Hi Parents and Families!
First of all, so sorry that our blog hasn't been updated in so long! We've had so much going on over the past month and there is plenty left to accomplish over the remaining 7 weeks of first grade.
Here are some of the things that we finished before spring break.
Geography Unit:
We had such a great time in our study of geography. We did a lot of work identifying the different levels of communities we are a part of. Then, we focused on our own country, and had a competition to see who could label the most states on a blank U.S. map. Congratulations to Cyrus who won!
Math:
In math, we've been continuing to work on our math fact fluency. This is a very important skill, as there is much evidence that automaticity with basic computation skills frees up cognitive ability for higher level thinking. So, it's really vital that students early on become fluent with their math facts and number sense. One game we have to play this is Sum Swamp. Anytime you have some time to do math with your kids, see how fast they can answer single digit addition problems. (See a few posts back for our Fact Power game!
We've also been having an amazing time in Geometry. This is a great subject to get really hands on with! We spent a lot of time exploring our manipulatives (and building the foundation for our fractions unit coming up!)
Social Studies:
We've started our Interdisciplinary unit integrating reading, writing, and social studies all together into a wonderful unit called Kids Care. During this unit, we will examine stories from many different cultures and types of writing, all centering around the study of how people in a community work together to help each other.
We started by acknowledging all the ways we help each other at school and how each student contributes to our classroom community. This was a wonderful
Throughout the rest of our Kids Care unit, we will be working on our play! Our kiddos have adapted the book Mama Panya's Pancakes into our own script, and your kids have probably already told you about how hard they are working to memorize their lines. Our performance will be Friday, May 2nd, at 3:00pm. We would love to have you join us if you can!
