UVM Basketball Adventure and More!

Learning highlights from the week:

 Math- The first graders are still continuing their focus on place value and its use in adding and subtracting within 20.   I am linking some fun games you can play at home to help.  All you need is a deck of cards (Face cards and 10’s removed) Partners to 10 are ( 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, etc).  

Second graders are finishing up a unit assessment and beginning work on place value over 100.  This includes adding and subtracting 10’s from any hundreds number.

 Reading-  The work on nonfiction continues.  We are reading a variety of nonfiction titles and learning about our world, animals, dinosaurs, etc.  Along with this study of nonfiction, we continue our work on phonics and comprehension. 

Writing-  Students are working on their animal research books. This week we started the chapter on the body of their animal.  Everyone is so proud of their work. I can’t wait to share it all with you. We will be having families in to share our work before February vacation. I will have more details on this soon.    

Mindfulness-  We are continuing our work on self-regulation. Students are practicing strategies to maintain focus and reduce impulsive behaviors. We are working on keeping things in our “think bubble” instead of blurting them out.

 

Writing Share and Nordic Skiing Adventures

 

 

Learning highlights from the week:

Math- The Focus for first graders continues to be number sense and computation. We are working on solving missing addend problems.

Second graders have been practicing using number lines to solve addition and subtraction problems while continuing to build their fluency with place value. They are working to select the most efficient strategy to solve the problem. 

Reading- Each group received a new phonics skill this week. Some groups are working on the long O patterns, oa, oe, ow, o_e.  Other groups added the ck digraph to the others ch, sh, wh, th, they have been working on. In addition, students are working in nonfiction book clubs. 

Writing- Students selected their animal that they will research and write a book on. Monday, students will begin their research and learn how to jot down facts in their own words.

Cross Country Skiing, Portraits and How To Books!

 Learning highlights from the week:

Math- The Focus for first graders continues to be numeracy.  They are reading and writing numbers up to 120!   Second graders have been practicing using number lines to solve addition and subtraction problems while continuing to build their fluency with place value.  

Reading- This week's focus in reading has been nonfiction.  How are nonfiction books written differently from fiction?  What is a table of contents? Where do we find nonfiction in our classroom library?

Writing-  In writing we are wrapping up our “How To” books. Students started researching animals on Pebble Go, an emergent reader database. They will be selecting an animal to research more in depth this week.

 

Happy New Year!

Learning highlights from the week:

Math- First and Second grade students are starting new numeracy units working with larger numbers. 

Reading- We started a new unit on nonfiction texts! We are building nonfiction text feature books. Students are also learning new phonics features. Some students are learning more long vowel teams, others are working on digraphs. 

Writing- Students are learning how to write procedural books. Each student selected a topic they are an expert in. They are using their knowledge to write a “how to” book. 

Science- Students are learning about penguins and the unique characteristics these animals have and how they help them survive.