It was a short and snowy week!
To celebrate the end of our "Good Habits" reading unit, the first graders got to choose one of the reading habits that they do best and write it on a sentence strip. Their good habits will be posted on the bulletin board to show off to the school! As we continue to build our reading skills and strategies at school, it is important to encourage and model those good habits when reading at home!
Reminders:
12/15 -- Cozy Cocoa Read-In @ 9:30 - 10:30 am
*If you are interested in volunteering, please let me know!
12/12 -- Auction Art Project @ 9:30- 10:30 am
*A HUGE thank you to Tiffany Hammer, Lindy Nesse and Kim Martin for making this happen!
12/19- 1/2 -- Winter Break!
1/3 -- School Resumes!
Photos from the week...
We have started our 12 Days of Kindness, which coincides with the 12 days before winter break! We will be adding to our song each day (to the tune of the 12 days of Christmas) and practicing both the song and acts of kindness throughout the next two weeks :)
Our word study unit is up and running and the first graders are building their understanding of phonics through word sorts and picture sorts. We will continue to learn and practice the sorting routines and as we get more familiar, the word study will become more independent. This
program will provide skill instruction that will cover spelling patterns and
focus on examining and manipulating words, not memorizing them. Students will be thinking more critically
about words and work on transferring their skills to reading and writing.
In math this week we really reinforced our understanding of fact families with making our fact family triangles and playing a game called "missing addends." This is a game you can play at home! There there are 2 "card keepers" who each have a card with a number on it (1-10), but they do not see their own number card. It is the audience's job to figure out the sum of the 2 cards and tell the card keepers. Once they know the sum, the card keepers try to figure out what number is on their card based on the number on the other card. The first graders were really excited about figuring out the missing addends!
Reminders:
*Rock sharing: The next 2 Friday's during the month of December, the first graders can bring in rocks or rock books to share in our "Rock Museum." I will assign two table groups to each Friday. On their assigned Friday, students may bring in their rocks or rock books. The "Rock Museum" will be open at the very beginning of the day and very end of the day. Please bring items in labeled bags.
Friday, December 9 - Blue and Green table groups
Friday, December 16 - Red and Yellow table groups
Here are some photos from the week...
