Friday, April 29, 2016

April 25th-April 29th


Here are a few things we learned this week:

In math we:
-Reviewed ways to make 10
-Introduced finding the ten when adding three numbers
-Introduced how to borrow to make a ten (ex: 9 + 4 can be made into 10 + 3 = 13)

In reading we:
-Focused on the main idea of a story.

In writing we:
-Worked on finishing up our All About stories and begin picking which ones we want to publish.
-Next week we will be working on publishing our stories into our publishing books

In Fundations we:
-Introduced two syllable words
-Introduced the trick words: want, people, Mr., Mrs., month, own

Don’t forget that next Wednesday is our field trip to the Biome center!

Have a great weekend!


Miss Walsh

Friday, April 1, 2016

March 25th-April 1st

April 1, 2016

Here are a few things we learned this week:

In math we:
-Introduced time, the students are responsible for identifying coins and knowing how much they are worth
-We have done a bit of mixed coin counting but they do not need mastery of this concept in first grade

In reading we:
-This week we focused on making connections in other texts

In writing we:
-Continued writing All About pieces. Worked on thinking about our audience when writing

In Fundations we:
-Introduced long vowel sounds
-Our sight words for this week were another, other, nothing, none, friend

It was great to meet with all of you this week to discuss the awesome progress your children have been making!  Thank you for making the time to see me.

Have a great weekend!


Miss Walsh