Rainy Monday

PWhew!  We had a busy day in first grade today!  Our focus in spelling this week are the red words look and am.  We are also listening and looking for short "a" words when we read.  As you read at home, help your first grader notice these words too.


In math we used the number line to play Monster Squeeze and Guess My Number.  We asked each other clues about our secret number and tried to narrow the choices to just one number.  We loved this game and it is also a game we can play at home and in the car.

During reading we learned that readers take a sneak peek at their book before they begin.  We took a sneak peek at our class read aloud and then we were able to practice this strategy with our own books from our book bins.  We really enjoyed thinking about what our book might be about from what we saw in our sneak peeks.  

Our WOW (Wonderful, Outstanding, Word!) word this week is appetizing.  We used this word in sentences and it sounded like many of us had an appetizing breakfast before we came to school. 


We are learning about our community and community helpers in social studies.  As you are out and about in our community, help your first grader notice all of the wonderful places and people we have in Colchester.