West Elementary School
Weekly Update
Kindergarten
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/22/19
In reading students will understand that:
- Growing readers continue to interact
with informational texts to get a
deeper understanding of the
information being presented
- Growing readers continue to ask
questions of their texts to clarify their
meaning
- Growing readers recognize
unfamiliar words in
nonfiction/informational texts and
attempt to determine the meaning
using various strategies
In writing students will understand that:
- Growing writers continue to
generate potential topics for an “all
About” book by using their
background knowledge
- Growing writers think about certain
criteria when choosing their topic
from an “All About” book
- Growing writers generate potential
topics for an “All About” book by
thinking about what sparks their
interest (what they are curious
about, what they find exciting, what
they find scary)
In math students will:
- Model decompositions of 6-8 using
linking cube sticks to see patterns
- Represent decompositions for 6-8
using horizontal and vertical number
bonds
- Use 5-groups to represent the 5 +
pattern to 8
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First Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week of 3/22/19
In reading students will understand that:
- ask and answer questions to gather
information related to specific topics
- focus vowel teams: au, qw, ew, ue,
ou, oo, ow, oi, oy,
- understand that readers have
questions about text, compare and
contrast, discuss characters and
feelings, and retell stories
- have book talks with buddies and
within book clubs to become
stronger readers
In writing students will understand that:
- Generate a list of possible characters
they disapprove of and give their
opinions why
- review reasons for writing a friendly
letter
- recognize the features of a friendly
letter by examining the parts and
their functions “parts of a friendly
letter”
- generate a strong beginning by
introducing themselves or state their
reason to their targeted audience
In math students will:
- use single digit sums to support
solutions for analogous sums to 40
- add ones and ones or tens and tens
- add tens to a two-digit number
- use counting on and the make ten
strategy when adding across a ten
Other notes or information:
● PARP! Parents please read nightly with your child.
● Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday, March 21st (6:00-9:00) pm and Friday, March 22nd (1:15-3:30)
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Second Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/22/19
In reading students will understand that:
- introduce the double vowel
syllable type.
- build words with ai and ay.
- discuss homophones and how
words can have multiple
meanings.
In writing students will understand that:
- partner with a peer to help edit
their expert writing.
- continue to revise their expert
writing in conferences and
independently.
- use the word wall to correct their
spelling.
In math students will:
- subtract from multiples of 100 and
from numbers with zero in the
tens place.
- use math drawings to represent
subtraction with up to two
decompositions.
- apply and explain alternate
methods for subtracting.
Other notes:
● PARP folders are due Monday .
● Mrs. Goldenberg’s class begins swimming on Monday .
● Parent Teacher Conferences will be held 3/21 and 3/22.
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Third Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/22/19
In reading students will understand that:
- determine what is being asked by
analyzing different types of test
questions and going back to the
text to find specific vocabulary
to support their answers.
In writing students will understand that:
- follow a format to answer a short
response by writing three
sentences including two
appropriate details from the text
and clearly stating an inference.
In math students will:
- generate and organize data.
- rotate tape diagrams vertically.
Reminders:
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Fourth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week of 3/15/19
In reading students will understand that:
- I can identify the main idea of a text
- I can write a summary using a topic
sentence and supporting details.
- Activities: guided reading, read
aloud, shared reading, independent
reading
In writing students will understand that:
- I can respond to text dependent
questions.
- Activities: independent and guided
writing
In math students will:
- Compare fractions
- Find equivalent fractions using tape
diagrams
- Activities: cooperative learning groups
and independent practice
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Fifth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/22/19
In reading students will understand that:
- Continue to develop reading
stamina by reading more each
day.
- Scholars will interpret and
understand questions by analyzing
the wording and identifying their
purpose.
- Scholars will be able to answer
questions about a text by referring
back to their annotations for support.
- Scholars will identify predictable
main idea questions by analyzing the
various kinds of questions that focus
on main idea.
In writing students will understand that:
- Writers confirm that their essay
answers the prompt by rereading
the prompt and finding evidence
and insights in their essay that
clearly answers the prompt.
- Writers will gain an understanding
of grade level writing expectations
by examining the NYS ELA Grade
5 rubric through self and peer
evaluation. (This may take more
than one day)
- Writers make an inference
independently by gathering text
evidence to support their writing.
In math students will:
- Multiply Unit fraction by non-unit
fractions.
- Multiply non-unit fraction by
non-unit fractions.
- Solve Word Problems using table
diagrams and fraction-by-fraction
multiplication.
- Relate decimal and fraction
multiplication.
Other notes or information:
● 3/21/19: Elementary Parent- Teacher Conferences from 6-9 PM
● 3/22/19: Elementary Early Dismissal 12:15 PM
● 3/22/19: Parent Teacher Conferences 1:15-3:15 PM
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