tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76561953117998670392024-02-19T00:08:50.923-05:00Miss Johnson's First GradeA place to celebrate our learning!Miss J.'s First Gradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386275703603019794noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-23539831430753795132018-06-15T14:20:00.003-04:002018-06-15T14:20:28.193-04:00Last dayI can't believe it's the end of the school year! It's been such a wonderful year and I have enjoyed this group of students so much!<br />
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Here is a video I made for the class. We watched it several times this week. We hope you enjoy it. Have a wonderful summer!<br />
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-18347797582496755532018-05-26T09:37:00.000-04:002018-05-26T09:37:03.489-04:00What's that in the sky? Paper airplanes!<b>Important Dates</b>:<br />
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May 28 - no school<br />
June 15 - last day 11:00 dismissal<br />
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We had a school wide celebration on Friday! Mrs. Garcia's class came down to help our class make paper airplanes. Then, the whole school went outside and tried flying them through different obstacles such as hula hoops. It was fun for all the students. Here is the link that we used to teach us how to make the paper airplanes. There are videos and templates to printout. <a href="http://www.funpaperairplanes.com/">Paper Airplanes</a><br />
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<b>Literacy</b>:<br />
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We are working on writing our own fiction stories. While writing, we are also using what we have learned during reading. That means thinking about character, how to get characters in and out of trouble, and the lessons that character learn. I am amazed by the writing of the class! I can't wait to send home their stories!<br />
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The students have loved library this year! Mr Gile always makes books come to life with the wonderful voices he uses and he helps students find books for any interest! Thanks Mr. Gile for making books come alive!This past week was our last time to take out books for the year. Please look around at home and send back and library books you find.<br />
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On Tuesday, a librarian from the <a href="https://winooskilibrary.wordpress.com/">Winooski Memorial Library</a> will come visit us to get the kids excited about visiting and using the library this summer.<br />
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We have been working hard defining the attributes of different shapes. We are using words such as straight, curved parallel, angles to describe shapes. We also have been working on decomposing (breaking shapes apart) and composing (putting shapes together) shapes in different way.Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-41081106086565000712018-05-19T07:54:00.001-04:002018-05-19T07:54:30.967-04:00Hooray for our Foster Grandparent!<b>Important Dates</b>:<br />
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May 25 - early dismissal (12:15)<br />
May 28 - no school<br />
June 15 - last day 11:00 dismissal<br />
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<b>Literacy</b>:<br />
You would not believe the thoughtful discussion our class has during read aloud time. One day, I had to get our reading coach, Jen Lapointe, so she could come down and here the sophisticated thoughts the students were sharing!<br />
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One group of students in our room read a series of books by <a href="http://www.kidswriter.com/">Dori Hillestad Butler</a> and loved them so much, that they wrote to the author. I'll let you know if we hear back from her!<br />
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We have started our geometry unit. Be sure to ask your child all about the shapes and the attributes of the shapes we have been learning about!Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-36975773847367622572018-05-13T09:49:00.000-04:002018-05-13T09:49:08.098-04:00Happy Mother's Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9R6_S8h6cJ4YnmhyCZtlN202uF7IkmCaangrRD5zYW7bVQJLpa62vco0mGCU9XAVn16sUAZS5n9FujzOalZZ1eussDkSyV8IqD9LqcOwf8pHdgtBxwMf3L6XXzIr5PwFneI9TiKL4r5g/s1600/IMG-3611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9R6_S8h6cJ4YnmhyCZtlN202uF7IkmCaangrRD5zYW7bVQJLpa62vco0mGCU9XAVn16sUAZS5n9FujzOalZZ1eussDkSyV8IqD9LqcOwf8pHdgtBxwMf3L6XXzIr5PwFneI9TiKL4r5g/s200/IMG-3611.JPG" width="150" /></a><b>Important Dates</b>:<br />
May 25 - early dismissal<br />
May 28 - no school<br />
June 15 - last day 11:00 dismissal<br />
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I did a terrible job taking pictures last week, I only ended up with 3 pictures from the entire week! I will do a better job this week. I promise!<br />
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The fire alarm went off in school this past week. Our class (and all of JFK) did fantastic! They were silent walking out and waiting for the all clear to go back in. Sara Raabe was so impressed she gave everyone popsicles!<br />
