Wednesday, February 22nd

Lots of neat activities to share with you this week.

Reading: This week in reading we are focusing our studies on prefixes, suffixes, and root words. I am so proud of the progress our little ones have made in regards to problem solving their way through new and complex words. Learning the meanings of common prefixes and suffixes will only enhance their abilities to use these skills when reading new texts. Yesterday we took a look at root words and we practiced finding the root in larger words.

Today we looked at the prefixes un-, dis-, and re-. We played a memory match game to help us with the meanings. We had a great time and believe it or not, the kids actually beat the adults. We've got some smart cookies in here!

Math: This week in math we have started our unit on addition with regrouping. I know, I know you are probably thinking that this is hard stuff for first graders but I must tell you that the students have really done well with this unit. We have been working mainly with different types of manipultives this week (popsicle sticks, base ten blocks, pretzels and cheerios) in order to form a strong foundation with this concept.

Check out this tutorial we made to show how we are working on addition with regrouping!

Social Studies: "Every heart beats true for the red, white, and blue..." Yes, we are learning about American symbols this week! So far students have learned about what makes a symbol important to America and they have learned some pretty cool facts about the Statue of Liberty and George Washington. Yesterday we were lucky enough to have the Staue of Liberty, herself, come and visit our classroom to tell us some important facts (Thank you to Miss Jones for a WONDERFUL lesson). We also got to make Statue of liberty crowns! Take a look at the students with their crowns.

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Reminders:
*Homework and DEARABBY due this Friday

Headbands

Today in math we began our unit on Numbers to 40. Geometry post tests will be sent home in your students OWL binders tomorrow. In this unit students will explore place value, addition, and subtraction to 40.

After looking at place value in our books we played a fun game called Headbands. Each student put on their very own headband and were given a number. The number was placed on their headband before they could take a look. With a partner they asked for clues about their number until they guessed correctly. Take a look at our class playing Headbands!