A big thanks go to my two wonderful mystery readers today:

Mrs. Powell (Sophie’s mom) and Mrs. Kinzie (Chloe’s mom)

Math: Students worked with different types of graphs, reviewed double digit addition and subtraction, completed daily word problems in their interactive notebooks. Number Talks provided a review of fractions and shapes.

Reading: We continued to work on our unit on drawing conclusions. We are reading a book about plant habitats and  drawing  conclusions based on what we are reading.  We have also been comparing texts (three little bear stories) to find what is alike and what is different. We continued to meet with reading groups.

Home: Daily reading is a must for all readers. Remind them to talk to you about what they read and be sure to ask lots of questions. Are they too tired to read? Read to them! 🙂

Writing: Narrative writing continued. We worked on adding “WOW” words.  It is the expectation that all sentences have correct capitalization (none in the middle of words) and punctuation.

Social Studies:  We introduced Ruby Bridges. We discussed character traits and contributions.

Very Important Upcoming Dates:

April 30th – Progress Reports are sent home
May 10th – Field Day for K-5th grades  (Field Day shirts sent home April 25th)

May 10: all student books due to the Media Center.
May 14: Summer Reading Book Swap 12:30-2:00 (details to follow)
May 21st and 22nd are Early Release Days
May 22nd – Last day of school

“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.”

William Arthur Ward

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy this beautiful weather!

Upcoming Dates for Media Center

May 10: all student books due to the Media Center.
May 14: Summer Reading Book Swap 12:30-2:00 (details to follow)

Information about the Summer Reading program will be released soon.

Math: Students continued working with fractions and how they are apart of our lives. We reviewed  2-D and 3-D objects and completed daily word problems in their interactive notebooks. Number Talks provided a review of locating the missing addend or subtrahend in an equation.  We finished up our week with a jelly bean graph and a Peeps word problem.

Reading: We started our unit on drawing conclusions. We had to read passages and gather clues to draw our conclusions. We also worked on point of view.  We also talked about how illustrations help readers. What might an author’s purpose have been for selecting certain images to include in a passage? Those are some of the questions that students pondered this week.

Writing: Narrative writing continued. Students worked on expanding their stories by adding chapters to their narrative books and considering making their initial narrative part one of a series. This unit has really let their imaginations run wild!  They love it and I know their audience of readers will too!

Social Studies:  We completed our unit on George Washington Carver.  He was known as the young “plant doctor.” Besides being a scientist, botanist, and inventor, Carver was also a teacher at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.  Carver developed hundreds of products using the peanut, sweet potatoes and soybeans. He also was a champion of crop rotation and agricultural education.  Students choose 5 facts that they thought were interesting about George Washington Carver  on peanuts. Students took home their peanut bags to show you what five facts they felt were interesting.  We will start our unit on Ruby Bridges.

Upcoming Dates:

April 23rd – End of 4 1/2 weeks

April 24th – Schedule Change – Lunch at 11:40

April 30th  – 4 1/2 weeks progress reports are sent home

May 10th – Field Day

May 21st – Early Release

May 22nd – Early Release and last day of school

Remember: I know the weather is warm and we all need to have some sunshine, but please remember to have your child read each day.  Thank you 🙂

Our class has done a wonderful job staying quite during milestone testing for

our 3rd grade buddies next door.

Enjoy your weekend!

 

 

Welcome Back!  It was so great to see everyone this week. It sounds like everyone had a wonderful break.

Writing: We started off the week writing about what we did over spring break. Students continued to work on their narrative writing using their editing checklist to review and revise their work. Daily, I continue to conduct writer’s conferences with each student. To see the growth that our young writers have made over this school year is tremendous. It’s been really great to witness our students, taking concepts learned in class and applying them outside of the classroom.

Reading: This week’s we continued to focus on cause and effect. We also talked about how illustrations help readers. What might an author’s purpose have been for selecting certain images to include in a passage? Those are some of the questions that students pondered this week. Reading text and identifying details gleaned from the text versus information learned from photographs which accompanied the text are also concepts which students analyzed during this learning segment.  In phonics we worked on the /oi/ sound with the spelling patterns oi and oy. We also worked on syllabication write words containing vowel teams.

Math: During Number Talks, students solved addition problems with 3 numerals and shared strategies for problem solving with their peers. They read and analyzed word problems, demonstrating multiple ways to show their work, when providing the answer. Students worked on 2D and 3D shapes and introduction into fractions. The class has been very engaged and excited to be working with fractions.

Social Studies: Students are learning about the historical contributions of George Washington Carver. They were surprised to hear of how he persevered to obtain his education, at a time when there were many obstacles placed before him. Ask your child to share with you how many uses he found for the peanut.

We had our in house field trip.  The kids really enjoyed planting their sunflower seeds.  They were also surprised to find out that certain products come from plants like dish washing  detergent and chap-stick. Check our pictures on your child’s Seesaw account.

With only 7ish weeks to go in first grade, we’ve got lots more learning to do! The fun has only just begun!:)

Have  A Wonderful Weekend!