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On Friday, we saw the fourth and fifth grade production of The Wizard of Oz. Everyone did a great job!<br />
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The authors are working so hard at creating interesting adventures with characters that you want to read about again and again. Eventually, we will be working on our own series of books.<br />
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<b>Math:</b><br />
We took a unit test on Friday. I'm so impressed with the class did on it! These were hard concepts but through the whole unit, the class pushed their thinking, took risks, made conjectures, asked genuine questions, and increased their flexibility with numbers.<br />
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-48968528258411020382018-05-06T15:56:00.000-04:002018-05-06T15:56:18.483-04:00Spring has sprung!Important Dates<br />
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May 9 - early dismissal (12:15)<br />
May 25 - early dismissal<br />
May 28 - no school<br />
June 15 - last day 11:00 dismissal<br />
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We have really enjoyed the nicer weather. It's great to be able to go outside with just a light coat or even no coat at all! Hooray for spring!<br /><br />
We had a great time with St. Michael College Professor John Tapper's science museum! Professor Tapper's students created hands-on science activities. I think we could have stayed there all day!<br />
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We have started our new reading unit. This unit is all about story elements. We are working more with comprehension and deepening our understanding about how stories work. We will be looking at different book series and looking at themes in books.<br />
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We also started a new writing unit. We are learning how to write our own stories! We are having fun created our own characters and having them go on adventures!<br />
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Wow! we had super math thinking this week, including some amazing conjectures as we developing our understanding of part, part, whole in addition and subtraction. More on this next week!Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-89732836018801835862018-04-20T09:29:00.000-04:002018-04-20T09:30:08.621-04:00Opinion Writing Videos<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;"><b>Important Dates</b>:</span><br />
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Our students did a great job working on all their opinion writing during our unit. Mrs. Mormile's fourth grade class came down to help our class make videos about one of their opinion pieces. The fourth graders and first graders did a great job using <a href="https://spark.adobe.com/about/video">adobe spark video.</a><br />
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-48171988624134226202018-04-01T15:18:00.001-04:002018-04-01T15:18:10.075-04:00April 1, 2018<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjngnCwerSlkcn0YI0If9bhMO_GA4e7YZn3mGEmoBF4-rBm2V9n-kIVj9Ka1Ed4sybsOOx1JCgkVj5kIDqDOWpX4dJPHOKBPKG7KUvE8RnYLOyYp5eXVy03OAcavMvjCeaRQeaDhAn53E/s1600/IMG_3265.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjngnCwerSlkcn0YI0If9bhMO_GA4e7YZn3mGEmoBF4-rBm2V9n-kIVj9Ka1Ed4sybsOOx1JCgkVj5kIDqDOWpX4dJPHOKBPKG7KUvE8RnYLOyYp5eXVy03OAcavMvjCeaRQeaDhAn53E/s200/IMG_3265.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;"><b>Important Dates</b>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">March 26: Library</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">April 12 and 13: Parent Teacher Conferences</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">April 23-27: No School</span><br />
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It was great seeing so many students at the Fun Fair on Friday, March 23. Thanks to everyone who was able to come and support the PTO and our end of the year field trips!<br />
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We also filled our heart jar and had a celebration out on the big playground. My favorite part of the celebration was watching Jenny coach kids as they learned to climb the rock wall section of the playground. Good coaching Jenny!<br />
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We finished up our place value unit. Everyone took their place value test on Wednesday. I'm impressed with the hard work the class put into this unit. I'll share the tests with you at parent/teacher conferences.<br />
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-29309371180387294392018-03-21T18:06:00.001-04:002018-03-21T18:12:37.014-04:00Fun Fair on Friday!<b>Important Dates</b>:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">March 26: Library</span><br />
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<b>Don't forget our book order is due Friday also! Here is the link:<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://scholastic.com/readingclub" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-size: 13.2px;">Scholastic Book Order</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">. Our online code is DZPMV. Please get your order in by Friday, March 23.</span></span></b></div>
