We had a short but busy week! Students came back from the three-day weekend (plus the delayed start) ready and excited to learn.
We were a buzz all week with excitement for our flight to China! We did some research on China before we left, we read articles, compared the land size of the USA and China, learned about the flag, and we compared the populations. We pack our suitcases, grabbed our passports, got our itinerary ready, and took off to China! We landed in Beijing and learned about the Forbidden City.
We finished up our Sound and Light Unit! We finished up with an engineering challenge to get light around a book and send a signal to someone on the other side. Students rose to the challenge and impressed with their teamwork and engineering skills! Every group ended up creating a successful system!
Students used tools (number lines, hundreds charts, place value blocks, and more!) to solve number stories in math. We spent time discussing what a good response needs and how to use our tools effectively and successfully.
Another wonderful week in first grade! Students are working so hard and are making great progress.
This week in math students continued to practice their place value understanding and using comparison symbols. Students played Base-10 exchange and exchanged ten ones for one ten! Students began working on number scrolls--practicing number writing and patterns on the hundreds chart and beyond.
Students used mirrors to investigate what we can see by using a mirror. We learned that we can use mirrors to see behind us and to see our reflections. Students also spent some time drawing a reflection of their eye. We then investigated what can we see without any light using boxes. Students discovered that we need light to see!
In literacy we've been reading a lot of narrative non-fiction (books that tell and story and teach you about a topic) and students have become experts at identifying the different genres: fiction, non-fiction, and narrative non-fiction! In writing, students finished up their book reviews. Students also used all that we've learned about opinion writing to write about their favorite season. Students helped brainstorm ideas for what a good opinion piece needs and used that list to write their opinion pieces. I was very impressed with their independence and how they took ownership of their opinion pieces!
Students are off to a great start in 2019! Students came back to school excited and ready to learn! In writing, we spent some time last week setting some resolutions for ourselves at school and are finishing up our opinion unit.
We finished up our learning about sound before break and started investigating light! Students investigated making shadows; learned about transparent, translucent, and opaque materials, and used mirrors to redirect light. Students have been super serious scientists and have done a fantastic job investigating light!
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November 2019
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