West Elementary School
Weekly Update
Kindergarten
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 9/21/18
In reading students will understand that:
- Growing readers make meaning about parts of the book by utilizing the pictures to help them code the story.
- Growing readers continue to make meaning about the parts of the book
- Growing readers continue to learn about the parts of the book and how the pictures help them code the story
In writing students will understand that:
- Growing writers understand how to hold a pencil by practicing the proper grip
- Growing writers know that there are different types of writing (letters, lists, stories, cards)
- Growing writers know that there are different types of writing by exploring different examples of writing
In math students will:
- Within linear and array dot configurations of numbers 3, 4, and 5, find hidden partners
- Within circular and scattered dot configurations of numbers 3, 4, and 5, find hidden partners
- Model decompositions of 3 with materials, drawings and expressions
Other notes or information:
Green Meadows Field Trip is on October 5, 2018
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First Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 9/28/18
In reading students will understand that:
- practice the routines and responsibilities of Reading Workshop
- learn how to choose a Just Right Book
- recognize what makes for a great reading partner
- learn how to tap out words to spell
In writing students will understand that:
- practice the rules and routines of Writing Workshop
- discuss the types of things they enjoy writing about
- understand why writers write
- write a sentence with an uppercase letter, spaces between words, and a punctuation
In math students will:
- count on from one number or part to totals of 8 and 9.
- represent all the number pairs of 10 as number bonds
- solve math stories by drawing, writing equations, and making statements
Other notes or information:
Back to School Night 9/26. See you then!
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Second Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 9/28/18
In reading students will understand that:
- Identify that a closed syllable has one short vowel and is closed by a consonant, digraph or blend.
- Utilize a reading response book to jot down entries about books they read.
- Enhance their comprehension by creating mental pictures in their head
In writing students will understand that:
- generate ideas to write a personal narrative.
- communicate their passions to peers.
- select a seed idea to begin planning and organizing their thoughts.
In math students will:
- use centimeter cubes to measure.
- read and solve word problems.
- estimate the length of objects.
Other notes or information:
Back to School Night is Wednesday, September 26 at 7:00 pm.
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Third Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 9/28/18
In reading students will understand that:
- keep themselves on track by retelling/summarizing
and discussing what has happened in the text with their reading partner.
- expand their partner talks and
listen to their reading partners by learning how to use sample prompts.
In writing students will understand that:
- bring their character to life by
adding dialogue using quotation marks and commas.
- add subordinating conjunctions
by examining the vocabulary they used when transitioning and choosing best word
choices.
In math students will:
- model division as the unknown factor in multiplication using arrays and tape diagrams.
- interpret the quotient as the number of groups or the number of objects in each group using units of 2.
Other notes or information:
Back to School Night is Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 7:00pm.
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Fourth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 9/28/18
In reading students will understand that:
- Students will continue to enhance their reading strategies by making connections and identify the point of view their story is told in
- Respond to text using their writing notebook
- Activities: guided reading, read aloud, shared reading, independent reading
In writing students will understand that:
- Generate seed ideas for personal
Narratives
- Choose an idea and begin expanding
their moment using more detail and
incorporate feeling
- Activities: independent and guided writing
In math students will:
- Use place value charts to understand the value of numbers
- Write numbers in standard, expanded and word form
- Activities: cooperative learning groups and independent practice
Other notes or information:
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Fifth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 9/28/18
In reading students will understand that:
- Continue to develop reading stamina by reading more each day.
- Understand a story by analyzing the plot structure including the rising action, climax and resolution of a story.
- Summarize the main events in their reading to better understand the story.
In writing students will understand that:
- Continue to list “seed ideas” for personal narratives.
- Analyze their writing to determine what their story is really about, to decide what is the “heart” of it .
- Revise a story by adding vivid details to help create mental images for the reader.
In math students will:
- Continue to reason concretely and pictorially using place value understanding to relate to base ten units from millions to thousandths.
- Use exponents to name place value units and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point.
- Use exponents to denote powers of 10 with application to metric conversions.
Other notes or information:
● Bully Prevention week begins Sept. 24
● Elementary Back to School night, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 7pm
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