Weekly Wrap Up

What a lightning quick week it was here in first grade. We had a field trip, a Spring Sing and a Harambee all rolled into one week! Wow, can you tell it is the end of the year yet? I was so pleased with how the class acted this week. We were able to get to a lot of material and the class did a wonderful job showing me that second grade behavior I have been looking for, so terrific work kids! I want to thank Husian, John, Elizabeth, Kelly, Dana and Anna for volunteering to chaperone our final field trip of the school year. The Botanical Gardens was a terrific experience and the learning/fun the kids experienced would not have been possible without the six of you volunteering to chaperone. Thank you again; I really appreciate your efforts. Also, a special shout out to Mrs. Krohn and Mrs. Sullivan for all the fabulous work they did for the Spring Sing and Art Show. I loved having the art displayed outside the classroom and the kids sounded simply heavenly last night. Thank you parents for attending last night as well.

Let us take a look at what else we were up to this week…on to the highlights!!!

Math:

We spent some time in review mode this week in math. This included reviewing measurement and data. The kids had opportunities to work hands on with both of these concepts. We also touched on solving two-digit number stories, which went very well. Finally, toward the end of the week we tackled an open response problem that dealt with number stories. This lesson began on Wednesday and was finished today as we had a long Spring Sing practice on Thursday and were unable to get to math.

Writing:

In writing this week we discussed and practiced several concepts. We continued our research on the Orca whale, which the class seems to really enjoy. We also spent a lot of time with sentence conventions. The kids worked on correct capitalization and making sentences of varying lengths to entice readers.

Science:

In science this week we spent time creating some wind instruments, aka wind socks. The kids had a blast with this activity. We also did a lot of research on our class project.

Phonics:

In phonics the kids had opportunities to create new words and include them in sentences. This was a nice activity for them and they enjoyed heading to this center during the morning work time.

Well, we are really counting down to the end of the year now. Only a few fabulous, fun-filled weeks left here on planet first grade. I will be putting up a post about our end-of-the-year plans next week. Enjoy your holiday weekend and I will see you all back on Tuesday.