Friday, November 22, 2013
Dear Families,
This week my literacy group focused on guide words during grammar. We learned what they are, where they are found and how they work. Students were given entry words and three dictionary pages. They had to alphabetize to the fourth and fifth letter to figure out which page the entry words would be found on. Everyone did a great job!
Writer's Workshop is one of our favorite subjects. We are slowly creating a classroom library of great new stories written by students. They will soon be hanging on a bulletin board if you'd like to stop by and read them.
We completed our bridge unit this week. The students had a great time trying to figure out how to get the popsicle sticks to stand. When I asked them for one thing that was easy, they all said, "NOTHING!"
Today was a fun day with lots of activities. We began working on "Jewish" turkeys which will come home next week. And, for Hanukkah, there was a school-wide scavenger hunt and art project.
Reminders:
School is out at 12:15 on Wed., Nov. 27th
Shabbat Shalom,
Hamorah Caren
Friday, November 22, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
This week my literacy class began to learn about dictionary skills. We practiced alphabetizing to the third letter and everyone did a great job! Skills to be covered in the next few weeks include the following: guide words, entry words, pronunciation, syllabication, definition and part of speech. Soon dictionary work will be included in our weekly spelling and our book reports.
My math group continues to work on money skills. Students are becoming proficient at adding coins and making small amounts of change. Some children began in a fun money packet called Menu Math to give a sort of "real life" experience to working with money.
In our bridges unit this week we worked on building our own bridges with popsicle sticks. It was a difficult task to first realize that a bridge must be three dimensional so that it can stand up. Then, it was even more challenging to get the bridges to stand! We will continue to work on this next week.
And, from our Guest Blogger Gabrielle:
"I liked building bridges because it was fun to learn how to make them. I still have to figure out how to get it to stand up."
Shabbat Shalom,
Hamorah Caren
This week my literacy class began to learn about dictionary skills. We practiced alphabetizing to the third letter and everyone did a great job! Skills to be covered in the next few weeks include the following: guide words, entry words, pronunciation, syllabication, definition and part of speech. Soon dictionary work will be included in our weekly spelling and our book reports.
My math group continues to work on money skills. Students are becoming proficient at adding coins and making small amounts of change. Some children began in a fun money packet called Menu Math to give a sort of "real life" experience to working with money.
In our bridges unit this week we worked on building our own bridges with popsicle sticks. It was a difficult task to first realize that a bridge must be three dimensional so that it can stand up. Then, it was even more challenging to get the bridges to stand! We will continue to work on this next week.
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Bridge under construction.  |
And, from our Guest Blogger Gabrielle:
"I liked building bridges because it was fun to learn how to make them. I still have to figure out how to get it to stand up."
Shabbat Shalom,
Hamorah Caren
Friday, November 8, 2013
Fishy Fun in First Grade
Of course the highlight of this past week was our field trip to the New England Aquarium! We were able to continue our study of sea animals and plants by interacting and making observations in person.
Although the Aquarium was the most notable thing we did this week, there was plenty of other learning going on. We were lucky to have HaMoreh Josh (with Baby Echo) help review some of our letter sound combinations.
We played a great new math game called 5 in a row.
It's simple to play at home, here are the directions and game boards. Click on the picture to download the files.
Shabbat Shalom,
HaMorah Jaime
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| Learning about Tide Pool animals |
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| Ashley became a sea urchin! |
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| Touching some of the Tide Pool animals |
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| An overall great trip! |
Although the Aquarium was the most notable thing we did this week, there was plenty of other learning going on. We were lucky to have HaMoreh Josh (with Baby Echo) help review some of our letter sound combinations.
We played a great new math game called 5 in a row.
It's simple to play at home, here are the directions and game boards. Click on the picture to download the files.
For final thoughts on this week please read Ben's Week In Review: Aquarium Edition
Shabbat Shalom,
HaMorah Jaime
Friday, November 8, 2013
Dear Families,
First, from our Guest Blogger Clara:
"Today we went on a very interesting field trip. We learned a lot about sea animals. We touched some sting rays. I tried to touch a shark but it just wouldn't come to me. We took a class about sea animals and I got to touch a hermit crab, a snail, a mussel, a sea urchin, clams and scallops. My favorite part was seeing all the animals."
This week in my math class we continued to work on recognizing coins and adding up small amounts of coins. Next, we will focus on making change.
In my grammar group we continued with our parts of speech practice. Also, I sent home the first book report of the year. Book choices are due by next Friday, November 15th and the final project is due Tuesday, December 17th.
In our Building Bridges unit we learned about three types of bridges; suspension, beam and arch. We also learned about piers, spans and abutments. On our way to the aquarium we noticed a lot of bridges and the students were able to tell me the types!
Reminder: there is no school this Monday due to parent/teacher conference day.
Shabbat Shalom,
Hamorah Caren
Dear Families,
First, from our Guest Blogger Clara:
"Today we went on a very interesting field trip. We learned a lot about sea animals. We touched some sting rays. I tried to touch a shark but it just wouldn't come to me. We took a class about sea animals and I got to touch a hermit crab, a snail, a mussel, a sea urchin, clams and scallops. My favorite part was seeing all the animals."
This week in my math class we continued to work on recognizing coins and adding up small amounts of coins. Next, we will focus on making change.
In my grammar group we continued with our parts of speech practice. Also, I sent home the first book report of the year. Book choices are due by next Friday, November 15th and the final project is due Tuesday, December 17th.
In our Building Bridges unit we learned about three types of bridges; suspension, beam and arch. We also learned about piers, spans and abutments. On our way to the aquarium we noticed a lot of bridges and the students were able to tell me the types!
Reminder: there is no school this Monday due to parent/teacher conference day.
Shabbat Shalom,
Hamorah Caren
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| Examining coins. |
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| Touching a sea urchin. |
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| So excited to be on a field trip to the aquarium! |
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| Touching hermit crabs. |
Monday, November 4, 2013
First grade updates
A few important updates for this week ...
Those in HaMorah Jaime's literacy class will now be filling out nightly reading logs! Please help your children to spend at least 10 minutes every night reading and then recording what they have completed. It will be sent home on Monday, and is due every Friday. Here is a link to the form, and a picture of what it looks like. It is in your child's homework folder!
This Thursday is our field trip to the New England Aquarium! If you have not sent in a permission slip you must do so ASAP (click here for the form). Send your child with a brown bag lunch (no lunch boxes or reusable tupperware please!)
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