Class 1-205
Homework will be given out each Monday for the week. Students are to complete 1-2 sheets per night and return the packet on Friday. Please make sure your child is reading for 15 minutes per night. In addition to the homework packet please make sure your child is completing 15 minutes of I-ready Math or reading each night.
Please join us on Thursday, January 11th at 2:30 in the MLC to kick off the Save for College Program. An alumni from PS 85, will be visiting our school as he has committed to supporting our students in receiving a NYC Public Schools Alumni Community Scholarship for students in grade k to 2nd grade! For every student who opens an account, he has invested $200 per student as a college investment.
Work with Addition & Subtraction Equations
Strategies:
- Find the Unknown Numbers
- True or False Equations
- Make True Equations
- Add Three Numbers
Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
Number Talks: Explaining our mathematical thinking through discussion.
Reading:
Module 5: Now You See It, Now You Don’t
Essential Question: Why do light and dark come and go?
This module describes how sources of light affect people. It explains
the relationship between Earth and the sun. Children learn that the
rotation of Earth causes night and day. They also learn how the
seasons change as Earth revolves around the sun.
Skills & Strategies:
- Text Features
- Making Inferences
- Story Structure
- Make & Confirm Predictions
- Make Connections
- Ideas & Support
- Topic & Central Idea
- Theme
Writing: Narrative: Students will write a story about a character including a problem and solution.
Fundations: The first grade teachers have grouped their students into targeted Fundations groups to meet the needs of all students.
Skills:
- Reading and spelling words with bonus letters (f, l, s)
- Reading and spelling words with digraphs (wh, ch, sh, th, ck)
- Reading and spelling words with glued sounds (all, am, an, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk)
- Reading and spelling words with suffix -s
- Reading and spelling cvc words & words with consonant blends
- Developing our trick word recognition
Please make sure your child is here everyday! School begins at 8:00. Please ensure your child arrives on time to make the most of their learning.
