Weekly update

Dear families,
We had another busy week in our classroom.
We filled our buzzy-jar again.  The students continues to demonstrate that they understand what it means to be safe, kind and responsible here at ABS.  This time, the students wanted to have lunch in the classroom.  We had so much fun eating together and sharing stories.  See the pictures below.
This week, we also had our first 4WInds class.  We learned about the sun.  We learned that we need the sun for heat and light.  We also learned that the earth rotates around the sun every day, every year. We used sidewalk chalk to draw our shadows and then watched how our shadows moved as the earth had rotated more.  We also used a sun-heated oven to melt chocolate chips.  Fun, yummy and informative.  Thank you parents for volunteering for these terrific classes.
In writing this week, the students continued working on creating different kinds of stories.  We started exploring small moment personal narratives.  The students writes about something that they have experienced and stretch it out. They learned to tell their stories over 3 fingers, with a clear beginning, middle and end.
In reading, the students continued work in their guided reading groups.  Thank you for reading with your child every week and for bringing back our book bags on time.  Other students at our school use these books as well, so we want to return them on time.  Thanks.
In math, first grade mathematicians explored chunking their numbers in groups of 10.  We used rekenreks, 10frames and unifix cubes to help us create number sentences of 10 and some more.  Please ask your child to use his/her math hands to show you a number between 10 and 20.  Ask your child to explain different strategies for solving addition problems, such as 4+5 or 12+3.

Have a great day tomorrow and a terrific weekend.

Maria