a decimal fraction by
single-digit whole numbers,
including using estimation to confirm
the placement of the decimal point.
Other notes or information:
10/9/19: School Closed: Yom Kippur
10/10/19- Board of Education meeting 7 pm
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