This Week In Room 1

 
Welcome to Mrs. Micali's class! We are very busy in first grade!

***Our classroom is NUT FREE due to severe allergies. Please make sure 
that any snack you send into school contains no nuts or traces of nuts.***

INTEGRATED LANGUAGE ARTS

Objectives:
VISUALIZE: Make a movie in your head.
QUESTION: Ask yourself who, what, when, where, and why.
CLARIFY: Not sure about a word? Reread the words you just read. Look at 
the pictures. CLARIFY new words.
PREDICT: Ask yourself "What will happen next?"
CONNECT: Text to Self - Connect a book to a personal 
event or feeling. Text to Text - Connect 2 books together. 
Text to World - Connect a book to an outside event not directly connected to 
you.
REACT: "This book makes me feel_________!"
SUMMARIZE: State the most important things about the text.
Understand that a story has a beginning, middle, and end
Identify the sound of SHORT A (apple, bat, ran, ham)
Identify the sound of SHORT E (red, jelly, jet, pen)
Identify the sound of SHORT I (wig, pin, tip, kit)
Identify the sound of SHORT O (mop, lot, pop)
Identify the sound of SHORT U (bug, mud, run)
Use a "magic" e to change a short vowel word into a long vowel word 
(rid -> ride) 
Write a personal narrative story
Edit for corrections
Write with a partner
Write a non-fiction (fact telling) story
Write a How-To story


EVERYDAY MATH:
Review for End of Year Assessment
**TELL AND WRITE YOUR PHONE NUMBER**

 
Ongoing Character Education objectives: 
Identify and define RESPECT
-in the classroom
-in the hallway
-on the playground
-in the cafeteria
-on the bus or when walking to school
Recognize the difference between BULLYING and NORMAL CONFLICT
Recognize aggressive, passive and assertive behavior
Use an "I Message" and respond to an "I Message"
Use a "We Message"
Recognize the difference between tattling and telling and know when telling 
is an appropriate course of action.
Use the Win/Win Guideline to resolve NORMAL CONFLICT. Know that bullying and 
teasing behavior must be told to an adult for help to solve the problem.
Identify and define the 6 Character Counts Traits
Trustworthiness
Respect
Responsibility
Fairness
Caring
Citizenship