Our geologists learned about sedimentary rocks this week and had the chance to explore river rocks. We had a river rock mixture that the students sifted and sorted into 4 different kids of rocks (large pebbles, small pebbles, gravel and sand). After sorting the rocks, the students made rock riddles by using sizes and comparisons of river rocks. We had some tricky riddles! This week we will be using our sifted out sand to learn about silt.
The students have been doing an incredible job with their How-To writings! They are all working hard on their writing and teaching. We have been making sure that our writing has a title, a materials list, step by step directions and transition words. The students graded one (or more) of their how-to pieces, making sure that it had each component and that they had neat handwriting and spaces. Wow are they tough graders! They were critical of their own work and they made changes to their writing to improve it. We will be publishing one of their How-To pieces this week -- looking forward to reading all of the expert topics!
In math we reinforced our place value learning and also have been continuing to build on our understanding of counting by 5's and 10's with coins.
We started our class auction project on Friday -- thank you Jessica (Eli's Mom) and we will be finishing it up this Friday (12/19). Can't wait to see the beautiful piece created by your first graders!
Preview for the week:
12/17 -- Late arrival @ 10:00 am
12/19 -- Class Cozy Cocoa Read-in @ 8:45 - 9:45
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ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun week - go team Soulas!
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