Week 29

Here are some highlights from the first week back after spring break...

In math we started exploring fractions. The first graders did an amazing job dividing up their whole sandwiches (paper squares) into equal parts to share with friends. Next time you have sandwiches, pizza or cake with your kids ask them how you can cut it so that each person will get the same amount!


The first grade readers have been working hard on their non-fiction reading strategies. They have been practicing:

• Taking a sneak peek
• Stopping and studying each page
• Guessing what might come next
• Chatting about a page
• Making their voice smooth and lively 
• Finding & thinking about keywords. 

This week we discussed how expert readers mark pages so that they can pick out interesting information and share with other expert readers. They did an amazing job adding questions and comment post-it notes to their non-fiction books!

To honor the blossoming trees outside our classroom window, Mrs. O'Connor taught the first graders how to create their own tree blossoms using tissue paper! Now we get to enjoy blooming trees outside and inside our classroom :)

The week ended with a bang! There was a power outage at school, but the kiddos did an incredible job staying calm, cool and collected! It was business as usual in Room 112 and the first graders got to learn and play by natural light!

Reminders:

4/11 -- Book orders due! 

4/14 -- Mother/son kickball game @ 6:30pm

Here are some photos from the week...