Hello families,
We've had a wonderful week together. A few rainy days full of excited play at indoor recess and a few sunny warm days to finally be free of coats outside!
During readers workshop we've been making mind movies of what's happening in our books and really noticing dialogue to help us understand what is going on. When you are reading at home, ask your child what they are picturing in their mind movie.
We wrapped up our opinion writing genre this week, writing on the topic of: If kids ruled the world! What rule would you make to make the world a better place? You probably saw this writing piece come home on Thursday. Ask your child to read it to you! We read a few books on this topic: If Kids Ran the World and Wangari's Trees of Peace. Many students were inspired by our first read aloud on the topic to make rules about cleaning up trash to keep our oceans and waterways safe for animals and those ecosystems. We also watched a youtube video to get more information about why this is important, to get more reasons that would help us convince our readers of our opinion. On Thursday we read a funny opinion book and did some writing about Not a Box!
We began a new math unit circling back around to the math learning about story problems. We already know about addition, subtraction and combination story problems. Over the next month we will be learning about missing addend, 2 step, and 3 addend story problems as well. This week we used lots of visuals, videos and storytelling to really think about what is happening in the story to understand which kind of story it was (addition, subtraction, or combination) so we knew how to solve it. We also looked for clue words to help us figure out which kind it was. Ask your child about what words help them know if it's addition, subtraction or a combination problem!
We've been working hard in our learning and showing so much heart. On Thursday we filled out HEART jar again! To celebrate we watched a movie and did some coloring on Friday afternoon.
Dates to Remember:
- Monday 4/22 - Friday 4/26 - Spring Break - No School
- Tuesday 5/7 -Capital Project Bond Vote (voting open early now!)
- Tuesday 5/7 - Words Come Alive! - Flynn Workshop in our Classroom 9:45-10:45 am
- Wednesday 5/8 - early dismissal with activities at 12:15 pm
- Wednesday 5/22 - CLiF Family Literacy Night 5-7 pm
- Friday 5/24 - early dismissal at 12:15 pm
- Monday 5/27 - No School - Memorial Day
- Tuesday 6/4 - 1st Grade Big Blue Trunk
- Tuesday 6/18 - All School Celebration
- Wednesday 6/19 - Last Day of School
Have a great spring break!
❤ Mrs. Fox
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