One Month in First Grade!

Here are some of the happenings in room 108 this week!

As part of our recycling and vermi-composting unit, we visited the school garden at YES.  Students went on a scavenger hunt, watered plants, harvested veggies, and picked lemon balm.

In readers workshop we are still working on building stamina to read long and strong.  Along with that, students are practicing previewing books before reading and retelling stories (or facts) after reading to aid in comprehension.  Please encourage your child to retell stories that are read at home too!  The book can be a story they read independently or one read to them.

In writers workshop we've practiced giving each other feedback on pieces of writing and revising stories to add more detail.

We spent a lot of time this week using number grids during math.   Rolling For 50 is a great way for students to practice counting up and back on a number grid at home.