Monte Vista Elementary

1 st grade Ms. Pryor

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9-11-2017

LITERACY focus standards MATH focus standards

CCSS: RL1.3 Students will describe We are focusing on counting strategies, the proper
setting, characters, and major events in a use of Math tools, and sums of 10. (NBT.1/OA.6)
story using key details.
We use a Retell Rope to identify and describe a
storys setting, characters, problem, major events from
the beginning, middle, end, and the solution.
This weeks focus text is:
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes
by Mark Pett

CCSS: RF1.1a Students will recognize the

distinguishing features of a sentence.
(Capital letter, end punctuation, makes sense)

Important Information:
Phonics Focus:
Yellow folders are Home and Back
short i sit, fin, nip
Folders. They come to school every day.
final x box, tax, six This is a great way to communicate.
Read for 15 minutes each night, and fill
in Reading Chart in yellow folder.
Practice weekly phonics focus and high
frequency words.
Monte Vista collects Box Tops for Education, Labels
for Education, and Prices Milk Caps. Help our class P.E. is on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
win prizes for collecting the most. Remember to send in a doctor/dentist
note to excuse an absence or tardy.
Habit of the Month: First graders participate in the Cooking
with Kids (food tasting and nutrition)
Habit 1 program. On Friday, we will Eat the
Be Proactive Rainbow. We make it educational and
Youre in charge! fun to try new foods together.

Words to Practice:

she take
New High Frequency Words are
given weekly. These sight words
are to be memorized, and not
sounded-out. Students need to
read them as quick as a snap for

what up
6-week unit assessments.