Welcome back from a snowy week off for Spring Break! I'm hoping the weather begins to look more like spring and soon!
This week we have started a new non-fiction unit of writing and reading. In reading we have read two nonfiction books this week, Our Stars and A Frog Grows and Changes. We have learned two features of non-fiction books. We learned headings and captions, and we looked for them on our own books during daily 5. We will learn about labels and key words tomorrow and Friday.
In writing we are have made lists of things we are experts on. We began writing "teaching books." We practiced using a teaching voice when we read our books. We also learned how to plan out the facts using our fingers and saying 4 facts we know about a topic, then we began writing. The books have been fun to write and first graders love non- fiction.
In math we have learned What's my Rule? This is another way to practice adding and subtracting and it is about finding patterns in math. We will also work this week on telling time on digital clocks.
Science is starting soon, we have begun talking about what we know about insects and generated questions about what we want to learn, or what were wondering. Our first insects will arrive any day this week!
A field trip permission slip went home yesterday, we will go to the outdoor center on May 9!
Have a great week, Mrs. Scheck
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