Week at a Glance for Miss Jackies Grade 1-J Class Week 30: March 9-13 Week-long: Math This

is week students will continue to work with numbers to 100 and counting forwards and backwards to 100 by 1s between any given number as well as counting by 2s, 5s and 10s from a starting point in between 0-50. They continue to work on solving given math sentences. Students will continue looking at how to solve basic story problems by identifying what they know in the problem, what the questions is asking, what math they should do to solve the problem and then solving the problem by using a proper math sentence. Students will continue to develop their math problem solving strategies. Students will continue to develop their concepts in subtraction by looking at math equations (with and without pictures) and through a problem solving context. . Science Students will continue to explore what the needs of plants are and how we take care of them. Students will continue to look at plants and how they grow and what they need in order to maintain their life. Students will continue to look at what plants need and create experiments to determine whether they need sunlight and whether or not it will survive in soil, sand or water. Social - This week students will continue the unit of Looking at My World. Students will spend the week continuing to explore the concept and vocabulary of urban and rural. Language Arts On Thursday students will be given a spelling test on the word happy, want, oh, neW, help. Students will participate in the Daily 5 activities (read to self, read to someone, word work, listen to reading and work on writing), on a daily basis. Students will continue to read the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, focusing on the comprehension skills of predicting, asking questions and learning the new skill in inferring. Students will begin to develop their narrative story writing skills, they will continue to look at how readers get their ideas and develop their ideas into a story through the use of organization. Students will continue to look at how writers add detail into their writing. New home reading books will be sent home when previous books have been read on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Day Sunday Activities P.E (please remember to have your child dressed in their gym clothes) Language Arts- Students will learn their new spelling words. Students will review all spelling words as well as decoding strategies. Students will review what nouns, adjectives and verbs are. Art Miss Jen
Arabic

Monday

Tuesday

P.E (please remember to have your child dressed in their gym clothes) Language Arts Students will review all comprehension strategies. Students will continue to develop their story writing ability by focusing on what they need to have in the beginning of their story. They will continue to learn about how to properly organize their story. Arabic Islamic Studies for some students Monday Motivation assembly Music with Mrs Rachelle P.E (please remember to have your child dressed in their gym clothes)

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Wednesday

Language Arts Students will receive feedback from their previous journal entry and write a new journal entry. Students will learn two new word families (-ake and an). Arabic Islamic Studies for some students Library Please ensure that you send your child with their Library bag and any books to return. Home Reading sent home Language Arts Students will be receiving feedback on the journal entries that they did to help them become better writers. Students will practice the skill of retelling a story that they have read. Arabic Islamic Studies for some students Music with Mrs Rachelle
Art with Mrs Jen

Thursday

Language Arts Students practice their sight words that they have learned throughout the year, get new vocabulary words and practice their decoding strategies throughout the use of two activities Spelling test
Arabic French Swimming Please bring swimming bag. This bag should be labeled and include: a bathing suit, towel, sandals, and a swim cap (for girls). Girls bathing suits must be one piece and boys must be swimming shorts. Please label ALL of your childs belongings. Home Reading sent home

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If you have any questions please contact me by email (jstern@cisabudhabi.com). Thank you! Sincerely, Miss Jackie