Mrs. McCallum's class
1st grade
Our Learning- October 14, 2016
This week, we:
Reading:
*read several Little House on the Prairie stories
*discussed the beginning, middle, and end of each story
*started reading Charlotte’s Web together
Work work:
*learned about the -in word family
*worked with our spelling words for the week
*continued to practice in our handwriting book
Writing:
*started a new unit about "how to" writing
*used pictures to sequence events to make a banana split
Math:
*started our unit on measurement by comparing ourselves to our classmates
*looked for items that were shorter, longer, or the same size as our hand
*read the book Measuring Penny and created our own dogs
*measured our dogs’ tails, ears, and bodies with colored tiles
Science:
*started our new unit on plants
Social Studies
*continued to learn new things about Benjamin Franklin
*used our devices to access Thinglink to write facts about Ben Franklin
News
Paper pumpkins can be purchased for our classroom door for $.50 a piece. Proceeds go to the United Way. The top three classes win great prizes!
Specials for next week
Monday-Music
Tuesday- Science
Wednesday- Science
Thursday- Science
Friday- Math
Important Information
Reminders
BYOD devices are welcome every day at school. We are using them for independent reading time. Please make sure your student knows how to access downloaded books or log on to the eclass portal. We cannot download any books at school.
Homework
October birthdays
Amira 10/27