October 17-22

The first graders are on a roll and ready to end strong before Thanksgiving break.  Here's what was happening at Barretts this week...

Reading

This week we continued our work with say something/say something back

• natural conversations
• keep the talk going-responding to a talking point
• who are the characters?  
• exploring character traits with evidence

Questions: What is one way you can keep a conversation going with a reading partner?  What is a character trait?

Writing

We continued our small moments writing unit by diving into...

• stretching words
• telling the story in itsy, bitsy parts
• exploding a moment
• making our moments real (drawing people, background and adding color)
• closing with a lesson, feeling, or reflection

Question:  Why do we explode a moment?  What is one thing you added to your writing this week that made your small moment more realistic?

Math

Our measuring masters continued their exploration by...

• measuring keepers
• reviewing length (longest part), width (how wide), height (how high)
• looking at length of fish
• measuring/comparing length with feet
• differing units of measurement

Question:  What do I have to do when a problem asks me how much long/how much short an item is (comparing)?  What is the difference between measuring length, width and height?

Social Studies

Social studies this week has focus on continuing the study of Thanksgiving and the lives of the Pilgrims and Native Americans. We learned about...

• the Pilgrams of Plymoth
• Samuel Eaton
• Sarah Moreton
• Time Lines
• Squanto and the Wampanoag Indian

Question: Who were Samuel Eaton and Sarah Moreton?

Upcoming Events

11/21-All school assembly  (Juggling Jeff)

11/26-11/28-No school

12/3-Late start