Week 32
It was a busy and "clay"ful week in Room 112...
We had our fabulous Artist in Residency, Karie, come on Tuesday! Karie will be coming again in on 5/25 to finish teaching the first graders about clay art and helping them finish their own clay creations! If you are available to help out from 8:15am - 9:30am please let me know!
The first grade artists also had another clay day on Tuesday. A HUGE thank you to Kerry Rose (Alice's mom) for donating her extra clay and her time, and thank you to our volunteers, Brandi (Jocelyn's mom) and Sydney (Jocelyn's sister), for helping out!
In math we started exploring fractions. We read the "Cookie Fiasco" and then the first graders did an amazing job dividing up their whole cookie into equal parts. Next time you have sandwiches, pizza or cake with your kids ask them how you can cut it so that each person will get the same amount!
In writing, we are starting our final writing unit - Realistic Fiction! The first graders will be going through the writing process and using their amazing imaginations to create a realistic fiction story. For our stories, we first had to imagine a character, name our character and think about an adventure that our character could go on. I am excited to see all of their imaginations come to life in this exciting new unit!
Here is a math activity to support building addition and subtraction fluency (knowing facts in a snap!)
What You Need: Heavy paper, such as oak tag or construction paper,Marker, Masking tape, Hard floors
What You Do:
1. Before you start the game, write a complete math fact in large type on one side of a sheet of typing paper. Wherever you start, write one math equation on one side of each paper, such as 6+6=12; and write just the question (such as 6+6) on the other side. Make at least 20 facts, and then mix them all up.
2. Set up the challenge: tell your child that their mission, should they choose to accept it, is to cross the room without touching the floor, using only their knowledge of math facts. Tape a square of blank construction paper on one side of the room. This is "start." Explain that you will show them a math problem, and every one they get right will become their next "step" allowing them to move across the floor.
3. Stand in front of your child, and show them the question side of the construction paper. If they state the correct answer to the math problem, turn it around and tape down the answer side a good step-width away. Allow them to move one space forward. If your child does not answer the problem correctly, they must stay on the same space. When your youngster gets all the way across the kitchen, they have successfully completed her mission!
Reminders:
4/30 -- Field Trip Chaperone Requests 4/30 - 5/4 -- Staff Appreciation Week!
Here are some photos from the week...
We had our fabulous Artist in Residency, Karie, come on Tuesday! Karie will be coming again in on 5/25 to finish teaching the first graders about clay art and helping them finish their own clay creations! If you are available to help out from 8:15am - 9:30am please let me know!
The first grade artists also had another clay day on Tuesday. A HUGE thank you to Kerry Rose (Alice's mom) for donating her extra clay and her time, and thank you to our volunteers, Brandi (Jocelyn's mom) and Sydney (Jocelyn's sister), for helping out!
In math we started exploring fractions. We read the "Cookie Fiasco" and then the first graders did an amazing job dividing up their whole cookie into equal parts. Next time you have sandwiches, pizza or cake with your kids ask them how you can cut it so that each person will get the same amount!
Here is a math activity to support building addition and subtraction fluency (knowing facts in a snap!)
What You Need: Heavy paper, such as oak tag or construction paper,Marker, Masking tape, Hard floors
What You Do:
1. Before you start the game, write a complete math fact in large type on one side of a sheet of typing paper. Wherever you start, write one math equation on one side of each paper, such as 6+6=12; and write just the question (such as 6+6) on the other side. Make at least 20 facts, and then mix them all up.
2. Set up the challenge: tell your child that their mission, should they choose to accept it, is to cross the room without touching the floor, using only their knowledge of math facts. Tape a square of blank construction paper on one side of the room. This is "start." Explain that you will show them a math problem, and every one they get right will become their next "step" allowing them to move across the floor.
3. Stand in front of your child, and show them the question side of the construction paper. If they state the correct answer to the math problem, turn it around and tape down the answer side a good step-width away. Allow them to move one space forward. If your child does not answer the problem correctly, they must stay on the same space. When your youngster gets all the way across the kitchen, they have successfully completed her mission!
Reminders:
4/30 -- Field Trip Chaperone Requests 4/30 - 5/4 -- Staff Appreciation Week!
Here are some photos from the week...
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