October already?!

This week, I decided to share just a little something from each day with you...

Each Monday, at the end of the day, I show the kids the homework for the week. One of our digital challenges this week was to recommend a book. Check it out below!

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We made a new world map together on Tuesday, showing European immigrants' journey to the United States. We learned that long ago, when the United States first began, many people moved to our country from Europe. When immigrants traveling from Europe reached the U.S. by boat, the first thing they would see was Lady Liberty. It was awesome to see that most of the kids remembered the Statue of Liberty from kindergarten!

On Wednesday, we watched a video of the story Owl Moon read aloud by the author, Jane Yolen. While watching the video, the kids had their writer's notebooks out, and they each made a list of interesting words that they heard in the story. Then, they logged into their google accounts on the chromebooks and with a partner, typed their words onto the padlet page below. It's amazing to see their technology skills AND their teamwork skills grow each time we use the chromebooks. :)

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Thursday... what a great day for these first grade writers! Throughout our Woodland in Europe unit, we have been reading and discussing the story, Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker. On Thursday, I asked the kids to retell, in writing, the story on their own, and let me tell you... it. was. amazing. The kids were so independent, so quiet and focused, and the writing they did was awesome! I was so impressed! In the afternoon, we all made our own little Lacey Walkers.

To finish off our week, and our Woodland in Europe unit, we painted little fallow deer on Friday. Some kids chose to make male deer, with antlers, and some made females, without antlers. Look at our sentence patterning chart for the fallow deer below, and ask your child to show you how we make a song!

Thanks for reading our blog post! First graders and families, have a wonderful fall break! Leave a comment below and tell us what you're up to. :)