A few word work pictures
Phonics - Our new unit is about digraphs. Digraphs are letters that make a new sound when you put them together. The digraphs that we are learning are ch, sh, th, wh, and ck. We are also learning tricks words (sight words) during phonics. Our new trick words are as, has, to, and into. We continue to do dictation. We are working on writing our letters the correct way, only using capitals at the beginning of sentences, and putting the letters on the correct lines.
Math - We continue to talk about partners and switch partners in equations. We learned how to do math mountains. The math mountain has the total on the top and the two partners on the bottom. We have been writing out equations. We continue to work on our strategies - counting on, doubles, and using the number line. We used a picture of an apple on the Smart Board to learn about the fraction 1/2. We are using seeds to make addition equations. Friday we used our wraps-ups for the first time. Wrap-ups can be tricky! The students did a great job!
Science - We continue to add to our weather graph every day. We are keeping track of cloud cover, precipitation, and wind. We had a lesson about wind. We are now tracking our wind on a graph for a week. (no wind, some wind, strong wind) This week we are going to learn about thermometers and temperature.
Religion - We have been reading out of our Religion book. Our last chapter continued talking about creation. We drew pictures in our book of things God made. Each page we read reminded us that God is good! On Friday we had our first Promise Paper. The Promise Paper is a magazine for children that focuses on the Sunday Gospel. Our first Promise Paper talked about the parts of Mass. The students also made their own prayer book.
Mass - First grade will be leading three Masses this year. The dates are Thursday, October 24, Friday, December 20, and Friday, February 21.
Reading Buddies - On Fridays we meet with our fourth grade reading buddies. Here are a few pictures.
Morning Tubs - In the morning when we first enter the room, we hand in our BEE Binder, do our lunch count, and put our clothes pin on our after school plans. After those tasks are completed, the students may choose to work in morning tubs until announcements. This last week a lot of friends asked to have their picture taken. Here they are -
Reminders -
Tuesday, September 24th - MAP Test
Wednesday, September 25th - Picture Day
Friday, September 27th - Early Dismissal
Have a great week! :)
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