Day in the Life in April

Day in the Life of a First Grader in April

 Class Meeting

Students write the date, create our schedule for the day, pick lunch choices, connect and discuss events in our lives. Ms. Kavanaugh and Mr. U, our instructional interns, often join and lead our class meetings.

 Discovery Time with Ms. Winkler

In the words of one our students, "Today we learned if we are introverts, extroverts, or ambiverts. Know what you need. Know more about yourself."- Ruby
Ms. Winkler lead us in a discovery of how we learn best. The students will use this information to monitor their own learning needs. 

 Library

Mr. Bober has a background in using primary resources as a tool in learning. Today he guided our learning regarding our current social studies unit titled Long Ago and Today by using pictures of streetcars. Instead of front loading the information about transportation from long ago, we encouraged our first graders to notice details in the pictures of streetcars from Saint Louis. The students asked questions and wondered about this mode of transportation.

One of our oasis tutors acted as another primary source giving us direct information from his memory during this time period.

 Private Reading

Rainbow loved listening to a nonfiction book about how to take care of a dog.

A collector of interesting words. Today she found the word boisterous.

 Recess

Word Work

We've been learning about different vowel patterns including words that contain vowel, consonant, e (cake, hike, while, hope) and words with vowel teams (Sue, team, paint)

Lunch

Quick selfie in the lunch room!

Writing

Today students finished their book reviews, self-selected writing tasks, and editing and revising to prepare for our upcoming writing celebration.

Math

We have the honor of welcoming Mrs. Caracciolo (Mrs. C) to our classroom during math. She is a Clayton High School math teacher and our district math coordinator. We've been working on strategies for adding two digit numbers. Check out the blog tomorrow for a post focusing on the different strategies students are using to build understanding and flexibility regarding addition.

It was a great day of exploring, problem solving, learning, playing, and laughing. What a gift it is to spend our days together!