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April 22, 2018
Classroom News
The first and second graders have been on a roll! We have been working hard on using our Habits of Mind. As a class, we have been working on staying focused, managing our impulses, thinking flexibly and striving for accuracy in everything we do. As a class we have been working on carrying these skills over into our related arts classes. This is a challenging time for the first and second graders, so it was exciting that we have improved in this area. We made it to the Happy Forest on Wednesday and celebrated by having a class GUM CHEWING DAY!! The kiddos loved chewing Trident gum, blowing bubbles and having fun!
*** Please remember to pack your child a snack each day and be sure to include spoons and forks if needed. ***
Readers' and Writers' Workshop
In reading we had a fun time working on our nonfiction scavenger hunt! On Friday, we put our skills to work as we searched for different text features in nonfiction magazines. Students did a great job identifying table of contents, close ups and captions! They cut out and glued examples into their special notebooks which we will continue to add to as we work through our unit of study. In writing, we brainstormed topics we are experts on. Students loved reading more and more about matter. We read a fantastic mentor text called Saturn by Thomas K. Adamson. We noticed how he organized his book, used text features, and how he wrote lots of important information about Saturn which helped settle an argument we engaged in during our science meeting on Tuesday... is Saturn a solid , liquid or gas? Students brainstormed topics they could teach others about, picked a topic and began thinking of facts they could teach.
States of Matter
In Science, we continued to build our explanation for what happened to my ingredients! Students sorted pictures of items into groups (solids, liquids and gases). We were not sure what group Saturn and the Moon went into, so we researched in a nonfiction book.
Students came up with observable characteristics on their own and came to consensus as a class- "Solids have their own shape, liquids need a container and take the shape of the container, gases need a container too, or they will escape!"-First and Second Graders, 2018
On Friday, we watched a video about states of matter and what happens on the inside... we imagined we shrunk down and fit inside ice, water and steam. We learned what the molecules look like and what they do in each state. Students modeled with cheerios and explained why each state of matter acts as it does.
Math
*** Please remember to pack your child a snack each day and be sure to include spoons and forks if needed. ***
Readers' and Writers' Workshop
In reading we had a fun time working on our nonfiction scavenger hunt! On Friday, we put our skills to work as we searched for different text features in nonfiction magazines. Students did a great job identifying table of contents, close ups and captions! They cut out and glued examples into their special notebooks which we will continue to add to as we work through our unit of study. In writing, we brainstormed topics we are experts on. Students loved reading more and more about matter. We read a fantastic mentor text called Saturn by Thomas K. Adamson. We noticed how he organized his book, used text features, and how he wrote lots of important information about Saturn which helped settle an argument we engaged in during our science meeting on Tuesday... is Saturn a solid , liquid or gas? Students brainstormed topics they could teach others about, picked a topic and began thinking of facts they could teach.
States of Matter
In Science, we continued to build our explanation for what happened to my ingredients! Students sorted pictures of items into groups (solids, liquids and gases). We were not sure what group Saturn and the Moon went into, so we researched in a nonfiction book.
Students came up with observable characteristics on their own and came to consensus as a class- "Solids have their own shape, liquids need a container and take the shape of the container, gases need a container too, or they will escape!"-First and Second Graders, 2018
On Friday, we watched a video about states of matter and what happens on the inside... we imagined we shrunk down and fit inside ice, water and steam. We learned what the molecules look like and what they do in each state. Students modeled with cheerios and explained why each state of matter acts as it does.
Math
In math we spent time working on ten more, ten less, one more and one less. We practiced with tens frames, and base ten blocks. We began a new routine which will help students become more fluent with this skill. We began working with our Number of the Day, this is a daily practice we will work on until the end of the year. Students played a new game on the computers called Adding 10 Depth Charger! This game is found at http://www.ictgames.com/addition.htm where you can find tons of other great games for practice at home! The first graders did a great job with their telling time skills and made lots of improvements in telling time to the half hour on both analog and digital clocks!
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