Oh my! We have been so busy learning in first grade!
We have been inquiring about different types of clouds for the past week. Students have learned about three different types of clouds, what their physical features are, and their place in the sky. When you are walking outside with your child, ask them what types of clouds they can see (Cirrus, Cumulous, Stratus) and how they know. I am really amazed by their knowledge. To tie our unit of inquiry into our literacy program. We read the story 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' Students have written weather reports for silly weather, made mobiles of clouds with different foods and used adjectives to describe the different foods, and have been working very hard on a persuasive writing piece trying to convince their reader that food either should or should not fall from the sky. This project focused on using rhetorical questions to strengthen students' arguments. In math, we are working on addition skills. Fact power is as important as reading fluency. We are working towards students fluency with single digit addition facts. Today we played a game where students rolled to dice to add numbers, and then find their 'turn around' fact and use the same answer. (Example 2+5=7, therefore 5+2=7). Please practice this skill at home until students begin to see the relationship seamlessly.
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