Social Studies
Why Is It Important to Learn from Each Other?
This week we sang the Getting Along song and found examples of students sharing, listening, talking, and taking turns. Students also drew pictures to show how they can be a good sport and play fairly.
Students played a game to learn how classmates are similar and different than them. They walked around the classroom and asked each other questions, such as, "Do you like to dance? Do you like sports?" Afterwards, I asked the class, "Who answered a question the same as you? How are you the same? Who answered a question differently from you? How are you different? Can you still be friends?" We sang the song We Are Special and talked about how each student in our class is special! Next week we will continue to learn about things that make each of us special and the different things we can do well.
ClassDojo - Big Idea Videos
During snack and lunch our class has been watching ClassDojo Big Idea videos, which focus on growth mindset, perseverance, empathy, and mindfulness. This year we will continue to practice mindful breathing and mindful movement activities throughout the day.
Writing
Sentences and Paragraphs
*Writing Rules
*Kinds of Sentences
*End Marks
This week students learned that a complete sentence is a group of words that tell a complete thought. We also practiced putting words in the correct order and checking if the sentence makes sense.
Writing Sentence Rules
Rule 1 - Start each sentence with a capital letter.
Rule 2 - Leave space between your words.
Rule 3 - End each sentence with an end mark.
Writing Vocabulary
Complete: has no missing parts
Order: the way things follow one another
Related: words that go together in some way
Sentence: group of related words in the correct order that states a complete thought
We also focused on different kinds of sentences. Students learned about telling sentences, asking sentences, and exclamatory sentences. We also practiced end marks (. ! ?).
Telling Sentence
A telling sentence is a sentence that tells about someone or something. Every telling sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.
Example: I had to sharpen my pencil.
Question Sentence
An asking sentence is a sentence that asks a question. Every asking sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a question mark.
Example: What time do we go to lunch?
Exclamatory Sentence
An exclamatory sentence is a sentence that shows a strong feeling. Every exclamatory sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with an exclamation point.
Example: I passed the math test!
Each student decorated their own popsicle stick to help them add spaces between their words during writing time.
Growth Mindset
Reading
Readers Build Good Reading Habits
* 3 Ways to Read
* Reading Stamina
During Reading this week students reviewed two ways we can read: read the words, read the pictures. After, our class practiced how to pick a familiar book and retell it in their own words.
3 Ways to Read
- Read the Words
- Read the Pictures.
- Retell the Story
We also learned about building our reading stamina. Reading stamina is staying focused on your reading for a long period of time without getting too tired or giving up. We learned that readers are like runners. At first runners can't run for a long time and have to stop and rest, but if they practice running a little longer each day, they will build more stamina. Our goal in Grade 1 is to be able to read for 15-20 minutes without stopping.
Math
Addition and Subtraction within 10
*Number Bonds
This week we wrapped up our first math chapter all about numbers to 10 and the students completed a chapter assessment to show what they learned.
Our next math chapter will focus on addition and subtraction within 10. We started the chapter by learning about number bonds. Students practiced making number trains with connecting cubes (whole), then breaking their number trains into two parts. The students used two different colors of connecting cubes to create different combinations of parts that make the same whole.
Example:
Three ways to make 5
0 are yellow / 5 are green
0 and 5 make 5.
1 is yellow / 4 are green
1 and 4 make 5.
2 are yellow / 3 are green
2 and 3 make 5.
Next week we will begin to relate number bonds to addition and write equations to match the number bonds we are representing with connecting cubes.
Recess
Have a wonderful weekend!
- Ms. Allison