Week of April 27th-May 1st
May 8th: Spirit Wear Day
May 12th: Field Day
May 22nd: Dress of Choice and last day of school (Dismissal 11:30)
Knowledge/Skills (Reading and Writing): Skills Unit 7
Vowel spellings are the trickiest part of the English spelling code. Most vowel sounds can be spelled several different ways. This means that vowel sounds are hard to spell. For example, to spell the sound /ae/, a student has to not only be able to hear the /ae/ sound but also select the correct spelling from several alternatives.
It is no wonder that many students struggle to decode vowel spellings when reading—and struggle even more mightily to spell vowel sounds when writing. The difficulty is embedded in the English writing system. However, the orderly and systematic way in which the vowel spellings are introduced in this unit and in later grades will help students cope with the complexity of English vowel spellings and lead to significantly stronger reading and spelling skills.
In this unit the focus is on two of the so-called “long” vowel sounds, /ae/ and /oe/. Students will review the basic code spelling for each sound and then learn common spelling alternatives:
- /ae/ spelled ‘a_e’ (review), ‘ai’, ‘ay’ (new)
- /oe/ spelled ‘o_e’ (review), ‘oa’ (new)
Spelling Words:
1. fade
2. knocked
3. knitting
4. drinking
5. pitch
6. wrapper
7. hands
8. Tricky Word: by
Students will:
- Locate the Appalachian Mountains on a map
- Describe Daniel Boone and his experiences
- Identify what the Wilderness Road refers to
- Locate the Mississippi River on a map
- Locate the Rocky Mountains on a map
- Explain why Thomas Jefferson wanted to buy the city of New Orleans
- Identify and locate the Louisiana Territory on a map
- Explain the significance of the Louisiana Territory and the Louisiana Purchase
- Explain the reasons that Lewis and Clark went on their expedition
- Explain that there were many Native American tribes living in the Louisiana Territory before the Lewis and Clark expedition
- Describe Lewis and Clark’s encounters with Native Americans
- Explain why and how Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark
First Grade Daily Schedule
