Friday fun!

Dear families,

It has been a busy week in first grade!

In Science I introduced liquids to the class. We started with discussing what we already know about liquids. Then we explored seven different liquids in bottles. The students rolled, spun, shook and watched each liquid. We learned several new vocabulary words; viscous, transparent, translucent, foamy, and bubbly.  We observed corn syrup in a bottle and discovered it was viscous because it moved slowly. We shined a flashlight on the different liquids and observed which ones were translucent.  Students may come home asking to do some "experiments"!

In reading this week we read the book The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes. We discussed the beginning, middle and ending. We wrote about the story. We learned a new vocabulary word: auditorium.

In Social Studies we read The Story of Ping. We discussed consequences. Ping is a duck who does not listen to his master's call and ends up hiding to avoid his consequence. We used pictures from the story to practice beginning, middle and end.  We wrote using transitional words; first, next, then and last.

In math, we practiced measuring with blocks, paper clips, dominoes, craft sticks and unifix cubes.
We learned that to measure something accurately you need to do these things: no overlapping, use one size object, measure to the end (not past it) and not to leave spaces.

In writing, we have been working on adding descriptive words, reading to check for beginning, middle and ending. Using spaces, spelling the popcorn words correctly and using neat handwriting.
We will continue with Writing for Readers next week!

Today we painted a fun reindeer picture.
It was a busy and productive week!

Have a great weekend,
Mrs. Scheck