International Children's Day (Friday, Oct. 1st) - PechaKucha, Quiz Question
Students need to create their International Children's Day slideshow at home with parent support using the PechaKucha website. They also must submit one quiz question about their presentation to their homeroom teacher.
G1 quiz questions and final PechaKucha presentations will be due by Monday, September 27th. Please send your child’s quiz question and answer in an email. Thank you!
Addition and Subtraction to 10 - Number Bonds
Our next math chapter focuses on addition and subtraction within 10. We started the chapter by learning about number bonds. Students played two games this week to practice making number bonds with connecting cubes, filling in the parts and whole on a recording sheet. First, students made number trains with connecting cubes (whole), then broke their number trains into parts. We practiced different combinations of parts that make the same whole. They also used two different colors of connecting cubes, putting them together to make a whole.
Next week we will begin to relate number bonds to addition and write equations to match the number bonds we are making.
Small Moment Stories
This week the class continued to work on planning (touch and tell, sketch across the pages) and writing small moment stories. While writing, students practiced spelling on their own. When spelling a new word, we learned that writers say the word slowly and write all the sounds so that people can read their writing. |
- Say the word slowly
- Slide your finger on the page
- Listen carefully for the sounds
- Write it
Readers Build Good Habits
During Reader's Workshop students continued to practice partner reading. Our class has learned two ways to read with a partner:
- taking turns --> I read a page. You read a page.
- echo reading --> I read the page. You read the same page.
Echo reading is a great way to practice fluency too!
Students also learned that when a reader has finished a book, they can reread the whole book, reread their favorite part, and/or retell the book to themselves (first, then, next, after that, in the end…) before they get a new book to read.
Why is it important to learn from each other?
Our social studies question this week was, "Why is it important to learn from each other?" The class discussed how people are similar and different, then we talked about our own interests and talents.
Students played a game to learn how their classmates are similar and different than them. Everyone 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.
How should we talk?
- make eye contact
- speak in a normal voice
- talk only to your group
How should we listen?
- don't make sounds
- face the speaker
- make eye contact
- Ms. Allison