News You Can Use!

Literacy 

Treasures:

This week, the children worked with long e (ee, ea). The children read stories about scientists. They worked with making inferences. Using text clues and their schema (what they know), the children made inferences about the character in the story. The children enjoyed using, pebblego.com during listening center to research scientist, Albert Einstein. They completed a Nonfiction News organizer by recording two interesting facts they learned about him.

Grammar Packets:

This week, the children learned that the verbs see and say have special forms to tell about the past. For present tense we use sees, see and says, say. For past tense we use saw and said. 

Math 

In Math, we completed the lesson on quarters. The children worked with counting combinations of quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. Please continue to practice this skill at home!

On Tuesday, the children worked with telling time using both a digital and analog clock. They had to record time on a digital clock given the time on an analog clock and record the time on an analog clock using the time on a digital clock. Here are 3 links for a game called, Stop The Clock, the children can practice matching digital time to the correct analog clock. Click on any of the links to practice (the levels get harder as you go): Stop The Clock 1
Stop The Clock 2 Stop The Clock 3

On Wednesday, the children were introduced to, My Reference Book. The children learned that this book may be used as a reference during math time in first and second grade. The children explored the table of contents and used it to find the page numbers that the different math topics were located on. After exploring the book, the children worked with a partner to complete, My Reference Book Scavenger Hunt. Using clues and the book, they recorded their findings in their math journal. 

On Thursday, the children used their calculators to see how high they could count in 15 seconds. They reported their largest count to be recorded on our class tally chart. The children found the range by finding the difference between the largest and smallest numbers in our data. Then, the children worked to find the middle value (median) of our class data. Using the class tally chart, they created a bar graph to organize our class data. The children asked and answered questions using the bar graph.  

Science

This week, we continued our Penguin Unit, the children learned all about penguins. We read books and watched video clips to learn the answers to our questions: Where do penguins live? How do they move? What do they eat? Who are their enemies? How do penguins protect themselves?, etc. The children recorded their learning on a graphic organizer. They also recorded the answer to their I wonder question from last week on a post it note. We hung the post it notes up on our penguin bulletin board to show our learning. 

On Friday, the children enjoyed doing an experiment to see how penguins feathers keep them warm. The experiment titled, Cozy in the Cold, allowed the children to explore what kept their hands warmer when holding a bag of ice water. Was it an empty bag or a bag filled with air? They enjoyed sharing their findings with the class. Ask your child what they discovered and what they suggested would do a better job of keeping their hands warm. 

Next week, the children will use their completed penguin graphic organizer to write a penguin report. We will also begin researching different types of penguins. The children are looking forward to choosing one penguin to research further and write a report on at the end of our penguin unit. 

First Grade Musical

The children did a great job on their first grade musical. I am so proud of how hard they worked! They were so excited to share it with all of you on Wednesday night. Thank you for attending the performance and watching your stars shine! Enjoy the photos below. 

Star Student

Natalia was our star student this week. Thanks Natalia for sharing all about you!

Notes:

-Please remember to send your child to school with their winter wear. The playground and black top are wet from the snow. Please send coats, snow pants, boots, hats, and gloves. Thank you!

Have a great rest of the weekend!