Today we learned a new math game called High Roller. High Roller helps us practice counting on from the higher number. Starting with the higher/larger number is important because it speeds up our thinking time! Also, when you count less numbers, you're less likely to make a mistake!
We are learning all about characters, setting, problem, and solution in literacy. We've read two funny books this week- Stop Snoring! and My Messy Room. We filled out graphic organizers to help us track the four parts of the story. We've also been noticing punctuation marks and using them in our own writing! The first graders have an impressive knowledge of punctuation marks and wanted to learn about commas and apostrophes this week in addition to periods, question marks and exclamation points- they are so impressive!
We are focusing on the vowel "u" this week and are practicing reading it, writing it, and using it all the time. "U" can be short, long and, when combined with other vowels, make TOTALLY different sounds! We are learning that letters can make many sounds. Our WOW word this week is evacuate. Many of us had family members that had to evacuate from Hurricane Matthew. We have all practiced evacuating a building during a fire drill.
If you aren't following us yet on Twitter, please do! Our Twitter Feed is: https://twitter.com/PPSHershman
Twitter is the easiest way for us to share photos and videos. If you don't want a Twitter account, you can still read our tweets.
The first graders love to write and have enjoyed reading their writing like authors to writing partners this week.
No comments:
Post a Comment