Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Language Arts in Action!

October Calendar

10/23 - Field Trip
10/24 - Unity Day: Choose Kindness & Inclusion - Wear Orange!
10/25K-4 Feast of Mater at Friday Singing/Regular Uniform with Pink Accents
10/28 - Golden Shoe "Free Dress" for September's Win!
10/31 - Halloween Parade, 1:30 PM


LANGUAGE ARTS: Fluency
Girls have been practicing fluency skills with a reader's theatre, Old Mother Hubbard's Hungry Family. This past week we  focused on two punctuation marks, the period and a comma. Girls are paying attention to each character's lines in the play and applying the appropriate pause at a comma and full stop at the period. During whole class and small group lessons, comprehension skills reinforce:
• Identifying story elements: character(s), setting, problem, and solution
• Analyzing characters: actions, thoughts, feelings, 
• Retelling events

   
Reading Punctuation Marks: Comma & Period

Rehearsing Old Mother Hubbard


Performing for 2nd Grade 

Performing for Kindergarten

Day 2 Performances

Mrs. Holland's 2nd Grade Class

Ms. Wiley's 1st Grade Class

WORD STUDY WITH ECHO
Lessons are covering welded sounds with _all, _am, _an. First graders are listening to words in the pattern, tapping the sounds out, and then spelling words with large size letters and individual letter boards. During dictation practice, girls print words on individual whiteboards.

Tapping & Writing
Welded Sounds:  _am & _an

 

  Word Study Review
  
Detective Work: Finding and Marking
cvc, digraphs &
 welded sounds in words 

WRITING WORKSHOP
Girls are wrapping up their collection of small moment stories. Throughout the unit, they have learned many writing strategies to "Bring Stories to Life".  Anchor charts and writing prompts provide resources for mechanics and spelling. 


Touch and Tell: Sketching Ideas


Choosing a Title

Using Finger Spaces Between Words

Reading with Writing Partners

"Face Painting"
"At the Beach"

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Science: Who Moves In to First Grade?

October Calendar

10/14 - Fall Holiday - No Classes
10/14-18 Safety Week
10/19 Walk for Uganda 
10/23 - Field Trip
10/24 - Unity Day: Choose Kindness & Inclusion - Wear Orange!
10/25 - K-4 Feast of Mater at Friday Singing/Regular Uniform with Pink Accents
10/28 - Golden Shoe "Free Dress" for September's Win!
10/31 - Halloween Parade, 1:30 PM


Terrariums
First graders are applying the knowledge they learned about plants and what plants need to grow with the next investigation about terrariums. Girls answered the focus questions about what plants and animals need in order to grow and survive in a terrarium habitat. 

Plants & Animals

Making Predictions &
Answering Focus Questions


Observing Snails


Science Notebooks
Sketching Snails

Labeling Body Parts



Preparing Terrariums for Snails
Trimming the Grass

Adding Twigs & Leaves


Ready, Set, Go - Moving in Time!



Snails
For the next few weeks girls will be observing the behaviors and eating habits of the snails. They will collect data in their Science Notebooks. Our study concludes with a reflection question: What structures or behaviors do plants or animals have that help them live/survive in their habitat?

What did the snails yesterday (10/15)?



Removing Uneaten Food with Tweezers

Adding Fresh Food: Spinach,
Celery Leaves & Carrots



Misting Terrariums