We have been so busy the last two weeks preparing for our Feast, I am sorry for not posting anything last week.
This week in first grade students made hats and placemats for our feast. We wrote and talked about things we were thankful for and shared our delicious treats with the entire first grade at lunch time.
In reading this week, we read the story If You Plant a Seed. We focused on the character trait selfishness and discussed how sharing is the way to be kind. The students practiced a thinking strategy called Step Inside, where they think about the story from different points of view. We had some good discussions and shared our views in writing.
In writing workshop we are started a new writing unit called Authors as Mentors. We read two stories by Angela Johnson and learned how to use a dot, dot, dot (an ellipse) and how to use a repeating phrase in our own writing.
In math we have begun unit 3. We are learning how to write number stories for subtraction. We will practice different ways to solve subtraction problems tomorrow and Friday.
In science the big news is we have had two science experiments exploring the properties of solids. We learned the words rigid and flexible. We will also be learning how to build towers with solids and what an engineer does.
Friday is our field trip to the Northville Marquis theater. We are looking forward to seeing the play, Snow White.
Thank you,
Mrs. Scheck
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