Hello First Grade Families!
Benchmarking season is upon us! I apologize for the lapse in posts! This time of year has kept us very busy! In between demonstrating all that we have learned this year, we are working hard to prepare some wonderful projects that will be on display during the Ed. Fair on June 6th. By the time the 6th rolls around, we will be absolute experts on our NH Animals! We can't wait to share with you! Ask Me About.... Literacy...As Mrs. Hunton has been benchmarking students and assessing High Frequency Word mastery, our literacy focus has been on our independent work with our texts. We know that our stamina as readers has grown incredibly this year, but there will also be a higher demand for independence and stamina in the second grade! We divide our independent time between reading to ourselves, listening to books using RAZ Kids or iPods, and reading with a buddy. We have even taken on the independent challenge of finding examples of vowel teams, especially, magic e, in our texts. Word Study...Magic e has been our biggest focus! We worked our way up to magic e by studying the variety of other long-vowel combinations. We know that magic e is one of our most common word study principles. We can find magic e everywhere and it has so much power. As we add it, it can change a word like tap into tape which completely changes the meaning of the word. Math...We have continued our study of geometry. Our work with partitioning shapes into equal pieces has not only lead us to discuss the fact that smaller shapes can make up larger shapes, but also served as an opportunity to incorporate the quarter as a money concept and fraction concept! This week we will focus on shape attributes. We know that shapes can be described by their names, number of sides, number of angles, and number of vertices. Writing...We are plugging away at our NH Animal Reports! We did a lot of work with a graphic organizer to condense all of the wonderful information we gathered. Because most nonfiction texts begin with a table of contents that lists headings, we have labeled each of our four sections with a specific heading. Our reports will consist of the headings, Introduction, Where it Lives, Predators/Special Skills, and Other Facts/Conclusion. We will also make sure to add other nonfiction text features to our reports! Upcoming Events!
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