I hope you all enjoyed the three-day weekend. Our week was short on time but not short on fun! Here's a sneak peek...
In writing, we finished our All About books at long last! We wanted to be sure everyone had their writing fixed and fancied up before we gathered together to share them with our peers, answer questions about our topics, and receive feedback on our hard work.
Your writers reflected on what they did well in this unit and set goals for our writing as we move into opinion writing next week. Speaking of, thanks so much for sending in collections from home! The kiddos are anxious to get their hands on them and begin sharing their opinions about their collections in writing.
In Reader's Workshop we have been focusing on being the boss of our reading by trying out different strategies when we're stuck on tricky words. We always link it to meaning by thinking about what would make sense and then asking, "Does it make sense?" after we solve the tricky word. Partnership work is a big focus for us during this first bend in our unit, and on Thursday we had a look at how readers help each other when they get stuck by suggesting strategies to try rather than telling them the word. That way they're leaving them with a skill that they can use next time.
In Math we continue to focus on representing two-digit numbers as tens and ones and on identifying the tens and ones in two-digit numbers. Reading and writing number words was a focus as well. Finally, we began adding a 1-digit number to a 2-digit number by grouping ones into tens.
We enjoyed Chicken Soup with Rice on Friday afternoon and learned our January poem. Yummmm!
In science, we observed our petri dishes from last week. We discovered that the water from the dishes that weren't covered disappeared! However, the petri dishes that were covered still had water in them. Hmmm? Ask your first grader to explain to you why this happened.
Next, we did an experiment where we had two cups - one with cool water, the other with warm. We put a second cup over these cups and observed the changes. Ask your scientist to tell you what happened in each cup. Why did the changes occur? Many of our friends are using content-specific vocabulary such as evaporation and condensation with ease - wow!
And, of course, last but not least, the cherry on top of our amazing week was IVY & BEAN! What a wonderful show we were treated to! I hope your first grader has told you ALL about it! Thank you to our chaperones for joining us and for everyone who was willing to offer their time. We appreciate you!
Michelle
Next Week's Word Wall Words:
little
away
after
just
came
Mark Your Calendars
January 26: Half-Way Day!
January 27: Early Release Day
MAP Testing 10am
January 29: Book Orders Due
February 2: PAJAMA DAY!
Bedtime Stories First Grade Event 6:30-7:30
February 10: Early Release Day
February 11: Conferences in PM
February 12: Valentine's Day Celebration
February 15: No School for Students/Nicolet Partnership meetings for staff/Conferences in PM
February 18th: Conferences in PM
February 24: Early Release Day/Conferences
March 9: Early Release Day
March 14: Report cards
March 25-April 3rd: Spring Break
April 13: Early Release Day
April 19: Schlitz Audubon
April 22: No School for Students
April 27: Early Release Day
May 11: Early Release Day
May 25: Early Release Day
May 30: No School
June 9: Last day of first grade
We hope everyone had a great weekend, we can't believe the school year is already half way over! Have a great week! xx, The McGregors
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