We have been exploring wind and water in our weather unit of inquiry. Last week students made water gauges and tracked the rainfall over the weekend. Today we learned about what causes wind and made windsocks to tell how strong the wind was and in which direction it was blowing.
In Math we began to learn about place value using base 10 blocks, counting 10s and ones to find the whole number. Students learned that when you have ten ones, they need to be traded for a 10. We will continue to work on this skill throughout the week. In Language Arts, we continued to build our literacy through the 'Daily 5'. I am so proud of the choices our students are making to independently support their literacy learning. Their reading, writings, ideas, and word choice are really coming along. Today we finished our graphic organizer for our persuasive letters to Dr. Amy and Dr. Troy with our school improvement plans. We will be drafting them tomorrow, editing them throughout the week, and be producing typed good copies to deliver to administration by the end of the week. These grade ones have become powerful persuaders throughout this writing unit.
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