Another Class Celebration!

Important Dates:
Wednesday, October 11th- Walk to School Day
Wednesday, October 18th- Early Release
Thursday and Friday, October 19th and 20th- No School

We have had a fantastic couple of weeks in first grade.  We filled our heart bucket again!  Our celebration was extra recess on the "BIG" playground and crazy hair.  The children children had a blast.  We are working hard to do what is expected and fill our hear bucket again.

Literacy:
We read The Big Orange Splot.  In this book, Mr. Plumbean lives on a street with houses that are the same.  One day a orange splot appeared on his roof.  His neighbors expect him to change his house back to look like the others.  Mr. Plumbean has different plans.

We loved this book!  The children created their own house.  They painted their own hopes and dreams
on their house.

We just finished the book, One, by Kathryn Otoshi.  This book is about bullying, acceptance, and sticking up for others.  The class acted out the book 8 times and created a picture showing "everyone belongs."  We loved this book!

We've been practicing good reading habits during Readers Workshop and taking time to Read to Myself, Read to Someone, and Meet with a Teacher. . We've been making new goals each day for how long we can make it--increasing our stamina each day. By the end of the week students could read silently/whisper read to themselves for 10 minutes!






Math:
We have been working on story problems.  The children have to determine if the story problem is and addition or subtraction.  The mathematicians then write a representation, equation, and an answer with a label.