We learned that you can add horizontally or vertically! The sum is the same if the numbers are the same... they just look a little different! (Ask your first grader what "vertical" means... it was one of our signal words this week!)
This week, we learned about the layers of the coniferous forest.
We learned about different ways to start our stories. We were inspired by a few books we've read.
We read a story with lots of cool science vocabulary, and we talked about its characters and setting. This story is stars a bald eagle looking for his mother. The chart and the pictures help us to remember and retell the story!
Now instead of just reading independently, we sometimes "read to someone!" Ask your first grader to tell you what "EEKK" means. :)
We worked with our teams to get all of the words needed to make a sentence about skunks. This involved trading words with other teams, lots of problem-solving, and lots of patience. :)
A special delivery for our classroom library... Thank you Logan and family!
For Fun Friday, we did an art project showing the layers of the coniferous forest. Scientific AND artistic! :)
The kids each wrote informative pieces about one of two North American animals: the bald eagle or the striped skunk. They were so much fun to read!
Every day I am so amazed at how much thinking these kids do as they read! They are constantly noticing things we've learned about or talked about during their own reading time!
Each team set a responsibility goal, something they are working on and want to earn bonus points for. Next week there will be a fresh team points chart. These kids are just too responsible... they earned too many points over the last few weeks, and we ran out of room! :)
Just for fun:
Ask your child to tell you about one of this week's signal words: vertical, constitution, solution, layers, or behavior.
Thanks for reading! Leave us a comment! What stuck with your first grader this week?
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