Scoop it Up!

Today in SWR we practiced writing more words in the ___ed and ___et families and our red word, your.  Ryan B. chose "Teach It" to celebrate his awesome behavior so I had help dotting all of those words- it was awesome! He also dictated the words and came up with sentences for them.  Our favorite was when he said, "Let.  Rapunzel let down her hair." 

In math we revisted function machines (In/Out). We had to figure out what the rule was and fill in missing numbers on the chart.  We are quite good when we have the number going in.  When we're given the number coming out it's a lot more tricky!  We also rotated through math exploration stations.  Our next unit in math is all about Geometry so many of our stations were dealing with shapes and their relationships.

 

In reading today we practiced reading fluently by "scooping" words together into phrases.  As we're reading, we want to start to see and read whole sentences together and not just one word at a time.  This was the focus of our reading groups as well.  When your first grader is reading at home encourage them to scoop words into phrases and read them all together! 

This afternoon we learned more about China's land mass and forms by comparing maps of China.  We also got our China folders ready for next week.

 

Tomorrow is our very first Poetry Cafe with visitors!  If you're able, we would love to have you join us at 2:00pm for Poetry Cafe.  This is very informal, and simply an opportunity for the first graders to read in front of a difference audience.  Please bring a poem with you to read for Poetry Cafe!