March 2-6

Our first full week of March had a lot of learning!  Take a look at what we've been up to in first grade...

Reading
We continue to work in our Character Study unit by...

• keeping track of the mood of a story
• keeping track on changing behaviors 
• keeping track of changing relationships
• celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday!

Question:  How did the mood change in the book Green Eggs and Ham?

Writing

The students continue to work hard trying to persuade their readers in their persuasion books by...

• adding in strong reasons supported with examples
• adding a closing
• reviewing how to plan a persuasive book
• reviewing how to add a catchy introduction

Question:  How did you wrap up the ending/conclusion to you first persuasion book?

Math

Our unit continues to focus on number patterns and addition strategies.  To help with building number sense and fluency we have...

• added 2 digit numbers within 100
• played + or - from 89
• learned to decompose 2 digit numbers (i.e., 43 = 40 + 3)
• played addition split
• worked with base 10 blocks

Question:  What game is your favorite so far?  What addition strategies have you learned to help you add more quickly?

Social Studies

We continue to work through our This is Our Country unit.  This week we learned about...

• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln
• comparing Washington and Lincoln by using a venn diagram

Question:  What did you learn about George Washington?  What did you learn about Abraham Lincoln?

Upcoming Dates

3/10-Book Fair Begins

3/11-Parent/Teacher Conferences

3/13-No School

3/16-Spring Break

3/23-School Resumes

3/27-Author Visit

4/2-Leader In Me Day

4/3-No School