December

Wow! We came to school and looked at our calendar and we couldn't believe it was December already!  We only have three weeks until our holiday break and we are so excited about all of the things we will be learning!

Our WOW word this week is immense.  We had fun using immense in sentences this morning.  In SWR we are learning about the plural "s".  Adding "s" to the end of a word shows that there is more than one.  We are finding SO many examples of this as we read as well.  We love seeing connections in so many areas.  

In our reading groups we are using many strategies to figure out words.  We are moving beyond sounding words out and trying to figure out what the word might be by looking at the first letter and taking our best guess.  This is challenging for the first graders, but as our words get longer, it's a lot harder to sound them out!  

In math we are measuring items using a real "foot" and comparing lengths of objects.  We had fun measuring items in our classroom today.

We began a study of maps in social studies today.  I'm sure your children will be anxious to share with you what they learned today!