We have completed our study of ancient civilizations and will begin studying astronomy in January. The children are gaining more fluency in reading our decodable stories and are also becoming more independent in answering comprehension questions in complete sentences.
In math, we have been learning a variety of more challenging strategies to support addition by making a ten and decomposing numbers to add them in a different capacity. For example, 8+6 can be added as 10+4=14 when you transfer 2 from the six to make a ten with the 8 and then add the remaining 4.
These strategies take a lot of practice before they can become familiar and are used more often than a simple counting-on strategy.
On the last day before our holiday break the children are enjoying wearing pajamas in school, sharing their stuffed animals with their friends and meeting our third grade buddies.
Thank you to all first grade families for contributing to purchasing all of the remaining items from our classroom wish list. This was so generous of you all. The items will all be very useful in creating meaningful and interesting learning experiences for the children.
Wishing everyone a wonderful vacation.
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| Winter drawings as we wait and hope to have snow sometime soon |
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| Word chaining with large letter cards as we learn to change one sound in a word to create new words Boot became Bout |
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| Bout became Shout |
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| This is Max's drawing of an Incan runner as a messenger |
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| The kids are very excited about the arrival of a classroom globe |
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| We are excited to wear PJ's in school and have our stuffed animals in school |
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| We learned about how the Aztec farmed on floating gardens |
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| Clare shared a snowflake craft with the class |
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| Bronwyn is learning to make a ten and add from there |
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