Day in the Life of a First Grader in February

Reminder: I will place book orders this Friday. There are some great books this month!

Day in the Life of Your First Grader💜

Discovery Challenge: 

Build a structure using only three popsicle sticks and some Duck Tape that supports the most weight (in cubes). We discussed qualitative vs. quantitive data, the importance testing out your work and making revisions, and the how to be flexible creator. We will use the data collected for our math lesson on organizing and graphing data. It was pretty awesome to see our kiddos in action!

Working with a partner on their first creation

Made a plan first before executing their first trial

Our Winner! We wondered if this structure won because she utilized the most surface area. 

Reading: 

Book boxes out, favorite books in hand, and now we are ready to go on adventures!

Shared Reading

We're loving this book of poems

Building vocabulary skills and decoding words by looking for parts we know in this fun book inspired by our friends who love KARATE!!!

Writing

We used an "OREO" structure in writing to help us plan our opinions. We've been working on convincing others of the best animal on the planet. The students start by stating their Opinion, writing a Reason (usually 3-5 reasons), providing an Example, and then restating their Opinion....OREO.

Math- Graphing Practice
Addition Fluency


Movement Break! Building friendships and taking a wiggle break.