The Week of May 9, 2022

 

Upcoming Events 

Friday, May 13th- Early Release Day @ 11:30

Monday, May 30, 2022- Memorial Day - No School

Tuesday, May 31- Field Trip to the Robtoy Farm

Chaperones needed! 

Morning Meeting Game Outside

Enjoying Silly Soccer outside this morning! 

Readers' Workshop

This week, we began a final reading project in the first and second grade! Each student created an audiobook for the Kindergarteners to listen to. Students practiced reading their book with fluency multiple times during the week. Reading partners listened and gave feedback to each other. Students used Seesaw to create a audiobook page.

Writers' Workshop

In writing, we are wrapping up our opinion unit with a trip to the editor's desk. Students read over their favorite opinion writing piece and checked to make sure it had a beginning, middle and end. We also checked for proper use of capital letters, proper use of punctuation and used our knowledge of spelling patterns and trick words to write words. Students are beginning to type their pieces in a google doc. We will use our prior knowledge to insert google images and pictures. 

Students will also practice their keyboard skills while working on a fun app called Typing.com. 

First Grade Math 

The first graders are working on adding numbers up to 120. Together we are learning strategies to add and subtract 10 from double digit numbers i.e. 25+10=35 or 47-10=37.

 Students are playing lots of games in class. One game we came up with is called "Flip the Flap". In this game, we find a number on from 120 on our chart, and use the flap chart to add /subtract 10 and 1. We are also solving some fun color by number mysteries. 

Color by Number Mystery Picture

Color by Number Mystery Picture- Each day we flip over a new clue on our May calendar (pictured above), and figure out what number we need to color in.

Flip the Flap Game practicing +10 -10 +1 -1

Poetry Mini Unit 

We have begun a mini unit on Poetry. Here are some of the books we have read together as a class. Our focus is on using our five senses to help us read poetry. We are also noticing how authors use repetition to send a powerful message to a reader. We will begin writing our own poetry soon!