Week 29
Reminders
May 3 - Wellness Day
- Early Dismissal
May 17 -Scholastic Book Order due
May 22 - Victoria Day (No School)
May 24 -Class Photos
- Please make sure your child is reading their home reading book, record and send back to school each Monday. Any additional books that your child reads may be recorded in their R.E.D. folder reading log.
- 1C has library time on Thursdays. Please bring your library books in by Thursday so that your child can take out a new library book.
May 3 - Wellness Day
- Early Dismissal
May 17 -Scholastic Book Order due
May 22 - Victoria Day (No School)
May 24 -Class Photos
- Early Dismissal
May 17 -Scholastic Book Order due
May 22 - Victoria Day (No School)
May 24 -Class Photos
- Please make sure your child is reading their home reading book, record and send back to school each Monday. Any additional books that your child reads may be recorded in their R.E.D. folder reading log.
- 1C has library time on Thursdays. Please bring your library books in by Thursday so that your child can take out a new library book.
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Language Arts
I read the book, The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities revolved around this book. The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment. In the Lorax, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more-a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children to read.1C continues to work on Phoneme Addition (i.e. "Lane. Add /p/ to the beginning of lane. What's the word?"), Phoneme Substitution (i.e. "Rope. Change /r/ to /s/. What's the new word?" and Phoneme Deletion (i.e. "Say trouble. Say trouble without the /t/.") You can try any these activities at home with your child.
Throughout the week, the students explored the "wh" "qu" "tw" and "k" blends. They sorted words such as wheel, whale, whisker, whip, tweezers, twist, twenty, twelve, quarter, question, queen, quiet, quack, kite, kitten, king. The students did a guided drawing of a king and a queen.
During Writer's Workshop, the students continued with the unit, Fairy Tale and Realistic Fiction Writing. This week, the students stretching out their character's actions. They worked with partners to add details to make their writing more fun for their friends to read. I can't wait to read the finished products!
I read the book, The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities revolved around this book. The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment. In the Lorax, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more-a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children to read.1C continues to work on Phoneme Addition (i.e. "Lane. Add /p/ to the beginning of lane. What's the word?"), Phoneme Substitution (i.e. "Rope. Change /r/ to /s/. What's the new word?" and Phoneme Deletion (i.e. "Say trouble. Say trouble without the /t/.") You can try any these activities at home with your child.
During Writer's Workshop, the students continued with the unit, Fairy Tale and Realistic Fiction Writing. This week, the students stretching out their character's actions. They worked with partners to add details to make their writing more fun for their friends to read. I can't wait to read the finished products!
Math
The students learned about the relationship between addition and subtraction. They learned that addition is a "part+part=whole" and subtraction is "whole-part=part". Next week, we begin to explore with various subtraction strategies.
Science
This week, the students continued to build things based on problems presented in common fairy tales. The students were paired up and had the task of building a sturdy chair for a stuffy/toy. They later illustrated their designs in their workbooks. Some of the students were quite creative in their design process.
The focus this week was Earth Day. The students were introduced to terms like: reduce, re-use, recycle. As a class, we discussed ways we can keep the Earth clean. The students set up their own goals of how they will help the Earth.
Our Finished Product...
Social Studies
Have an amazing weekend!
