I hope everyone had a wonderful week! I learned a lot of useful information at my conference. Felicia Motherway told me everything went well the two days I was out.
Next week, we'll be participating in the Kindness Challenge. The First Grade Team decided to modify the challenge to make it more kid-friendly. A list of the new challenges went home with the students today. I will be keeping track of the students’ acts of kindness. When I find students are completing a task, a kindness slip will go into a glass jar. At the end of the week, we are hoping to have the entire glass jar filled.
Here is a re-cap of our week:
Math: On Monday, students practiced their calendar skills by creating their own January calendar. On Tuesday and Wednesday, students measured distances around the room using different units. We will continue to work with measurement next week.
Writing: On Monday, students started to create their own Piggie and Elephant plays. Next week, we will make piggie and elephant puppets so we can act out our plays.
Reading: Students worked in their weekly centers: word work, read to self, handwriting, guided reading, and worked on a piggie and elephant activity.
Science: On Thursday, students learned about bending light. Felicia led an experiment where a pencil was put into a jar of water. Students had to predict what would happen to the pencil. On Friday, we started our birch tree shadow project. They are already coming out beautifully!
Social Studies: I continued to read Chinese folktales to the students. In the next couple of weeks, we will be making Ming vases, Chinese lanterns, and dragons.
Thank you to all the parents who brought in supplies for the classroom. Have a lovely weekend!
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