Wondering Wednesday

Reminder: Tomorrow is an early release day. Don't forget to wear your community teams shirt.

Day in the life of a first grade in the morning

We stay busy, stretching our minds and growing our practices. Check out what we accomplish before noon everyday!

Wondering Wednesday!

 Discovery: 

Designing bridges using straws and tape. We've been discussing the purpose of revision/iteration.

My favorite picture! She had to revise her structure multiple times. Learning takes trial and error.

Reading:

Collecting interesting words. Some words we found today include: exclaimed, toll, perplexed

Some of the words we have collected

Reading with Mrs. McCallister

Book club: Growing conversation about qualities of the character

Growing our conversations. Tracking our thinking with cubes.

Word Work: 

The students took an assessment on the following words. After completing the assessment, I met with the students individually to discuss strategies they used when spelling these words.

Writing: 

Today's lesson focused on creating powerful sentences. 

If a sentence:

- goes on and on and on, add punctuation to break the sentence apart.

- ends too soon, add linking words such as AND, BUT, BECAUSE and SO.

- gets confusing, BE BRAVE and say it a new way

Author's chair: Sharing her writing on the book Cats Vs. Dogs

Author's Chair: Sharing lunch room expectations

Marvelous Monday

It's a busy week in the neighborhood! Check out the reminder below:

• March 19-22: Parent Teacher Conferences
• 3/21, World Down syndrome Day, Wear Different Socks Today
• 3/22, Early Release Day (Dismissal at 1:15),Wear Community Team T-Shirt Today
• 3/23, NO SCHOOL, Teacher Conference Comp Day
• March 26-30: Spring Break 

Questions for the dinner table
What changes did you make to your straw bridge? How did those changes affect your structure?
Today we learned about "word collectors." Did you collect any interesting words?
Spell the word "boat." What parts do you recognize?
When writing a review of a book, why don't you include the whole retell? Why do we not include in the ending?
Finish the pattern: ___ 24, 21, ____, 15, ____
Describe Judy Moody? How is she and Stink different? How are they the same?

Terrific Tuesday

Questions for the Dinner Table
During class meeting we shared with an "open heart." What did you share today?
We came with MANY methods for solving the following problems....share at least one method.
               Ava has 40 books. Andrew has 13 books. Rylee has 27 books. Who has the greatest?
How did Stink break Judy Moody's doll?
What was the "life lesson" that you learned from your book today?
During Grand Conversations, we discussed the fable The Lion and Mouse. What did we learn from this story?
We visited our 4th grade buddies today to give feedback on their rollercoasters. Share a celebration that you gave the 4th grader.
We started our book reviews today. What book did you choose to review? Share 3 reasons why this book is awesome!

Discovery Time

Reading: Finding the life lessons in our books

EyeSeeMe Book Fair

Exploring our buddies' roller coasters

Thankful Thursday

Questions for the dinner table
What clues do authors give readers to help readers know HOW to read a story?
How do you spell "stream?" Share about the different parts of the word.
How did the story Dog Breath end? Why did the family members change their thinking about the dog?
How did you edit your writing today? What changes did you make?
How many tens is in the number 45?


Reading Mini-lesson: We've been working on building our comprehension and fluency in reading. Today, that students worked on fluency by thinking about the clues that help readers know how to read. See the chart below:

Private Reading

We read privately every day for about 30 minutes. Students then transition into partner reading.

Peer Editing our Persuasive Writing

An example of a student's checklist. We created this checklist together as a class (based on first grade expectations).