First Grade Weekly
Friday, October 14
Notes from Ms. Dreger
We had another wonderful and busy week in first grade! We made bats to decorate our classroom door. Be sure to stop by to check it out! We also went down to the Exploratory Lab this week. Students worked in small groups to practice using Blockly (on the iPad) to code Dash (a robot). They had four challenges to complete.
Homework: Students will have a reading log, some math, and spelling/phonics practice.
Friday Folders: Students have their Friday folders (blue folders) in their backpacks. Please keep the papers inside and return the folders on Monday.
Class Dojo and Seesaw: If you have not already done so, please get connected with both. If you need any help please let me know.
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Reading
We learned about making predictions while we read. We also learned about cross checking when we read to make sure that what we are reading makes sense. If we are unsure about something we read, we stop and ask ourselves three questions: Does it look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense? If the answer is "no," we need to use picture clues and letter sounds to help us understand what we are reading.
- Students read to self while I met with students to listen to them read and discuss what they are reading.
- Students read to a partner.
- Students wrote predictions about how Freddie and his friends would get the skunk out of their box fort in their writing journals. Students then shared their predictions with the class.
- Students had an opportunity to pick new books on Friday.
Writing
Spelling/Phonics
Students worked in small groups to complete a word sort made up of one syllable words with short i. After sorting the words students read them and wrote them down. If time permitted they also marked the consonants and vowels and wrote the words in sentences.
Students built words with short i, wrote them on Seesaw, and recorded themselves reading the words. Students also played short vowel games on the Smartboard.
Students played a phonics game with Mrs. Hill and completed a word sort with me.
Math
- Doubles Dash: A board game with doubles facts on each space.
- Math practice pages
- My Backpack: Math fact practice on the iPad.
Science
We continued learning about the human body. We learned about the nervous system, vaccines, and. Students finished their Body Systems Books.
Ask your student about what we learned.
- What vaccine did Edward Jenner create? (Smallpox)
- What vaccine did Louis Pasteur create? (Rabies)
- What did Pasteur do to kill the germs in milk and juice? (Heat)
Science vocabulary: brain, nerves, vaccines, diseases, germs, pasteurization.
Social Studies
Needs are things we need to survive (food, water, shelter) and wants are things we want but do not need (toys, books, pets).
Goods and Services
Goods are things we can touch and hold (toys, food) and services are things someone does for us (teach, haircut, doctor).
Where do we get food?
We also discussed where we get our food from. We created a web to help organize our thoughts.
Nut Free!
A Sense of Nature
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Thursday, Oct 27, 2016, 10:30 AM
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Ms. Katelynd Dreger
Email: kdreger@mykcds.org
Website: www.kalamazoocountryday.org
Phone: (269) 329-0116