It's been another terrific week! We finished our Leader Books, started our Daily 5 literacy routine, got everyone logged onto our laptops at the same time, had our first STEM lesson, and learned how to make revisions in our writing. Whew! We're looking forward to a great four-day week-we'll meet our first Wednesday "Mystery Reader", do some more observations and an experiment for our STEM question, and continue our work with place value and comparing numbers, as well as continuing our awesome work in writing and reading!
We learned about hypothesis, observation, and conclusion this week, and formed our own hypotheses about why leaves change color in the fall. We'll be making more observations of "our" tree in the next few weeks and doing some reading and experiments to find out the answer!We also read several versions of The Three Little Pigs as we learned about text-to-text connections. Ask your first grader which one was his or her favorite!
Thank you to everyone who ordered books last time-we earned enough bonus points to get over 20 new books for our classroom guided reading library! The next set of book orders went home today and are due on October 9th. Our classroom code is H63NZ.
The kids really enjoyed some of our math games this week-you can find links to some of the sites we use in the Links bar to the right.
Homework folders are ready to go home on Monday! I will send a cover letter explaining how our homework system works, and you can use the First Grade At a Glance document I sent home earlier to see what is due and when.
Short Vowel Bingo!Congratulations to Ella and Molly on earning the privilege of taking Darla and Kola home for the weekend! We can't wait to read all about their adventures!
Congratulations to Elliott for earning a spot in the Quality Work Showcase! Her careful work and many details in her writing and her illustrating are impressive!
Be sure to check the Upcoming Events list for some additions!
I'm looking forward to finishing my fall cleaning and visiting my horse at his boarding barn this weekend! I hope you have a wonderful end-of-September!
:)
Becca