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Our new School Resource Officer, Officer Jason Ziter, came to our morning meeting on Monday to introduce himself to us and talk to us about school safety. He gave the kids a chance to ask questions and talk about any worries they had.<br />
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The writing this class is producing is wonderful! We have learned how to write an introduction and conclusion in our opinion pieces. We are using transitional words and phrases such as: because, another reason is, also The students write and write and write!<br />
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Our core math idea has been breaking apart double digit numbers. Now, we are also learning how to add double digit numbers which means the students have to break them apart, reorganize them, and put them back together! Amazing work these mathematicians have done!<br />
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Sara Raabe came in on Tuesday and talked to the first grade about school safety. The kids asked great questions.<br />
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Tracy Towers, the Tooth Tutor came to our classroom on Friday and taught us how to take good care of our teeth. We learned about visiting the dentist, brushing, and flossing. Each child has a bag that they brought home from Tracy.<br />
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We also had a whole school celebration! The entire school played bingo and it was a blast!<br />
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<b>Literacy</b>:<br />
We started our opinion writing unit for writing. The students are learning how to state their opinion and back it up giving multiple reasons. In reading, the students are becoming the <b>Boss of their Reading! </b>This means they are monitoring their own reading to see if what they are reading makes sense. If it doesn't make sense, they are developing strategies to help figure out the hard words.<br />
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-7113230709759066732018-03-10T10:26:00.001-05:002018-03-10T10:26:37.452-05:00Back from vacation!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95dNtjcczpcaWXKx4Tzfbfv8zI7OTEQfjFtflvsBhZ5mvVu-9xGXhCfWn_ydjGg944yBDpI658bo6IIUEb1cfGj3uUp7aeZHhc49a1_wTg7f6zIBxlepphIJjWRb4OuOSWeC7yklmmm4/s1600/IMG-3167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95dNtjcczpcaWXKx4Tzfbfv8zI7OTEQfjFtflvsBhZ5mvVu-9xGXhCfWn_ydjGg944yBDpI658bo6IIUEb1cfGj3uUp7aeZHhc49a1_wTg7f6zIBxlepphIJjWRb4OuOSWeC7yklmmm4/s200/IMG-3167.JPG" width="200" /></a><b>Important Dates</b>:<br />
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I'm so sorry I didn't update over vacation. I ended up being super busy and the time got away from me!<br />
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<b>Literacy</b>:<br />
We finished our nonfiction units in both writing and reading! To celebrate, we invited Mrs. Moulton's class in to hear our nonfiction teaching books that we wrote ourselves.<br />
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Then, we invited Miss Bushey's kindergarten class in and we read nonfiction books to them. Our class had prepared questions to ask the kindergartners throughout the reading to check for understanding.<br />
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The mathematicians continue to explore and build on their understanding of place value, using tens and ones. This is a huge leap in learning and requires flexibility in number sense and counting. This week, we introduced clocks and telling time to the hour and half hour.<br />
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-26409512933948919082018-02-16T15:13:00.001-05:002018-02-16T15:13:25.008-05:00100th day, Valentine's Day, and more!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSCYt8_cz0xsXP-A9z19r8d9WFcNCaAP8UcmCCOygSvHxpshqPOeBb7SUA394ZHKKtfyJzBBa_F63RA2_WiPIUxfv3c26D0mu-6hVS77wr0sZCR6EBApOtuiqPoQ8PVD1JH_gWaB67t8/s1600/IMG_3088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSCYt8_cz0xsXP-A9z19r8d9WFcNCaAP8UcmCCOygSvHxpshqPOeBb7SUA394ZHKKtfyJzBBa_F63RA2_WiPIUxfv3c26D0mu-6hVS77wr0sZCR6EBApOtuiqPoQ8PVD1JH_gWaB67t8/s200/IMG_3088.jpg" width="200" /></a><b><br />Important Dates</b>:<br />
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February 19 - Library<br />
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Another great week with lots of learning and fun!<br />
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This week we went to the Vermont Food Bank Veggie Vango for the first time. The kids did great but a couple grabbed a little too much to carry. The kids were very appropriate most saying, "Thank you," when receiving the food. I plan on bringing the class to the food bank on the scheduled dates. For more information:<br />
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We celebrated the <b>100th Day of School</b> on Monday. One of the activities we did was to read 100 books! Here is a picture of the list we made of the 100 books!<br />
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Valentine's Day was a fun but quick celebration! Since we had just an early release, we weren't able to do a lot of activities but we did enjoy opening all the Valentine's Day cards.<br />
