This week in first grade we have started individual reading assessments. The students will be seen one on one for me to do our January required testing. It has been exciting to watch the students grow as readers! I will not be sending books home during this time. Please continue to read at home and have your child practice reselling the story after reading. Ask them to include the characters, problem and solution!
We have read the book The Biggest Best Snowman by Margery Culer. We read the books and discussed how to retell the story. We also talked about the authors message, in this story the students concluded the message was to believe in yourself!
In writing, we have begun a new unit of writing called Writing for Readers. We are working on making our writing readable by putting spaces between words, using capitals and periods, using neat handwriting and spelling words from the word wall correctly.
In math we have worked on measurement using cubes to measure a pencil. We will work this week on shapes using base ten blocks, geo boards and pattern templates. We will practice making tally marks again.
In science we did an experiment today mixing liquids. We mixed water and cooking oil. We predicted what would happen and we observed the oil separating from the water. We will check it again in the morning to see what happened over night. We will also mix solids with water. We will dissolve salt into water and let the water evaporate over several days. These experiments will wrap up our science unit on solids and liquids!
Thank you and have a great week!
Mrs. Scheck
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