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Even with our snow day on Monday, the children in 1-1 still had a FULL week!

Literacy 

This week's close reading lessons focused on the book, The Wolf's Chicken Stew, by Keiko Kasza. The children practiced identifying important elements of the story by recalling characters, setting, problem, and solution. On our second read, the children worked together to create a list of feeling words in the text. The children determined what feeling each word evoked. They also met with a partner to discuss what information they could gain about the book from identifying the feeling words. At the end of the week, the children also used evidence from the book to determine how the main character, Wolf, changed throughout the story.

In addition, the children proved they are able to sequence the events in a story by completing a retelling booklet of, The Wolf's Chicken Stew, based on the version by Keiko Kasza. 

Grammar Notebook:

This week, the children were introduced to present and past tense verbs. At the end of the week, the children created a verb superhero. They recorded past and present tense verbs in the "pows" around their hero.

Math 

On Tuesday, the children worked with comparison number stories. They compared groups of objects and then wrote number models to show their solutions. On Wednesday, the children used different solution strategies they have learned this year to solve number stories. They had to record number models to match their solution strategies. The children also enjoyed writing their own number stories for other children in the class to solve.On Thursday, the children worked with dice sums. They recorded the frequency of their dice sums in their math journals and noted which sums were rolled with the highest frequency. Together as a class we made a tally chart of the sums rolled the most. The children had a discussion about why 6, 7, and 8 were rolled the most.

Social Studies & Writing

This week, we started our new social studies/ writing unit on U.S. Symbols, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln. The children listened to a book about citizens and rights and responsibilities. They learned about the qualities and responsibilities of a good citizen. The children then discussed how they are good citizens at school, home, and in their community. Each child wrote about what makes them a good citizen. 

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On Friday, the children researched George Washington. They listened to two books and watched a video about his life on Brainpopjr. As a class we wrote a list of important facts about George Washington’s life and filled out a graphic organizer. The children then chose five important facts to record on their facts sheet.

Star Student

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

Royal Reader

A special thank you to Melvin’s Mom, she joined us this week as our Royal Reader. The children enjoyed listening to the two stories that Mrs. Mertes read, Love Monster and Exclamation Mark! 

Notes:

-On Wednesday, you should have found a note about your child being able to dress up on Wednesday, February 11th for 100th day. The children are very excited to show us what they think they will look like when they are 100 years old. Be creative and have fun! I can’t wait to see what the children come up with!

-Thank you to those of you who already sent in glue sticks. We are in need of more. If you can, please send some in when you can! Thank you!
-I will send home the ingredients list for our valentine treats by Tuesday. Please let me know if you have any questions.
-If you would like, you can send in your child’s valentine box and valentines before Friday.

Have a great rest of the weekend!