Monte Vista Elementary

1 st grade – Ms. Pryor

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10-15-2019

LITERACY focus standard MATH focus standard

CCSS: RL1.5 Students will explain the
difference between books that tell stories
and books that give information.
Vocabulary: fiction, non-fiction, text features
Strategy: students will identify the features of
fiction and non-fiction texts.
This week’s focus text is: Nightsong
by Ari Berk
CCSS: Number and Operations in Base Ten
1.NBT.2 Understand that the two digits of a two-digit
number represent amounts of tens and ones.
This week we will focus on counting strategies that
include making groups of ten. The tens place is the
number of groups and the ones place is the leftovers (not
in a group of 10).

Phonics Focus:
long a (using magic e)
made, take, cape, age, race

“soft” c and “soft” g

cent, circle giraffe, gym
Important Information:
 Remember to send in doctor notes and/or
written excuses for absences and tardies.
Habit 2:  Fall Family Festival is this Friday, 10/18.
Begin With the  October Scholastic Book order is due 10/28.
 Pink Month Fridays are themed for October.
End in Mind This Friday is super hero day.
Have a Plan  Monte Vista is collecting quarters for cancer
research. Collection jars are in the library.
Practice Makes Progress:
 Remember yellow folders every day.
 Practice reading for 15 minutes each night, and
fill-in star chart in back of yellow folder
 Practice phonics focus and high frequency words.
Unit 2 words are on a green paper.
 Optional homework page is due Friday.

Words to Practice:

be could of
paper old horse