We had a great week this week in first grade. The first part of the week we worked hard editing, and rewriting our letters to our community helpers. We also drew some great pictures to go with our letters. Mrs. Loop and I took these letters and put them in a book that we presented to each of the community helpers so they can share them with all those they work with. Mrs. Loop made us color copies so our original copies are hanging in the hall, stop by and check them out (Thank You Mrs. Loop). Be sure to check out the slideshow to see the community helpers receiving their posters.
The last part of the week we began our study on apples. We watched a short video showing how apples get from the trees to the store. We completed a how to flow map (pre-write) using transition words first, next, then and last as a class. This week we will be using a flow map to create our own how to paper. We also made a list of popular apple foods and will be conducting a survey of the top 10 apple foods. I will post our results.
This week we started spelling. We looked at the word families of ap and at The students worked on these words all week during our Daily 5 block. We sorted the words, wrote them on white boards and made word family books. The focus is that students listen to how the words sound different and listening for the sounds in each word. This week we will be looking at ig and og words.
Kudos to the first graders for working hard, reading at home and completing their homework each night! Thank you for being responsible.
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Math News from Miss Garcia
Hello 1st grade families,
This week our focus in math will be addition. The 1st graders will be focusing on methods of addition. We will be writing and working with equations, number bonds and manipulatives. The students will be introduced to the commutative property: 2+4 = 6 can also be written as 4+2=6.
Here is your IXL homework for the week of September 21-24...
Monday B.6
Tuesday B.12
Wednesday B.5
Thursday B. 16
Happy Learning!
Mrs. Bloomfield & Miss Garcia