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I sent home a book order form today. Here is the online link in case you want to do your order online: <a href="http://scholastic.com/readingclub">Scholastic Book Order</a>. Our online code is DZPMV. Please get your order in by Friday, February 23.<br />
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We are almost done with our unit about becoming experts at nonfiction. The students are examining nonfiction books and thinking about the decisions the author made when writing the book. This critical thinking is then applied to their own writing of nonfiction books. The class has written books ranging from gymnastics, sports, cats, Nepal, Somali words, and more!<br />
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On Friday we went to the Flynn to see <a href="https://pilobolus.org/shadowland/">Pilobus: Shadowland</a>. This show told a story through dance and shadows. (I've included a promotional video about the show at the bottom of this post.) We were lucky enough to win a free companion workshop. A teacher from the Flynn came to JFK on Tuesday and worked with each first grade class on how to create images using shadow. The kids were engaged and worked hard throughout the whole workshop.<br />
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February 26-March 6 - No School<br />
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We finished up our science unit on sound! The last few days of our unit focused on using what we learned about sound (vibrations, pitch, volume) and we created our own instruments! The children worked with their band mates to create a song. We then performed for second grade and many adults from JFK. Here are the performances!<br />
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-74173845250900428152018-01-26T18:30:00.001-05:002018-01-26T18:30:36.959-05:00Three cheers for science!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mlUf2ZO3NTFiDdcBSiEV2WqhIc-NAQ1SzH-9mkeg02j1DEfIs4sMUUN28TaxmHlnkxyiaQudKtpElItmUVPZ7vpxCugyiPf3BGJBlHLDh4OXTpujKdKG9gVZD9za-dlLfZF1rc3IYGQ/s1600/IMG_2940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mlUf2ZO3NTFiDdcBSiEV2WqhIc-NAQ1SzH-9mkeg02j1DEfIs4sMUUN28TaxmHlnkxyiaQudKtpElItmUVPZ7vpxCugyiPf3BGJBlHLDh4OXTpujKdKG9gVZD9za-dlLfZF1rc3IYGQ/s200/IMG_2940.jpg" width="150" /></a><b>Important Dates</b>:<br />
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The scientists worked so hard when we went to three different places throughout the school to find sounds. And even when it was time to stop and walk to a new place, they would continue writing while walking in a line!<br />
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The kids probably shared their kazoos when they got home on Friday. You should have heard the first grade hallway! All four classes using their homemade kazoos! Here is a video that shows how to make a kazoo at home. It's a little different from ours (I just got 4 inch by 4 inch squares of plastic wrap, wax paper, and aluminum foil). Enjoy!<br />
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January 29 - Library<br />
February 14 - Early Release 12:15<br />
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I know I've said before how hard this class works. But you need to understand they LOVE to learn and work! They moan on Friday because we don't have school on Saturday and Sunday. They write, read, and work on math with smiles and great conversations that further their learning. I just love this class!<br />
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Nonfiction and first graders just go together. Their curiosity and quest for new learning pushes me to buy more books and increase my knowledge also. Today (Friday), when I finished up reading with some students, I just enjoyed walking around the room and listening in on all the conversations the students were having about the books they were reading. Topics included: flags, sharks, whales, frogs, dinosaurs, tornadoes, food chains, and reptiles.<br />
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-12549590931011454242018-01-13T18:44:00.003-05:002018-01-13T18:44:54.181-05:00Lots of writing and math<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6yeL4NBE27aM1Onydts647tBOfgshiPkVNWEUp6UD_6aFzY8CET-KlmeZnXpIEqj_LlFwZbbRIM_FUwSZ2bwA8Q0sdCo6lNZOVcp95RkGDGL-jEk2zUMRcMLwAVQXKHHjrxA-UaGnhE/s1600/IMG_2854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6yeL4NBE27aM1Onydts647tBOfgshiPkVNWEUp6UD_6aFzY8CET-KlmeZnXpIEqj_LlFwZbbRIM_FUwSZ2bwA8Q0sdCo6lNZOVcp95RkGDGL-jEk2zUMRcMLwAVQXKHHjrxA-UaGnhE/s200/IMG_2854.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><b><br />Important Dates</b>:<br />
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Our read aloud focus and nonfiction writing has been on Martin Luther King, Jr and Ruby Bridges. Biographies and autobiographies about these two people who helped change the world have led to wonderful, thoughtful, compassionate discussions. Some of the books we have read so far:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Martin's</span><b style="font-style: italic;"> Big Words, </b>by Doreen Rappaport<br />
<b><i>Happy Birthday Martin Luther King</i></b>, by Jean Marzollo<br />
<b><i>Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story</i></b> by Ruby Bridges<br />
