How do you frame a picture? With a frame! And how do you frame a sentence? With a sentence frame of course! You'll see this little picture on many of your children's papers. It's a visual reminder that you frame a sentence by starting with a capital letter and ending with a period (aka stop sign). Now you know what that funny looking symbol is on those weekend updates :)
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| Sentence frame being put to use on the smartboard |
The math word of the week is EQUATION! We have been playing games that encourage combining numbers and then recording an EQUATION. We have also started story problems. The "show how you know" part is always trickiest. Here is what I'm looking for....pictures, numbers, or words to describe their thinking. It's never too early to promote these math habits!
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| A game of Heads and Tails |
Here's what else is happening in the world of your first grader:
Writer's Workshop
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| Working on finger spaces |
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| Pair Share....celebrating work in progress |
Word Play
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| Brainstorming in and it family words on the smartboard |
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| Sorting in and it words on a whiteboard |
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| Using magnet letters to build words at the reading table |
Comprehension
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| An anchor chart we created as we start to explore character traits |
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| Working on our own character traits |
Extra! Extra!
We had our first Get Along Gathering on Friday. The theme was respect and manners. Duck and Moose made their annual debut! We also participated in the Global Read Aloud thanks to Mrs. Groden, our fabulous librarian. Starting this week all around the world classrooms are participating in the GRA by reading texts by Eric Carle. You can go to
The Global Read Aloud to find out more.
Finally, our class is in need of volunteers for library. You can volunteer as little as once a month during our library time (every other Friday from 10:20-11). The volunteers make the process of checking out books so much smoother for the children. If you are interested you can email Donna Knot at
dknott@medfield.mec.edu. Thank you!
