Learning Update

Reading: In Reader’s Workshop, we are reading and learning from all types of texts. Students worked with their table partners to study fiction and nonfiction books which focus on special topics (dogs, dinosaurs, weather, trees, presidents, and more). 

We have looked for similar facts across more than one book and have examined fiction books for “fact nuggets”, a great term invented by our very own Colin to describe facts that can be in fiction books. These first grade researchers had fun digging into their books and sharing their learning with the class.

Math: This week, our mathematicians learned how to tell time to the hour and half hour on both digital and analog clocks.

The hardest part is telling time to the half hour because the hour hand is in the middle of two numbers. First graders often read it as the next hour ahead instead of the hour it is half past.

To work through this, we circle or touch the two numbers that surround the hour hand. The hour always “belongs” to the smaller number. However… there is a Rule Breaker! When the hour hand is between 12 and 1, the hour belongs to the 12. We’ve had fun watching out for that Rule Breaker!

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Writing: This past week, our class completed a narrative writing post-assessment! We spent the first part of our week reviewing the parts of a great small moment story.

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After our review, they had time to independently plan, write, revise, and edit a new small moment story. I was very impressed with what these first grade writers know about good writing. These stories are AMAZING!

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