September 2014
First graders have
been very busy this first month of school!
This week, we started reading groups. Each child has been
assigned to a teacher and group based on their level of reading that we
assessed at the beginning of the year. Groups will be reading a new book almost
every time they meet and they will be doing comprehension and writing
activities related to the book. In
addition, they will also be doing word work.
We continue to write in our journals as and we’re working on
stretching out words to find out the sounds in words we don’t know.
In math, we have been sorting and counting a variety of
objects. We’ve also been working on a
data collection book and practicing making bar graphs. We have just started an addition unit where
we are taking numbers apart and finding the different ways to come up with the
same total.
In science, we are learning about plants and plant life
cycles. We are conducting a seed experiment to learn what seeds need to grow.
Each seed is missing one of its necessary requirements to survive; one is
missing water, one is missing soil, and one is missing sunlight. We will
compare these seeds to our seeds that have everything they need.
We have started our Second Step lessons and we appreciate
those of you who have taken the time to work on these activities at home with
your children.
Next month, we will be learning about the fall season and
starting an author’s study about Kevin Henkes.
Awesome job first
grade!
Mrs. Burriss, Mr.
Tobin, and Ms. François
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