October 27-31

Happy Halloween!  We packed this week full of festive fun and first grade learning.

Reading

In reading this week we looked at talking and talking back with our partner.  The children learned to explain what they

1.) noticed

2.) predicted

3.) were confused about

4.) had questions about

5.) had opinions on  (liked/disliked)

Question:  What is one thing you could tell your parent about a book you are reading?  What would you say back?

Writing

Our writing time was very festive this week.  The children had the opportunity to write spooky stories using some of our mini lessons for writing strong stories.  We reviewed...

1.) using descriptive language (juicy words)

2.) hooks

3.) writing a beginning, middle, and end

4.) show not tell

Question:  What is one thing you added to your story this week to make it exciting for your reader?

Math
Math was all about data this week!  We looked at...

1.) conducting a survey

2.) choosing a question

3.) representing data

4.) sharing a survey 

Question:  Why do people use surveys?  What information does a survey tell you?

Social Studies

This week in social studies we continued our unit on families.  We looked at...

1.) different family compositions

2.) family traditions

3.) what makes a family special

Question:  What is one quality of your family that is unique or special?

**Don't forget to be working on your family museum project**

Upcoming events:

11/4- No School

11/5-Late Start

11/7-Family Museum

11/11-Veterans Day Celebration