Our opinion pieces are getting stronger and stronger! This week we've practiced supporting our opinions with a reason and an example from a mentor text. We also wrote about our favorite recess activities and used three reasons to support our examples.
We earned another whole school celebration and had an awesome dance party. Here are a few blurry dance photos!
Here's a delayed blog post from last week!
We had a great week and an unexpected snow day--read all about what we were up to!
We started our week of with a great lesson with Four Winds all about worms! Students loved getting a chance to observe and touch worms. We also went digging through dirt to see what we could find.
In reading, students practiced describing characters and character's feelings. Students created Feelings Maps to show how a character's feelings change throughout a story. In writing, students practiced supporting their opinions with reasons and examples. We played games like Would You Rather and Toe the Line to help practice this skill. Students had a blast and are getting really good at it! I can't wait to see them put their hard work into their opinion writing. In math, students finished up Unit 3 and did some Thanksgiving math crafts to celebrate! Here are some pictures from the week--there's not enough for individual slideshows so I put them all in one!
We've been hard at work in first grade!
We've focused on number patterns in math this week. We looked at patterns on the number grid, number lines, and used frames-and-arrows diagrams to follow a number pattern and determine the rule.
We're wrapping up our weather unit with an exciting day of experiments on Wednesday. We did experiments for each part of the water cycle that we've been studying. Students made predictions and observations about how much water in a cup will evaporate when left in a windowsill. They observed warm air meet cold air and saw condensation form. They also saw food coloring get heavy enough to "rain" through a shaving cream cloud! Students were expert scientists! Students also wrote about what happens to a water droplet in the water cycle and created a cloud craft about what they've learned in our weather unit.
Students have worked on retelling a story and including important details. This week we practiced retelling across our fingers. Students also began learning about character traits, practiced the short u sound, and practiced their handwriting.
Happy Halloween!
Thanks to everyone who brought treats and helped us celebrate Halloween on Wednesday!
We've had a great week in first grade! We celebrated Halloween, had our last DARE lesson, and and did a lot of great learning!
In reading we have learned the parts of a retelling: characters, setting, problem/solution, and plot events. We'll continue to practice and dive into character traits next week. We're also working on short u in word work.
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Welcome!Read all about our days in Ms. Carilo's first grade class at Porters Point School! Archives
November 2019
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