Happy Monday! Today's morning work was to prepare a math word problem mini book related to subtraction. Solving the problems will be the morning work for the rest of the week. During our morning meeting, the students completed their Number of the Day tasks, listened to two poems about rain, and read a book about Ramadan. We also learned that it was National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day and shared how we preferred to eat our grilled cheese sandwiches. Finally, I showed the class the following photo of the surprise someone found inside a geode!
During spelling, we wrote the Unit 26 words onto cards. All the words have double consonants and end in y. After this, the students read a passage from a book. They circled words they did not know the meaning of and drew squiggly lines under the words they did not know how to pronounce. We'll return to this activity later in the week. During independent literacy time, the first graders continued reading and writing contractions and identifying the words that make them.
Math followed P.E., Lunch, Quiet Time, and Ms. Miller's announcements. Today, the first graders used addition to find differences. They used a number line as a tool to see how to add to find the difference between numbers (or the missing addend). First, start with the subtrahend and find how many ones need to be added to get to the next tens number. Then, find how many more ones they need to add to get to the minuend. Students should see that the sum of the numbers they model on the number line is the difference in the subtraction problem.
Math followed P.E., Lunch, Quiet Time, and Ms. Miller's announcements. Today, the first graders used addition to find differences. They used a number line as a tool to see how to add to find the difference between numbers (or the missing addend). First, start with the subtrahend and find how many ones need to be added to get to the next tens number. Then, find how many more ones they need to add to get to the minuend. Students should see that the sum of the numbers they model on the number line is the difference in the subtraction problem.
After math, we read about landforms, soil, and how people use earth materials in our FOSS: Pebbles, Sand, and Silt readers. We did not finish the book in class. Students may read the rest of it on their own, perhaps during DEAR Time this week. Speaking of Drop Everything and Read, today was also National DEAR Day. Every day is DEAR Day in Room 104!
Following a recess break, students were given sentences with missing capital letters and endmarks to rewrite correctly. As I told the first graders in class, starting sentences with capital letters and ending them with the proper punctuation marks should be as natural as breathing now. They know to do this; it is the follow through in actually doing it that could use improvement in many cases. We only corrected three sentences. Click here to see all the sentences for extra practice.
During social studies, the students watched a video about Australia that I made for my first graders last year during remote learning. The boys and girls received an introduction to animals from Australia with a focus on the flying fox. They also began making their own mega bats to hang around their homes. Lastly, we briefly checked out a live web cam that features flying foxes. One bat was gracious enough to stretch out its wings for us. Ask your child what he/she learned about flying foxes!
Finally, we listened to more Terrible Stories during Closing Circle. We will continue to do this tomorrow afternoon.
Parents, please consult the the April 13 Learning Plan to help your child prepare for his/her day of learning on Tuesday. Thank you!
Following a recess break, students were given sentences with missing capital letters and endmarks to rewrite correctly. As I told the first graders in class, starting sentences with capital letters and ending them with the proper punctuation marks should be as natural as breathing now. They know to do this; it is the follow through in actually doing it that could use improvement in many cases. We only corrected three sentences. Click here to see all the sentences for extra practice.
During social studies, the students watched a video about Australia that I made for my first graders last year during remote learning. The boys and girls received an introduction to animals from Australia with a focus on the flying fox. They also began making their own mega bats to hang around their homes. Lastly, we briefly checked out a live web cam that features flying foxes. One bat was gracious enough to stretch out its wings for us. Ask your child what he/she learned about flying foxes!
Finally, we listened to more Terrible Stories during Closing Circle. We will continue to do this tomorrow afternoon.
Parents, please consult the the April 13 Learning Plan to help your child prepare for his/her day of learning on Tuesday. Thank you!