Snow, Snow and More Snow!

 Learning highlights from the week:

 Math-  First graders have been working on missing addend problems as well as beginning a unit on place value.  Place value is a foundational skill that students rely heavily on in second grade and up.  A key understanding for first graders is that 10 ones is the same as 1 ten.

 Second graders:  Second graders finished up their unit on problem solving and we are starting a quick measurement unit.  We will be using both standard and non standard units to measure.  

 Reading- Students continue to work on phonics skills such as beginning and ending blends, R controlled vowels and vowel teams.  We are also working on character traits and how characters change throughout a story. 

Writing-  We have finished the scripts for our animal videos and have started recording them!  They are AMAZING. 

Mindfulness-  Thanks to Mrs. Erickson, we watched a wonderful puppet show put on by the Vermont Puppets in Education.  The theme of the show was what to do if you get anxious, and kindness.