Friday, October 21, 2016

What a fantastic week we had in first grade!

We have been working very hard in all of our subjects, but we have also been having a lot of fun too.

In language, we are going over our short vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u). We just started our long vowel sounds at the end of the week.

In writing, we are working on our very spooky stories! Each student received a writing prompt and filled in a graphic organizer. Students determined who would be the characters in their story and where it would take place. They also filled in a graphic organizer in which they had to come up with a problem in the story and the solution.

In reading, we finished up our unit on Peter Rabbit. We learned many lessons from that book! From now on, we will always listen to our parents :) Next week we will be reading The Hallo-wiener by Dav Pilkey. It is a very exciting Halloween book!

In spelling, we had our unit test on our first 20 sight words! Next Friday, we will have our second unit test on the next 20 sight words.

In math, we started a new chapter on comparing numbers, and counting by 5s, and 10s.

In science, we are writing songs about the life cycle of our tadpoles, Ginger and Star. We will be finishing and performing next week! I will be sure to take plenty of pictures!

In religion, we wrote letters to God thanking him for the special people in our lives.

Yesterday we had a great day at Cox Farm. Everyone had so much fun. Below are some pictures from our awesome day!