Weather-filled Wednesday

We started our day by having Tucker lead morning meeting.  He selected "Teach it!" from our Awesome Behavior Catalog to celebrate his behavior.  The other first graders did a fabulous job following Tucker's instructions and answering his questions.  He even moved a few students up on our Super Student chart! 

During SWR we had a sentence that was worth 28 dots again!  Whew!  We were so glad that sentence was the last one we had to write before SWR was over.  The sentence was, "Come see my six pigs."  It was tricky because sometimes an "x" can sound like an "s".  The first graders thought that seeing six pigs would be very, very funny. 

In math, we finished graphing our heights.  We learned that the majority (that means most!) of first graders in our room are 48 inches tall.  Then, we learned about telling time to the quarter-hour.  This can be confusing because sometimes it's quarter after and sometimes it's quarter of.  If your child is struggling with the time at home- remind them that when the minute hand points straight up- it's o'clock; when it points straight down- it's half-past; when it's straight across it's quarter of/to.  Then, encourage them to look at the hour sign and see what number it is just beyond or almost to!  The more practice- the better!  Also, notice how many "quarters" you come across in a day- quarter hours, football quarters, quarters in a dollar, etc.  

During reading we read a story that Ava, our student of the week, brought in to share with us.  We rotated through our literacy centers and continued to work on our stories and practice reading with lots of expression.  We have a few first graders who are in the midst of publishing stories about an Elf on the Shelf, Sea World, and a Christmas Tree.

I had two lovely gentlemen join me for lunch to celebrate their awesome behavior.  Colin, Ryan F. and I had a great visit for lunch. 

Our science word of the day was precipitation .  Precipitation occurs when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore.  The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail or snow.