Reading Buddies

The first graders revised and edited one of their favorite series books to share with their third grade reading buddy this week. They also enjoyed sharing other books they have worked on during the course of our realistic fiction writing unit. The third graders wrote fairy tale adaptations for their last writing unit so they shared one of their stories too. 

Geometry

The first graders are developing vocabulary to describe 3-D shapes and their attributes. They are busy matching 2-D outlines to 3-D objects. They are creating and copying 3-D structures. They are also learning how to draw 3-D shapes.

Book Project

We finished reading our read aloud book, All About Sam by Lois Lowry. The first graders absolutely loved this book! They made dioramas of their favorite scenes to celebrate the end of the story. It was a fun project to do on a rainy Friday afternoon! 

Flynn Companion Workshop

We were so fortunate to work with Flynn Teaching Artist, Susanna Olson today. The children learned about our upcoming show, Celestial Being. They pretended the floor was the Flynn stage and acted out scenes. Susanna guided them to try voices and actions in different ways to express different feelings. The first graders even got to see how different lights on stage can help with the action. They are excited to see the show next week!

Our Week

We had a busy week in first grade! We observed the tomato plants and recorded observations in our science logs. We also added food coloring to a jar to watch the water travel through the celery.

We practiced reading and spelling words with 2 syllables.  

We continued writing realistic fiction stories and practiced using effective dialogue. 

We did several exercises and stretches for movement breaks. Catman helped us stretch and wake up!

On Friday we had another Four Winds lesson and learned about forest birds. The children learned about the different layers of plants in a forest and how birds avoid competition by feeding in different areas. They searched for birds in the forest and played games to learn the different layers. Thank you Allison and Heather for leading this month's lesson!