This week just flew by! We've been very busy writing up a storm, still working on our fiction series stories. We also began reading another fiction series about a Siamese cat who thinks he's a Chihuahua and has all sorts of imaginative adventures in his closet. This week we read: Skippyjon Jones, Skippyjon Jones: Class Action, and Skippyjon Jones: Snow What. Students also had their final "reading check-in" with me to assess their progress in reading skills this spring.
In math we continued our geometry work really focusing on shape attributes this week. We played a game called "Guess My Rule" in which students took turns sorting shapes by an attribute rule (i.e. 4 sides, curved sides, 3 vertices, equal sides) and the others had to guess the rule. Students made shape posters sorting a bunch of shapes into different categorical groups. We also focused on the various types of triangles and quadrilaterals. We also did some more building with pattern blocks. We also did A TON of fact power this week! Students work at their own level mastering addition and subtraction facts. Many students have mastered all the facts within 10 (the 1st grade goal) and have moved on to facts within 20.
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| Fill the shape in 2 ways. |
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| Fill the shape in 2 ways. |
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| Fill the shape in 2 ways. |
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| Playing guess my rule. |
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| Shape posters with sorted shapes by attribute. |
We had a lot of fun with a set of "I can build....Can you?" cards. Here are just a few of our creations!
This week we filled up our own heart jar and celebrated with a toy day playing in our classroom. The school also filled up the heart monitor. On Friday we had a paper airplane celebration--designing our own airplanes and then testing them out in various ways outside with the help of the 4th graders!
Dates to Remember:
Monday May 28 - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day
Thursday June 7 - 1st Grade End of Year Celebration: Big Blue Trunk (sunscreen and hats recommended) 9:00-11:00 am
Monday June 11 - All School Celebration: Field Day (sunscreen and hats recommended)
Wednesday June 13 - First Grade Fun Day 12:45-2:45 pm
Friday June 15 - Last Student Day - 11 am dismissal
Have a great weekend!
❤ Mrs. Fox
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