In Social Science, we have been mapping skills and have been learning about cardinal/relative directions and how to use them. These skills will have us going on a few treasure hunts before the year is done.
In Writing, we are working on our procedure unit. We have learned about the imperative voice for writing instructions.
Schoology was updated with scores for Reading, Wrting, and Math.
In Writing today, we began the revision process for our persuasive writing.
In Social Science, we began our map study unit.
Thank you, parents, for all of the treats we were able to share with our classmates yesterday. It made for a very exciting afternoon.
Parents, in case you have not noticed yet, please look for Math homework going home just about every day. We took a homework break last night.
We are halfway through our 1st grade year. Our last lesson about ancient civilizations taught us that the Egyptians were similar to the Mesopotamians in that they also a polytheistic society who attributed control of unexplained natural phenomenon to gods. Their gods often took the form of humans with various animal heads like a crocodile or birds. Jumping a few thousands years towards the present, we began our study of ancient cultures of the Americas beginning with the Mayans. We learned that:
We have begun the second part of our Early World Civilizations unit in content knowledge. We are learning about and comparing Egyptian civilation to the Babylonians. We have learned that both civilations relied heavily and were built near great rivers. They each had writing systems for keeping historical records. In the course of our discussion we learned that there are 7 continents and 4 (or 5) oceans.
There is Math homework tonight. Two math reports will be scored and reported to Schoology soon.
Tomorrow (time and circumstance permitting) we will show what we know about opinion/arguement/persuasive writing as we take our writing pretest.
In Science we began a unit on earth science where we examine Earth's relationship to the sun. We learned the term 'perihelion'. And how important the tile of the Earth's axis is in determining our weather patterns.
We have begun our middle-of-the-year Reading battery assessment for mid-year reporting.
A holiday event for the students and their families of Caroldale sponsored by Community Loving and Healthy Start is taking place this Saturday at 22209 Vermont Ave from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free with registration at https://bit.ly/holiday-loving
Technical issues have caused a number of delays in disseminating information.
We have completed revision and editing lessons for our informational pieces. Growth is clearly evident in several students' work.
There is Math homework tonight. If you are a parent wondering your child's homework may be, at least one set was left in the classroom.
In our content knowledge unit, we learned that people in the Mesopotamian region were plytheistic. When their knowledge (scientific) could not help explain phenomenon, it was attributed to gods and goddesses.
The 1st grade team has decided that 1st graders will wear festive bright colors for the winter performance next week.
Our next goal in Learning ABC is level I. We are keeping an eye out for x10 and x15 badges as well. Also, the student with the most skills mastered between now and the end of January in IXL, will receive a prize.
In our content knowledge unit, we learned how records were kept from at least 5,500 years ago in Mesopotamia:
Today we began new units in Math, content knowledge, and word study.
In content knowledge, we learn about and compare our oldest known world civilizations. Our study begins with Mesopotamia, specifically Babylon. We've learned that
At the end of last week, we discussed the nervous system and how it ties together and controls all of the other systems.
In Writing over the past few days, we have added transitions, openings, and closings. Shortly we will select one of our topics in which to revise.
Math application:
Shanice has 9 pencils for school. She gives 4 of them to her friends. How many pencils does Shanice have left?
Scores for this work have been posted to Schoology.
In Writing we touch-and-talked our facts (at least 2) for our new topic.
We began our 2nd unit in our violence prevention curriculum.
Math application:
Taylor and her sister Reilly each got 4 books from the library. Then, Reilly went back in and checked out another book. How many books do Taylor and Reilly have together?
Scores for this assignment have been posted to Schoology.
There is Math homework for tonight.
Our speeches will be taped tomorrow provided no technical problems.
In Writing today, we chose our topic for our second informational text. Upon draft completion, we will select one paper and complete revisions on that text.
Math application (near doubles):
Chleo needs 11 juice boxes for the party. She grabbed 7 grape and 5 apple. Did Chleo grab the correct number of juice boxes?
We took our Math fluency quiz for parts of '10' today. Grades have been posted in Schoology.
Math application problem (near doubles):
Devonne needed 10 candles to set the table. She grabbed 5 tall candles and 4 short candles. Did Devonne grab the correct number of candles?
There is math homework tonight.
In Writing today, we added our opening. We learned that one way to write an informational opening is to describe the topic without naming it. Another word for opening is "hook," as we are hooking the reader into reading our text (Insects):
They're creepy. They're crawly. They're everywhere!
For our content curriculum, we discussed the circulatory system.
In Writing today, we drafted closings. A closing is a signal to your reader that they have come to the end of the text. It can give a hint as to why the piece was written:
In Writing today, we added transitions. A transition is used to connect ideas together. Examples of informational transitions include: also, another, other, more over, but.
There is Math homework tonight.
In Writing today, some writers took some time to add more facts to their work, while others continued drafting their first facts.
Math application problem:
Jonathan has 3 stickers. Marlin has 4 stickers. Anna Marie has 5 stickers. They each get 2 more stickers. How many do they each have now?
There is Math homework tonight.
In Writing today, we planned our first 2 facts about our topic. The planning process is making a quick sketch of what we plan to write.
So far this year we have learned 3 long vowel spellings for encoding: ee (long 'e'), a_e (long 'a'), and 'i_e' (long 'i').
In Writing, we touched and talked 2 things we know about our topics. A template will be sent home so that parents may follow along with the lessons.
For our content curriculum unit, we explored the digestive system:
For Writing today, we completed the brainstorming process by making a final selection of topic for our first informational piece. Everyone present was able to select a topic.
For Math, we took the fluncy quiz for parts of 9. Grades have been posted to Schoology.
In Reading, we were reintroduced to the Learning A-Z platform. Our first goal in the platform is to progress to level G. Once the first 3 students make it to level G, the class goal will move to level H. We were also told of incentives marked by badges earned.
Math application problem:
Marla and Carla are twins. Whatever Marla has, Carla has too. Marla has 4 dolls. How many dolls do they have together?
Together the have 10 stuffed animals. How many stuffed animals does Marla have?
How many stuffed animals do they have altogether?
In Writing, we continued the brainstorming process while preselecting a few topics which would be first choice selections on which to write.
