Dear parents,
Spring has begun here in Michigan! With the warm weather and rain we have been seeing lots of mud outside on the playground. Please continue to send your child with the appropriate outdoor clothes as temperatures go up and down this month.
In reading this week we have been continuing to read Realistic Fiction books. We read the book Charlie Anderson. In the story we meet a cat who has two different owners. We discussed how the cat went back and forth between houses. Some students felt the families should keep the cat only for themselves (finders keepers) and some thought the first owners should have the cat solely. This brought up some great ideas about stealing and fairness.
In writing, we have been working on how to begin our stories with Setting the scene or with action!
We have read several books that begin with description and help us visualize the story. We have also read books that have a lot of action. We talked about how writers "hook" the reader with different beginnings. We have begun to revise our stories to make them better. Next week we will pick one story to publish!
In math this week we wrapped up Unit 6. We had two tests, unit test and a cumulative test. We will begin Unit 7 tomorrow. A family letter will come home today.
In Social Studies, we are continuing learning about Earning and Spending. We have discussed Goods and Services. We will learn about Opportunity Costs and Scarcity. We read the book Alexander who Used to Rich Last Sunday. We discussed wants versus needs.
We are getting ready to think about Science again, Our unit on Insects will begin after Spring Break!
There is no school on March 25th, due to Good Friday.
Have a good week everyone!
Mrs. Scheck
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Friday, March 4, 2016
Week of February 29-March 4
Dear parents,
This week we have been working hard in First Grade on reading and writing Realistic Fiction. This week we read the book Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting. In the story a little boy and his dad are homeless and they live in an airport. We discussed how this is realistic fiction because it could happen. We discussed the vocabulary words: airport terminal, fluttered and chute. We read the book and focused on the different view points in the story of the dad, child and a bird. We wrote about the author's message of hope and to never give up!
Our popcorn words this week focused on the spelling pattern -ite and ight. We are learning how silent e makes the vowel "say it's name" or makes a long sound. We will work with this throughout the year.
In writing, we have been continuing on with Realistic Fiction writing. Students learned how to come up with a character and a problem We focused this week to make our character try to solve the problem more than one way. We read the book Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind. We learned that authors make the story more exciting with words and phrases... for example
"suddenly" and "all of the sudden" help create excitement for the reader.
In math this week we have continued to work on facts. We have worked with doubles facts and near doubles. We practice making ten first to help adding numbers bigger than 10. For example, 9+5, could be seen as adding 9 and one more to make 10 then adding the other 4 to equal 14.
We will work next week on number stories for adding and subtracting within 20.
In Social Studies we read the book The Money Tree. We learned the difference between Goods and Services. We discussed how a good can be held in your hand and a service cannot be. We will work next week with goods and services again and with wants and needs.
It is still winter out! Please be sure to send snow clothes. Hopefully next week we will begin to see more spring like weather. Boots are still a good idea as the snow melts and the playground gets muddy!
Have a good weekend,
Mrs. Scheck
This week we have been working hard in First Grade on reading and writing Realistic Fiction. This week we read the book Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting. In the story a little boy and his dad are homeless and they live in an airport. We discussed how this is realistic fiction because it could happen. We discussed the vocabulary words: airport terminal, fluttered and chute. We read the book and focused on the different view points in the story of the dad, child and a bird. We wrote about the author's message of hope and to never give up!
Our popcorn words this week focused on the spelling pattern -ite and ight. We are learning how silent e makes the vowel "say it's name" or makes a long sound. We will work with this throughout the year.
In writing, we have been continuing on with Realistic Fiction writing. Students learned how to come up with a character and a problem We focused this week to make our character try to solve the problem more than one way. We read the book Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind. We learned that authors make the story more exciting with words and phrases... for example
"suddenly" and "all of the sudden" help create excitement for the reader.
In math this week we have continued to work on facts. We have worked with doubles facts and near doubles. We practice making ten first to help adding numbers bigger than 10. For example, 9+5, could be seen as adding 9 and one more to make 10 then adding the other 4 to equal 14.
We will work next week on number stories for adding and subtracting within 20.
In Social Studies we read the book The Money Tree. We learned the difference between Goods and Services. We discussed how a good can be held in your hand and a service cannot be. We will work next week with goods and services again and with wants and needs.
It is still winter out! Please be sure to send snow clothes. Hopefully next week we will begin to see more spring like weather. Boots are still a good idea as the snow melts and the playground gets muddy!
Have a good weekend,
Mrs. Scheck
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