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Hello 1-1 Families! Sorry about the delayed blog post! Welcome back, Mrs. Johnson! First and foremost, I want to thank all of the students and parents for such an amazing send off on my last day last Friday! The flowers and kind words mean the world to me and I appreciate it more than anything. Thank you so much for helping to make my experience in 1-1 a positive one! Here is a look at how my last week in 1-1 looked.

Reading

This week's close reading focused on the books, Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillan and Diary of a Fly by Doreen Cronin. While reading Memoirs of a Goldfish, the students practiced the skill of cause and effect. To reinforce this skill, students focused on cause and effect during guided reading as well. Later in the week, we read Diary of a Fly. Once the students read both close reading books, we were able to compare and contrast the main characters as well as the books themselves. The students were able to identify that both books were written in the form of a diary. The students also learned about compound words by creating their own compound word recipe book.

Writing

Last week, the students chose an animal to research and write an expository writing piece on. We also spent the week using www.pebblego.com to research each animal's description, habitat, food, and interesting facts. The students will use this information to write a sloppy copy and final copy writing piece.

Math

Math lessons last week focused a lot on fractions. The students practiced dividing things in halves and quarters by making their own pizzas and splitting them in quarters. We continued practicing with fractions by watching a video on brainpopjr.com and made ice cream cones. In addition to this, students also practiced sharing things equally among two or more people.

Science

This week in science students explored similarities and differences between living plans and living animals. Students also learned about fruits with seeds and had the opportunity to dissect an apple to find its seeds to observe them. The most exciting was observing fish and exploring how fish breathe. Students identified a fish's fins, tail, and gill cover.

Other

Riley was our Star Student last week. Thanks for sharing with us Riley! I did not know that your favorite food was cupcakes. I love them too!

Riley's Grandma was our Royal Reader last week. She was visiting from Florida and stopped by to read some great stories! Thanks so much for coming in to read to use! I know we all really enjoyed it.

Ashlyn had a birthday this week. I hope you had a very special birthday, Ashlyn!