Homework posted

The homework for this week is posted. For the math this week, you students will likely need a lot of help. The homework is on picture graphs. We learned about them last week, but it can be very challenging because of the vocabulary that is used. You will most likely need to read the questions to your students and help them understand what it is asking. In class we learn that fewer/fewest means less or least and when it asks "how many more" we learned to match up the two categories and see what is left. This should help you as you work with your student on these questions. Thank you for your help!

Grade 1b News March 3 - 7

Reading: In reading we learned about plural nouns and how to write them, including how to make man, woman and child plural. We also learned about the final clusters in a word. The ending sounds are much trickier for us, so we are still working on these. Today, we learned about three different parts of a story: character, setting, and plot. So, when you read with your student at home, maybe you can practice having them talk about the characters and identify the setting and tell the plot in order. We didn't have guided reading groups this week because Miss Miranda was reassessing our reading levels again. The class is reading so well!!!!

Writing: For our small moment stories, we learned about how to make sure we are writing about a story that happened to us, so we should be using I. We also learned to make sure that we put everything in order and tell about everything that happened. We practiced looking at our stories and seeing where we could add more details so that our readers can understand our story better.

Math: We finished up Chapter 12 and we moved into Chapter 8 and we are starting a new unit on Graphing. Next week we will chart Chapter 9 and learn more about graphs and how to read them and analyze them. We will also be practicing how to make graphs. Graphing can be really fun! But it is also quite challenging for our kids because of the vocabulary, so we are working hard to understand what different things mean, like fewest, and how many more.

Science: We started a new unit on plants. We learned about plant needs and the parts of a plant.

Social Studies: We started a new unit on Mapping. This week did a KWL, where we talked about what we already know and what we want to know about maps. We also looked at a map compared to a globe. We talked about land and water on the world and the different continents. In the coming weeks, we will start learning lots and lots about maps!

Trip to Ceramic Cafe

Here are the photos that I was able to take from our trip to the Ceramic Cafe. The kids had a lot of fun!

Grade 1b Awards

Here are the photos from the day that the students received their awards! 

They look so happy and proud, as they should be! 

World Math Day

Today is World Math Day. Remember if you want your student to compete, that you will need to have them log on at home tonight.


Also, the field trip forms and money are due tomorrow.

Grade 1b News Feb 17 - 28

Language Arts: We have spent a lot of time learning about the Magic E (silent e) sound and are learning a song about it. This sound is really important and should help a lot with their reading. We also learned S cluster sounds like sn, sk, sc, sp, sl, st.


Math: We worked on Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. We learned how to count by tens if we start at a different number, like 7. We also learned how to use a hundreds chart and how to identify number patterns.

Science: In science we have spent a lot of time making Habitat Murals and we finally finished. We made these murals to demonstrate our understanding of what animals and plants live in each habitat. The murals look fabulous. I am very impressed with their hard work!

Social Studies: We finished up our Communities unit. We also learned about Respect and we have been practicing a lot about what being respectful means.

Art: We spent our art time working on our habitat murals. The murals helped us practice our drawing, cutting and gluing skills.

During this period of time, we also took our trip to the Ceramic Cafe and also received certificates for our achievements. I will make a separate post with pictures from those events.

Take a look at our habitat murals!

Forest Habitat

Ocean Habitat

Desert Habitat

Lots of Announcements

- I have changed the calendar on the right side of the blog to reflect the following special dates
         - March 6, World Math Day
         - No School on Sunday March 10
         - Field Trip on Thursday March 14
         - March 17 - 21, Half Days for students due to trimester exams, Buses leave at 11:30
         - March 21, Mother's Day
         - March 24 & 25, No School for Students
         - April 3, Report Cards go home
         - April 4 - Parent Meetings, No School for Students

- The Intent to Re-Enroll letters were due back at school today. If you did not send it already, please do so as soon as possible.

- It's that time of year again where the home/reading/homework files are starting to fall apart. If you notice that your students file is no falling apart, please try to purchase a new one. If you get a new one now, it should last until the end of the year.

- If you didn't send the signed progress report back, please do so immediately.


Thanks,
Miss Miranda