Dear Parents,
We hope you had a nice week! We were very busy here in first grade! Our new units are going very well and students have been eager to work on different spring activities!
A few reminders: there will be a half day on Friday, April 13. Also, there will be no school from Monday, April 16 through April 20 for Spring break!
Here is a look at the week ahead:
Reading: Students have been doing a nice job using their inferring skills to explore characters! Next week, we will compare a character across different books. For example, we may look at a character from Henry and Mudge to see how their traits are similar throughout the different stories in the series. We will also contrast characters, their traits and their actions. We will be looking at stories like The Three Little Pigs and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (The wolf’s version) to explore how the characters are different in their traits and actions.
Word Work/Handwriting: Next week is all about spelling! Students will have several activities to enhance their spelling and their ability to check to see if a word is spelled correctly. Students will practice spelling strategies like “look, say, cover, write, check” and learning how to make connections between words. Students will also explore the “buddy system” of spelling. This is when students will be able to work together to check each other’s spelling. With these activities, students are given several opportunities to try words again if they are spelled incorrectly. In handwriting, students will review lowercase letters like “a”, “d”, and “b”. We will also practice forming “e”, “u”, and “i”.
Writing: Students love our new writing unit; Cross-Genre Writing! Students feel empowered to move around the genres we have explored thus far! Next week, we will continue to collect pieces from the different genres that students love best. Students will be encouraged to use mentor texts to help inspire their own writing. We will continue to review what the genres are and what they look like. We will also explore how to find a proper mentor text to help them write in their preferred genre.
Math: Unit 8 is off to a great start! Students are enjoying revisiting some of the other workshop activities with new expectations and challenges! Next week, we will continue to move through the unit and explore more problems with 2s and 4s. Students will participate in center games such as “How Many Hands” and “How Many Fingers”. This unit encourages students to count on and solve problems by thinking about number relationships. The 100 chart that all students have been working with is a great tool to notice patterns and make connections between numbers!
Science: During this block next week, students will have a chance to catch up and work on anything that needs finishing. We will wrap up our science animal projects, catch up on some very interesting weekly readers, and continue to explore the season of spring through fun activities, books, and videos. We will begin planning our next social studies unit when we return from spring vacation!
We hope you have a wonderful weekend!
~Your first grade teachers: Miss Field and Mrs. McIntire
Which book did you like best, the original story of The Three Little Pigs or The True Story of the Three Little Pigs? Share your favorite!
ReplyDeleteMackenzie - I liked The True Story of the Three Little Pigs better because it was funny. It was interesting to hear the wolf's side of the story.
DeleteMiss. Field- Mackenzie, I am glad you enjoyed the wolf's version of the Three Little Pigs. Which part was your favorite? I liked when the wolf said he sneezed and accidentally blew the three pigs house's down!
DeleteMackenzie - I liked the part when the wolf had a bad could and blew the pigs houses down too! I also liked the part when the wolf wanted to borow some sugar.
DeleteHayden-I like the story of the original Three Little Pigs better because the wolf doesn't eat the bigs and because the pigs aren't mean. My favorite part was when the pigs lived happily ever after in their house.
ReplyDeleteDrew- I liked the originl story of the 3 little pigs because it was funey.
ReplyDeleteGracie- I liked the True Story of the Three Little Pigs because the wolf was telling the story. My favorite part was when the wolf was going to the first little pigs house to get sugar for his grandma's dessert.
ReplyDeleteEva- I like the True Story because it was interesting to see the wolf's side. My favorite part was the wolf said he eats rabbits and mice like we like to eat hamburgers. He would rather have rabbit and mice than a hamburger.
ReplyDeleteJacob- I liked the True Story of the Three Little Pigs because it was the wolves side of the story and I like wolves.
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