Hello families,
We've had another heart-filled week. Thursday we earned a whopping 134 hearts! On Friday we will have a guest teacher and I have no doubt these fox kits will show her what HEART is all about!
In math we continue working on Fact Power -- learning addition and subtraction facts within 10 fluently (as quickly as we could read/say our own name). These are grouped into sequential patterns to help children learn then more easily. We have also done more measurement with cubes, tiles, and paper clips. We compared these different units and noticed that they are all different. That's why it's so important to write the unit label when measuring! Something 5 cubes long is very different from something 5 paper clips long! We've also begun to talk about more standard measurement--inches. The tiles we use to measure are actually inch tiles. In first grade we use these tools (instead of a ruler with fractions of an inch) to measure. The key concept we are learning is: measure in a straight line from end to end.
Our informative writers have been hard at work! We continue to add details in words, pictures, and labels to our teaching books. This week we talked about what we would want people reading our books to learn about our topic. These questions help us make sure we are writing all the pertinent information that we want to teach the readers.
We read a few more informational books during read aloud: The Night Sky, Zoo in the Sky, and Martin's Big Words. This final book was also paired with a mini-book writing project about Martin Luther King Jr. We talked together about some of his important work on equality in this country.
As well as reading informational books together students are also reading non-fiction in their guided reading groups during readers workshop. They are noticing the headings, key words, captions, and labels and using them to help them learn more about the topic.
In word study we've begun a new unit on consonant digraphs (consonants that stick together to make one sound). These are the digraphs we are practicing within short vowel words: wh, sh, ch, th, ck.
Dates to Remember:
Monday January 15 - NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday January 22 - Library 2:10-2:40
Friday February 9 - field trip to the Flynn Theater
Wednesday February 14 - Early Dismissal 12:15 -- Teacher In-Service -- No After school Programs, all students dismissed at 12:15
Monday February 26 - Tuesday March 6 - Winter Break (3/5 and 3/6 are Teacher In-Service days)
Wednesday March 7 - school resumes
Have a great weekend!
❤ Mrs. Fox
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