Classroom News
Thank you to all
the parents who came out in the bitter cold for parent teacher conference! We really enjoyed having the chance to
talk with you about the progress your child has been making in the classroom
both socially and academically.
Having your children has been a pleasure and we are looking forward to a
great rest of the year!
Reading: This past week we continued to learn about George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln. We learned that George
Washington cut down his father’s cherry tree and didn’t lie about it. Honesty was very important to him and
Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln’s
nickname was “Honest Abe”. We
compared and contrasted these two great presidents. We even made an acrostic poem with the word president!
Math: This week we concluded learning about two-digit addition and
subtraction. We have come a long
way in first grade! We know how to
use the strategy make a model with tens and ones to solve almost any addition
and subtraction problem. Based on
observation during the Chapter 8 test, we are confident that the students did
well!
What We’re Learning Next
Week:
Reading: We are beginning a whole new
unit in First Grade next week! We
are so excited about it! We are
going to be studying fairytales.
We love teaching about fairytales and the elements of a fairytale. While reading all the different
fairytale stories we will be learning how to compare and contrast the
experiences of a character across two separate texts. Students have prior experience with this so we will be
looking for them to use more inferencing skills and delve deeper into what
makes the character act a certain way.
We will be reading lots of fun fractured fairytales that are told from
different characters perspectives.
We will also be learning how we can tell whose point of view the story
is told from. Head to the library
and check out some fairytales to read with your child!
Math: Next week we will be beginning Chapter 9 in math. We are totally switching gears and will
be learning about measurement!
This will be a fun change of pace for students. It will be a very hands on unit. Students will learn how to put things
in order based on length, they will use nonstandard units of measure such as
paperclips, they will make their own nonstandard measuring tool, and they will
be measuring an object and then comparing it to another object.
Phonemic Awareness:
Students will be learning about digraph –ew, -ue, and –ui. These three digraphs
have the long u sound.
Example: fruit, few, and blue
Please practice at home using spellingcity.com
Important Dates:
3/2: No School: Casimir
Pulaski Day
