We had another wonderful week in our busy classroom.
In Reader's Workshop, the students continued working in their Book Clubs (guided reading groups. The students continued practicing different reading skills and comprehension strategies. I hope your child is sharing all the great learning that is taking place every day. First graders are learning how to become confident self-sufficient readers, using many different strategies to help themselves. We have discussed and practiced finger-reading (so we don't lose track in the text), looking at familiar parts of a word (chunking) and sounding out letters in the words all the way to the end. As we become more confident in reading, we have realized that our strategies change! Ask your child how these strategies help him/her in reading at home. Second graders have continued their work on character traits in our books. They have continued to find evidence in their texts to support character traits and changes. I am so proud of everyone's hard work. Your child should bring home "Just Right" books every week now. Please let me know if you have any questions about these books or our reading log. Thank you.
In Writer's Workshop, we continued working on our small moment stories. The students learned that authors always find interesting ways to "stretch their stories out" over several pages. While they "zoom" in on a particular small moment, they use their words and pictures to stretch these stories to make them more appealing. This week, the students learned about the 5 Ws. Ask your child to explain. Also ask your child to explain how we traced our hands to help remember the 5Ws (Hint: The 5 Ws stand for what, when, where, why and who). The students will continue revising their small moment stories next week. They will learn how describing words (adjectives) can be used to make our stories more interesting. This class is composed of terrific authors; we cannot wait to publish our pieces. This week, the students also continued practicing their "on-topic" constructed responses. This week, we wrote about our favorite season.
In math this week, all students continued their justifications and problem-solving skills. For updates on our first grade program, please visit our math blog. Thank you.
This week, we also used KidBlog on several occasions. Our technology project with Ms. Davison's class started last week. The two classes meet a few times every month and learn how to use digital technologies responsibly as digital citizens. The students also learn to communicate and share information effectively as we write and share using our KidBlog. Many students have asked if they can access/use KidBlog at home. Of course!!! We would love for you and your child to share pictures and words (even movies and podcasts) of what you do together outside of school. Your child can also read and comment on already published posts by other students. It is a great way to stay connected. To get to our KidBlog, simply click on the link in this sidebar. Find your child's name. The passord needs to be manually enetered and I will send an email to remind all parents about this. Thank you and Happy Blogging!
Lastly, our Painted Lady Butterflies left their pavillion this morning. They appeared to be very strong and healthy as they soared into the sky. Here are some pictures.
Have a great rest of the week.
Maria
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