Hope you are all keeping warm! Here is what we have been up to this past week:
Reading: This week first grade focused on
famous inventors and their wonderful
contributions that enhanced our lives. We
began our week with Benjamin Franklin. The
kids learned how Ben proved that lightening is
electricity. We also read about bifocal glasses,
a Franklin stove, and a long arm. Our next
inventor was Thomas Edison, who invented
over 1000 things! His long list of inventions
includes the telegraph, Morse code, and the
light bulb. Our inventor unit ended with
Alexander Graham Bell. Please ask your child
what Bell is famous for.
Math: Place value has continued. The kids continued to demonstrate numbers using tens and ones. We also learned how to represent a number in two different ways with tens and ones.
Grammar: Action verbs continued
What We’re Learning Next Week:
Reading: Our genre of literature for the next two weeks will be fiction. Students
will read books that encompass a Winter
Theme as we can’t get enough of the
cold and snow! As we read these frosty
fiction books, we will stress basic story
elements. Those elements include
beginning, middle, end, characters,
setting, events, problem, and solution.Math: There will be a Chapter 6 test on Tuesday. We rarely give homework over the weekend. However, we ask that you complete the practice test in preparation for the actual test on Tuesday. We will begin Chapter 7-Compare Numbers (greater than and less than) on Wednesday.
Grammar: Students will be practicing verbs that do not add –s.