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After reading from one of the above books, writers worked on their own books to teach others about Martin Luther King. We made sure to make time each day for the writers to read what they wrote.<br />
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Wow! The discovery and discussion about measurement is amazing! The mathematicians are making connections and generalizing measurement concepts while working with a partner to measure objects and now pictures of fish. The partner work allows for more discussion so students can formulate their thinking, share and compare ideas, and build generalizations.<br />
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-10040312254106286222018-01-06T14:52:00.002-05:002018-01-06T14:52:50.554-05:00Happy New Year!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjz3ouiwIBpdk5Sh2AkmGlPLPT3cjyKlL6arF57vEeTu_jvr8RM0yUychvfTXM4PV47Zm-BFT7uBlBwnqtBPtrKwRQIMpAgKZXvXu_hcm4mqVy_-EcAE3GiG873sYU5UmdCxCAa027REY/s1600/IMG_2846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjz3ouiwIBpdk5Sh2AkmGlPLPT3cjyKlL6arF57vEeTu_jvr8RM0yUychvfTXM4PV47Zm-BFT7uBlBwnqtBPtrKwRQIMpAgKZXvXu_hcm4mqVy_-EcAE3GiG873sYU5UmdCxCAa027REY/s320/IMG_2846.jpg" width="240" /></a><b><br />Important Dates</b>:<br />
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January 10: Early Release<br />
January 15 - No School</div>
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It was so good to see all the students back after vacation. I know it was a short week, starting on Wednesday and then a snow day on Friday, but we got a ton of work done in those two days! This class works hard and loves new learning!<br />
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We started learning how to read and write nonfiction. To kick off our unit, we compared fiction and nonfiction and then sorted the books in our bags. The students added lots of nonfiction books to their reading bags so we could use them as we develop new reading habits. <br />
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We also started a new math unit: measurement. Throughout the unit, students will be using nonstandard units of measure to compare lengths of various objects. As mathematicians, we analyzed pictures of students using measurement tools (clocks, scales, rulers, etc.) and shared our thinking about how and what they were measuring. </div>
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January 10: Early Release</div>
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<b>Hour of Code</b>:<br />
Last week, every classroom in JFK celebrated Hour of Code. During this time, students had the opportunity to work on introduction to coding concepts. They loved it and everyone did a great job! We used an app from <a href="https://www.kodable.com/">Kodable</a> for our Hour of Code. This is a free app you can download to an iPad.<br />
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We are finishing up our literacy units next week. Our unit during reader's workshop has been learning all the good habits that readers use when starting a book, working with a partner, and solving hard words.<br />
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In writing, we have been working on our small moments, writing about a small event that happened to us. In our writing, we have learned to use dialogue, movement, and feeling words. I am so impressed with what the writers have done!<br />
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Important dates:<br />December 4: library<br />
December 13: early release<br />
December 14: Winter performance<br />
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Only a few days left in November! I can't believe it! It was so great to chat with everyone during parent/teacher conferences. Every child works so hard during the day! I loved sharing their work with you and celebrating each child's growth.<br />
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We continue to develop good reading habits. Students are learning to ask themselves questions as they read and ask questions to their reading partners.<br />
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-38064301654059591932017-11-05T17:54:00.001-05:002017-11-05T18:12:44.378-05:00The start of a new month<b>Important Dates</b>:<br />
November 8 - early dismissal (12:15)<br />
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November 20-24 - no school<br />
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This past week was a quick one: no school on October 30 due to the storm, Halloween on Tuesday, and lots of fun work in reading, writing, and math!<br />
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For our Halloween celebration we made healthy spider treats. The PTO also provided popcorn. Yum!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-k2l-dRYM41OlP2f_TSAsRIoIGLn8kGiSlHHXH1536rpbVJiogaNIrlmv1uBlpkWrTluNXXx_pd3tX7QtpZn-4UhEcAdsswInKfgas2V-_rIBGu2qePnyp8efGqByqgxiyIBRDN_xV-A/s1600/IMG_4623.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-k2l-dRYM41OlP2f_TSAsRIoIGLn8kGiSlHHXH1536rpbVJiogaNIrlmv1uBlpkWrTluNXXx_pd3tX7QtpZn-4UhEcAdsswInKfgas2V-_rIBGu2qePnyp8efGqByqgxiyIBRDN_xV-A/s200/IMG_4623.JPG" width="200" /></a>I had the honor this weekend of presenting with 3 of our ELL teachers at the Northern New England Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages conference on Saturday. We had a big turn out for our presentation. We ran out of chairs, had people standing and sitting on the floor, and then more people came! We finally had to turn some people away because there just wasn't any more room. I am so lucky to be able to co-teach math with Sarah Forbes. Thanks for all you do Sarah!<br />
