Week of September 19th:
In comprehension this week, we begin investigating the story The Wizard of Oz. In grammar, we began learning about adjectives and that adjectives are describing words. In writing, we had to work hard on our first district writing task of the school year. The prompt asked us to write an opinion piece about which pig (from The Three Little Pigs) we think is the wisest. We had to include topic and conclusion sentences, as well as 3 details to support our opinion. We were able to use our previous knowledge from studying The Three Little Pigs in our lessons earlier this school year. In reading, we began taking tests on the books we have read from the library on Accelerated Reader. In math we continued working on unit 2, which is using data to add and subtract. We specifically focused on using the strategy of counting on to subtract. We will be finishing up unit 2 and taking the summative assessment next week. The PBIS social skill of the week was disagreeing appropriately.
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Week of September 12th:
In comprehension, we focused on investigating the story Jack and the Beanstalk. We studied the characters, settings, and major events as well as identified challenging or interesting vocabulary from the story. In grammar, we learned all about verbs and how a verb is an action. We got to use our knowledge of nouns from last week and compare them to verbs by classifying words and doing a noun/verb sort. In writing, we are continuing to work on opinion writing to prepare us for the district writing task we will be completing next week. In order to practice, we studied a book called Eat The Alphabet and wrote about what our favorite food was. We had to create a flow map with 3 supporting details for our choice, which included a topic and a closing sentence (see map in picture). In math, we continued working on unit 2, which is Using Data to Add and Subtract to 20. The skills we specifically worked on this week were interpreting visual representations; organizing, interpreting, and representing a data set; organizing data into a set by counting on; and counting on to add. We always need to remind ourselves that in the counting on strategy, we start with the bigger number. Our PBIS social skill of the week was cooperating with others. This is important both inside the classroom, outside at recess, or anywhere on campus. Week of September 5th:
I hope everyone had a wonderful day off for Labor Day! Our PBIS social skill this week was following instructions/directions. We learned that when you are asked to follow instructions, you look at the person talking, say "okay", do what you've been asked right away, and check back with the person who asked you. In Language Arts this week we worked on comprehension,grammar, and writing. In comprehension, we studied the story Hansel and Gretel by picking out important vocabulary words,completing a character, setting, and major events chart, and creating character and setting bubble maps. In grammar, we have been working on common nouns and understand that nouns can be a person, place, or thing. We got to practice classifying different nouns into the appropriate categories. In writing, we worked on opinion writing. After reading The Three Little Pigs last week, we answered the question: which pig was the wisest? We had to provide evidence to support our opinion. In math, we worked on our new unit, which is all about using data to add and subtract to 20. We specifically organized, collected,and represented different data. For example, today we used the topic of our favorite pets to create and interpret a visual representation of which students in room 5 like better: cats or dogs. Tomorrow we will have volunteers from Desert Springs Middle School come work with our 1st graders for 1 hour in the afternoon! Week of August 29th:
We have been investigating the story of The Three Little Pigs. On Monday we read and watched the story and identified and defined words in the story that we found difficult or were not sure of. On Tuesday, we created a character, setting, major events chart about the story. On Wednesday, we created a bubble map to describe one character and one setting. On Thursday, we created a flow map to show the sequence of major events in the story. Today, we completed a 5w chart, asking who, what, when, where, and why questions about the story. Next week, we will be investigating Hansel and Gretel! In math, we completed our first unit about understanding how ten ones make a ten. We took our unit 1 assessment today to see what we have learned over the past 3 weeks. Next week, we will be starting unit 2: Using data to add and subtract to 20. Our positive behavior social skill of the week was "completing atask". The book fair was this week and we had so much fun in library with Ms. Lynn! |
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