What we are learning this week...

First grade students continue to work hard on practicing classroom routines and expectations.

In Reader's Workshop, we are continuing to learn about communities. This week our work revolved around the central question of "What roles and responsibilities do we have in our communities?"  The texts we read included Quinito's Neighborhood and A Castle on Viola Street.  Be sure to ask your child about some of our vocabulary words for the week: individual, role, common good, public space, law and characteristics.

In addition, students also worked on identifying the setting in a story, how to read short-vowel word with regular spelling patterns, and on thinking and writing about their own identities.

Looking ahead to next week...our central question will be "How do people become leaders?"

In Writer's Workshop, students have continued to work on books on topics of their choosing.  We have begun reading texts about real-life experiences (such as Jabari Jumps and Rollercoaster) and students will begin to work on their own personal narratives next week.

In Math, students have been working on addition story problems.  We have worked especially on developing efficient strategies for solving addition story problems and recording those strategies.  We will move on to subtraction next week!

In Open Circle, we have been learning about non-verbal signals, and how they can be both useful and important in our classroom community.  Look for more information about this early next week.

Stay tuned for more updates!!