This week in First grade...

April 29^th- May 3^rd    

Reminders:

Wednesday, May 1^st  Early Release

Friday, May 3^rd Field Day  8am-10am

Friday, May 17^th  Career Day

*Cafeteria note:  As of April 29^th students will not be allowed to charge their lunch.  Lunch accounts must have a balance that will pay for their lunch purchase each day.  Cheese sandwiches will be served to students who do not have enough money in their account.

Reading Workshop:

In Reading Workshop we will begin a unit on Fiction.  We will review the elements of fiction and explore a variety of literature.  We will discuss main idea, plot, problem/solution and the sequence of a story.  Students will respond in their Reader’s Response notebook as we read books as a class, independently and with partners.

Writer’s Workshop:

In Writer’s Workshop we will finish our poetry unit and discuss the process of editing and revising.  As a class we will learn strategies of revision such as adding dialogue, revising by adding to the middle of our stories and revising by taking things away from our stories.  We will continue to write a variety of stories and use the writing process. 

 Math:

In math we will continue our unit on Doubles Subtraction.  We will “think addition” as we learn strategies for quick recall of basic facts.  We will use visual strategies such as making cube trains and using dominos to show facts and solve them.  We will play math games to reinforce our new skills and practice all of the fact skills we’ve learned this year.  Here’s a quick list of the skills we’ve learned…

Addition: Count on 0 (4+0=4), Count on 1 (4+1=5), Count on 2 (4+2=6), Count on 3 (4+3=7)

Subtraction “think addition”:  Count on 0 (4-0=0), Count on 1 (4-1=3), Count on 2 (4-2=2), Count on 3 (4-3=1)

Doubles Addition: 1+1=2, 2+2=4, 3+3=6…12+12=24

Doubles plus one: 1+2=3, 2+3=5, 3+4=7…12+13=25

Doubles plus 2: 1+3=4, 2+4=6, 3+5=8…12+14=26

Doubles Subtraction “think addition”: 2-1=1, 4-2=2, 6-3=3…24-12=12

Science:

On Friday we began our study of Plants by learning about a seed.  We examined a seed and talked about it’s parts.  We drew a diagram in our Science Notebooks and labeled it with vocabulary we are learning.  We will plant a lima bean and watch it grow.  We will examine it’s parts as our little plant grows and learn about the functions of the plant’s parts.