Wednesday, November 3rd
Dear G1A Parents,
Thank you for taking time out of your schedule on Wednesday to join me on Zoom to attend our first PTC. The students did a great job sharing their strengths and goals! If you have additional questions and/or concerns you would like to discuss, please do not hesitate to email me.
Thank you for your continued support!
- Ms. Allison
Students spent time working on their strengths and goals (academic, behavior, social) at school last week and this week to prepare for PTCs. Their final work is on display in the classroom to help remind them of their goals during their time at school. A copy of your child's goals has been sent home in their homework folder.
Thursday, October 28th
Friday, October 29th
Readers Build Good Habits - Solving Hard Words
During reading students are practicing strategies to help them figure out hard words. This week we focused on asking ourselves, "What would make sense here?" by thinking about the picture and the story. We also took time to check the word on the page and make sure the sounds match the letters in the word.
Example:
Could it be the word shell? Yes! I see sh at the beginning.
Small Moment Stories
During writing our class learned more about how writers use marks (e.g. adding end marks with a red colored pencil) to help their readers read their stories in a way that makes them great (stopping and pausing at the correct spots). We practiced correcting end marks and capital letters.
- 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.
- Asking 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.
- 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:
Air and Weather
This week we started a new science unit all about air and weather. To start the unit we asked the question "What can air do?" Students used a fan, a balloon pump, and other objects (feather, foam ball, cotton ball, tissue paper) to explore what air can do. After the investigation, students shared their observations and we talked about what we learned about air.
- Air can move things from place to place.
- Air can fill up a balloon.
- You can feel air.
- Air is all around us.
- Air is matter and takes up space. There are three kinds of matter: solids, liquids, and gases.
- Air is an invisible mixture of gases.
Addition and Subtraction to 10
Last week student practiced solving true and false number sentences, then we finished our math chapter all about addition and subtraction to 10.
Our new math chapter focuses on shapes and patterns. To begin this chapter, our class learned about flat shapes. We created a shape poster for each shape (see list of shapes below). Each shape poster includes: name of the shape, number of sides, number of corners. While creating the posters, students discussed how the shapes are alike and different, then we found examples of the shapes in our classroom. Students also used dot paper to work on drawing and making the shapes.
Math Vocabulary
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- Ms. Allison