April 6-10

Six more weeks before we say goodbye, but lots of learning still to go! Check out what we've been up to  this week...

Reading

Our last reading unit is Nonfiction Reading to Become an Expert.  This week we studied...

• nonfiction books sorts by topics
• reading club habits
• purpose for reading nonfiction books

Question:  What is a reading club?

Writing
The students are continuing to work on their book reviews by:

• digitally publishing their book review
• planning a new book review
• writing an introduction
• retelling
• adding opinions and reasons
• providing a sense of closure

Question: How did you digitally publish your book review?

Math

Our last math unit of the year is Geometry.  This week we studied...

• 2D shapes
• Attributes of 2D shapes
• identifying 2D shapes in our environment
• learned how use the Shapes Software on the computer

Question: What are the attributes of a square, circle, and triangle?

Social Studies

The first graders are really enjoying our Producers and Consumers unit!  This week we produced goods for our classroom store.

• how goods and services connect producers and consumers together
• creating goods to sell as producers in classroom store
• learning how to be a consumer for the classroom store
• learning about the jobs needed for a classroom store

Question:  Tell me about your experience with the classroom store?  What job did you have?  What did you buy at the store?

Upcoming Dates:

4/10 - Trivia Night
4/13 - Mrs. Nagy Out

5/8 - Field Trip
5/15 - Edible Botany
5/20 - Flip Day

5/21 - Last Day of School (Half Day)