Even though it is warming up it seems we are all still getting sick...including me :( I have been encouraging students to wash hands and we have been washing tables often!
Upcoming Events:
Thursday, March 17th-Field Trip to the PAC to see The
BFG. Please return permission slip and money if you haven't already.
Monday, March 21st and Tuesday, March 22nd-Portfolio
Conferences.
Wednesday March 23th-Monday March 28th-Spring Break
Curriculum Updates:
Readers' Workshop: As we continue our character
unit, we move into the next part of our unit, "Learning Important
Lessons." We will be discovering the lessons our stories teach by re
rereading the end and thinking, "How did the trouble get fixed?" and
think, "What did the character realize or learn?" As we read, we
always keep the life lessons in mind and try to predict the life lesson from
the beginning. We will also be comparing the books we read looking for
similarities and differences in the characters and life lessons. As we learn
more about the lessons in our books, we'll start to group our books together by
the lessons the teach.
Writers' Workshop: We are continuing our
"Writing Like Scientists" unit. Last week we conducted two different
experiments: liquids in a bottle (dish soap, oil and rubbing alcohol) and making a rainbow in a jar. As we conducted our
experiments we wrote up lab reports which included questions, hypotheses,
procedures, results and conclusions. This week first graders will be conducting
their own solids and liquids experiments and recording them in lab
reports.
Word Study: New words this week are: how, your, people, friend. Words will be assessed this Friday, March 14.
Math Workshop: We're continuing our Comparisons
in Data unit this week. In the beginning of the week first graders will be
conducting their own survey with a partner, surveying our class and
representing the data. Some examples of questions students may ask are: Which
do you like better: summer or winter? Or, which would you rather eat: grapes or
apples? We'll end our week by using comparison bars to help us solve compare story
problems. For example, Kim has 10 crayons. Sam has 3. How many more crayons
does Kim have than Sam?
Science/Social Studies: This week we'll be
investigating liquids in centers to learn even more about their properties.
Our centers will include: drop races, mixing liquids, flowing liquids and
using pebblego to learn more about matter.
As always, let me know if you have any questions.
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