Thursday, February 25, 2016

February 22-26th

Here are a few things we learned this week:

In math we:
-Introduced graphing
-The boys and girls surveyed the class to see what some of their favorites were and then graphed them

In reading we:
-Continued with our non-fiction reading workshop unit.  This week we focused on understanding the author’s purpose.

In writing we:
-Began to wrap up our How To unit and publish a piece

In Fundations we:
-Reviewed vowel teams (two vowels together that make one sound: ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy, oo, ue, ou, aw, au)
-We had our check-in on Friday

In science, we began our weather unit.  The boys and girls learned about fronts and how they move differently depending on if they are a cold or hot front.  It was perfect timing since we got to discuss the big storm from Wednesday night.

On Wednesday, I was out for the afternoon to attend a meeting.  I got a great review from the substitute about what a great job the class did.  Thursday the class also got a ‘fantastic job’ from Mrs. Lovely!

On Wednesday next week, our class will be attending the book fair.  If you would like to come please meet our class in the Vogel Auditorium from 10-10:30.

I received a flyer from An Unlikely Story Bookstore in Plainville that Saturday, Feb. 27th there is a SCBWI’s Leap into Reading event from 12:30-3:30 in case anyone is interested.

Have a great weekend!


Miss Walsh

Students graphing their favorites



Saturday, February 13, 2016

February 9th-12th

February 12, 2016

Here are a few things we learned this week:

In math we:
-Reviewed numbers 100-120
-Played number bingo
-Searched the room for math facts

In reading we:
-Continued with our non-fiction reading workshop unit.  This week we focused on presidents and animals.

In writing we:
-Began writing our How To pieces
-We wrote about what we can do on the 100th day of school that we could not on the first
-Read our How To pieces to the class

In Fundations we:
-Introduced vowel teams (two vowels together that make one sound: ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy, oo, ue, ou, aw, au)
-We also introduced these sight words: each, between, see, say, says
-Next week will be a review week

We also learned about idioms and George Washington in our Scholastic News.

This week we also met our new classmate, Oscar!  The boys and girls did a great job welcoming him into our classroom and helping him adjust to our schedule.

On Thursday, we celebrated the 100th day of school! We visited all of the first grade classes to see all of the great projects for the day. 

On Friday, we celebrated Valentine’s Day by exchanging Valentine’s, creating BEE mine Bumblebees and watching Charlie Brown’s Valentine.

Read Across Wrentham ended today.  If you have last minute logs they will be accepted on Monday.

Have a great vacation week!


Miss Walsh