West Elementary School
Weekly Update
Kindergarten
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/13/20
In reading students will understand that:
- Growing readers interact with informational texts to get a deeper understanding of the information being presented.
- Growing readers continue to interact with informational texts to get a deeper understanding of the information being presented.
- Growing readers ask questions of their texts to clarify their thinking.
In writing students will understand that:
- Growing writers continue to use questions to drive their research.
- Growing writers 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.
In math students will:
- Model decompositions of 6 using a story situation, objects, and number bonds.
- Model decompositions of 7 using a story situation, sets, and number bonds.
- Model decompositions of 8 using a story situation, arrays, and number bonds.
Other notes or information:
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First Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week of 3/13/20
In reading students will:
- learn, read and write consonant blends and digraph blends.
- focus on R-controlled vowel sounds: ar, or, er, ir, ur
- think deeply about a text by asking and answering questions after reading.
In writing students will:
- determine what a fact is by identifying what is true and certain.
- discuss what an opinion is by recognizing that it's the way you think or feel about something.
- write their opinion on various topics using OREO graphic organizers.
In math students will:
- compare the efficiency of counting by ones and counting by 10's.
- use the place value chart to record and name tens and ones within a two-digit number.
- interpret two-digit numbers as either tens and some ones or as all ones.
Other notes or information:
March 12th - Trip to Tanglewood Preserves
March 13th and March 20th - Early Dismissal *12:15* for Parent-Teacher Conferences
Have a wonderful week!
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Second Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 01/31/20
In reading students will:
- review the long vowel sounds of
vowel-consonant-e.
- notice text features of an
informational text.
- read on-level books in their
guided reading sessions.
In writing students will:
- Understand that the foundation of
an interesting realistic fiction
starts with a believable problem.
- Use descriptive words when
revising their beginning of their
realistic fiction piece.
- write across pages to make sure
their story makes sense.
In math students will:
- use a place value chart to
represent hundreds, tens and
ones when subtracting.
- use math drawings to represent
subtraction with and without
decomposition and relate
drawings to a written method.
- complete sprints to build fluency.
Upcoming Events:
January 30 - Bedtime and Books
January 27-31 - Showing HEART for Puerto Rico and Australia
(see flyer for details)
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Third Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/24/20
In reading students will:
- Build engagement, curiosity, and
wonder about a surprise topic by
analyzing pictures and text.
- Write the main idea by
extrapolating key details from a
text and illustrations.
In writing students will:
- Collect more information about
their topic by sketching, adding
labels, captions and timelines in
their notebook.
In math students will:
- IMultiply by multiples of 10 using
the place value chart.
- Use place value strategies and
the associative property to
multiply by multiples of 10.
Other notes:
No school - January 20th MLK Day
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Fourth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week of 3/6/20
In reading, students will be able to say:
- I can read, annotate and answer
multiple choice questions using
strategies taught.
- I can underline the important
language of a multiple choice
question to recognize what the
question is asking to help
determine the correct answer.
- Activities: guided reading, read
aloud, shared reading,
independent reading
In writing, students will be able to say:
- I can write a response to a
text by restating the question,
answering it and give details
to support an answer.
- I can use an organizer to write
a multi-paragraph essay
incorporating a thesis
statement and topic
sentences, using an organizer..
- Activities: independent and
guided writing
In math, students will be able to say:
- I can decompose fractions as a sum of unit fractions using tape
diagrams.
- I can decompose unit fractions using area models to show
equivalence.
- Activities: cooperative learning groups and independent practice
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Fifth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/6/20
In reading students will:
- Readers craft short version of
text by summarizing complex
nonfiction texts.
- How is the work we do as
researchers of our to[ics (and of
our world) similar to and
different from the reading work
we do in books?
In writing students will:
- Writers credit their sources by
using parentheses or transition
words.
- Writers give voice to
informational writing by
commenting on details and facts.
- Writers connect ideas by
carefully choosing words that
help one idea flow into another.
In math students will:
- Relate a fraction of a set to the
repeated addition interpretation
of fraction multiplication.
- Find a fraction of a
measurement, and solve word
problems.
- Compare and evaluate
expressions with parentheses.
Please note:
3/2/20- Elementary Read Across America Day/ West PARP Kickoff
3/6/20-West Spirit Day and book swap
3/6/20-West Supermarket Bonanza 7pm
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