Posted by Alissa | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on January 29, 2016
A couple of our reading groups are reading books about famous American heroes. These books present challenging concepts and vocabulary to young readers, introducing them to a diverse group of famous Americans. Children are writing about these books and talking about what they read.
A few more people practicing their skills adding and subtracting by 10’s on our 100 Board by filling in numbers in columns. Today we learned about symbols that help make TRUE math equations. (=, >, <) You will see them on tonight’s homework.
Our Bear Research is underway. We are studying all the adaptations bears have that help them survive in their habitat. Kids have broken up into 4 groups, each researching a different bear. Ask your child which bear he/she is studying. We finished our research notes this week and now are starting to write about what we learned so we can teach others.
Here are more creative designs from this week. The more I took notice of them, the more amazed I was. Especially this cup holder, created to hold our fluoride cups!
A few tests were sent home this week. An end of unit Math test and an end of unit Fundations test.
Please take a look at them and let me know if you have questions about your child’s progress. Report Cards will also be coming home next week. Conferences are not scheduled until April, but if you have questions or concerns about your child’s progress after reading the report card, please feel free to be in touch. I’d be happy to talk to you about it.
Have a great weekend!
Love to see life inside the first grade – thank you so much for these great posts!
You’re welcome! They are fun to do and they help me take a closer look at all the things happening everyday.