We began this morning telling number stories involving one more and one less (+1/-1). Students took turns telling stories in the middle of the room, while the rest of us worked in pairs to figure out which way to move on the number line. We learned that we move right when adding, and left when taking away. After this, we moved back to our desks to tell more stories in partners. Your children came up with some very creative stories. In Language Arts, we continued to discuss who reads, what good readers look like, why people read, and where we can read texts. We talked about what 'building stamina means' in regards to reading on task. I have attached a picture below of our stamina chart, we are working towards reading independantly for 10 minutes. Once we are able to do this, we will "unlock the next level" of the daily 5. The students are excited about their progress, and we are building stamina each day. As part of our Friendship unit of inquiry, we are learning about being accepting, openminded, and caring. Today we read the story 'The Colors of Us'. It is about a girl who walks around her neighborhood with her artist mother, looking at all the beautiful skin tones that her friends (big and small) have. When the girl goes home, she paints lovely portraits of them all with the many different colours she mixes, that make them unique. We discussed how cultural differences enrich our lives, and how even through we all look different, we can all still be friends. To the left, you can see a picture of the colors of first grade. We concluded this by learning about what adjectives are, and generating a list of adjectives that we think make a good friend.
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