​First Grade News ​  

Issue 29 April 6, 2018 
Reading  Math 
This week in reading, first graders began learning about  This week, first graders 
the characteristics of fairy tales! They discovered that fairy  continued their 
tales often have magic, begin with “Once upon a time,” end  investigations of the 
with “And they lived happily ever after,” have good vs. evil  Number Line Hotel. 
characters, and teach a lesson at the end. We also are  They noticed patterns 
investigating story elements of fairy tales, identifying  on this special math tool 
characters, setting, problem and solution. Some of the fairy  and also used it to 
tales we are having fun reading include: ​Jack and the  practice adding and 
Beanstalk​, ​The Three Little Pigs​, ​Goldilocks and the 3 Bears​,  subtracting 10. As the 
and many more!  week continued, first 
graders found rules with 
2 inputs and modeled 
numbers on the Number 
Line Hotel with tens and 
ones. 
 

Science 
First graders are 
beginning to learn about 
 
types of clouds as a part of 
 
our air and weather unit. 
Fundations  First graders completed a 
First graders began Unit 11 this week in Fundations which  whole-class KWL chart this 
focuses on the syllable pattern vowel-consonant-e. We  week, sharing facts they 
learned that this syllable pattern:  think they ​K​now about 
● Has the vowel-consonant-e combination  clouds, as well as what 
● The e is silent  they ​W​ant to learn about clouds. We will fill in the “L” 
● The first vowel has a long sound   section of our chart when the unit is complete to share the 
  facts we ​L​earned about clouds. 
To indicate the long sound,   
the vowel is marked with a 
macron, the e is crossed out 
to indicate it is silent, and  ​Save the Date   
the word is scooped or  April 10th​: Delayed Opening 
underlined with a “v-e.”  
April 16th-20th​: April Recess 
 
April 23rd​: Classes Resume 
Writer’s Workshop  May 24th​: Early Release 
This week, first graders began writing book reviews! First  May 28th​: NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day) 
graders learned how to give a short summary of their book 
without “spilling the beans”. They added reasons why their 
book was the best and even added sentences encouraging 
their readers to go out and read their book!