In writing this week students had a chance to share their writing with their classmates in what we call "partner, share, scramble." The students got to share with 3 other classmates and we also had some students share their writing with the whole class. It is great to see students excited about sharing their hard work and writing with each other - photos below!
For science, we continued reviewing igneous rocks this week. The students got to see what happened to their rocks (basalt, scoria and tuff) when they put them in water. They made great observations about the changes that not only happened to the rocks, but also to the water! The first grade geologists are doing a great job and I am excited to continue our study of rocks!
In math we practiced our counting by 5's and 10's, addition and repeated addition (multiplication) with sea creature story problems. The students are getting more comfortable using multiple strategies to solve a problem. We ended the week by making our "tens turkeys." It was a fun and festive way to reinforce our counting by 10's fluency!
I know that grandparents and special friends day was last week, but Room 112 had a special visitor on Tuesday...my brother! He was in town from New York and because he shares a birthday with one of my favorite authors, Dr.Seuss, I thought it would be extra special for him to come in and read The Cat in the Hat!
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend!
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