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We have started to learn how to read with a partner. <b>Partner reading</b> is an important part of our literacy time. Partner work on asking each other questions about the books and help each other to use learned strategies when they are stuck on a word. The students are doing a great job transitioning from our whole group mini-lesson to independent reading to partner reading.<br />
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During read aloud, I am reading books that focus on a small moment. This will help the students as they write about their own small moments. One book we used this week was <b><i>Roller Coaster</i></b> by Marla Frazee. It's a book I've just discovered and it's fantastic to teach about small moments.<br />
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Our fact power is growing! The mathematicians love developing their math fact fluency during fact power time. Students are working through their levels and applying this new learning throughout math time!<br />
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We continue to work on combination problems. During our work, the students have discover the "turn around fact" rule. This rule means that 1 + 3 = 4 is the same as 3 + 1 = 4. Here is a video of a student explaining the discovery.<br />
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-33144291317396483672017-10-29T07:47:00.000-04:002017-10-29T07:47:45.337-04:00Bones and Big Pumpkin<br />
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November 20 - no school parent/teacher conferences<br />
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We had our first whole school celebration last week! Each grade represented one of the HEART expectations. Then we had a whole school parade which ended in the cafeteria where we got to see a science and magic show! <br />
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We examined bones this week! I had sheep bones that the students got to examine. Then, we talked about our own bones. The students drew and labeled skeletons. Then they created skeletons out of Q-tips!<br />
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We are having fun with Halloween books. One of my favorite books is <b><i>Big Pumpkin</i></b> by Erica Silverman. The class was able to connect the bigger theme of teamwork in this book to the book <b><i>Swimmy</i></b> by Leo Lionni.<br />
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We have such a class of writers! Our unit we are working on is writing about small moments. The writers think about a small moments (such as me dropping a basket of markers) and then stretch it out to write a whole book about it. We have such daring writers! They get right to work and they don't want to stop!<br />
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We have learned a new type of math story problem. These are called combination problems. In these problems, we are given the whole (the total) and need to figure out the parts (addends). An example is:<br />
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In these problems we find many equations that equal the sum. This picture shows one student's work.<br />
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-12895836215074664082017-10-15T14:50:00.001-04:002017-10-15T14:50:34.734-04:00Getting rid of the germs!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcutRWhstbqPyKXkj_ZvXPb0-7RmAiEd5UJs1Av6Ky7FVV_gH1bXEMlaf58FPI2-0hGlQ37cxqMwM6HfwjFp2GG2F1zSjBAjTWuKBZ4z8HX9Tb2pfJiD-FKONcEpROEORUJ9FQ8DDGkZM/s1600/IMG_2352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcutRWhstbqPyKXkj_ZvXPb0-7RmAiEd5UJs1Av6Ky7FVV_gH1bXEMlaf58FPI2-0hGlQ37cxqMwM6HfwjFp2GG2F1zSjBAjTWuKBZ4z8HX9Tb2pfJiD-FKONcEpROEORUJ9FQ8DDGkZM/s200/IMG_2352.JPG" width="150" /></a><b>Important Dates</b>:<br />
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Monday, October 16 - library<br />
Wednesday, October 18 - Early Release<br />
Wednesday, October 18 5:30 PTO meeting<br />
Thursday and Friday October 19. 20 - No School<br />
Monday, October 23 - Morning Meeting<br />
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We earned another class celebration this week! I can't believe how many hearts this class earns each day! They are rock stars with our heart expectations: Honest, Engaged, Appropriate, Responsible, and Timely. It was almost a tie when we voted on our celebration: Wild Kratts or extra indoor recess. Since the class has been working so hard and the vote was so close, we did both!<br />
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We read three great books this week:<br />
<b>The Recess Queen</b>, by Alexis O'Neil<br />
<b>Alphabet Adventure</b>, by Audrey Wood and Bruce Wood<br />
<b>Alphabet Mystery</b>, by Audrey Wood and Bruce Wood<br />
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As readers, we are looking for how a character changes in the story. The students did a great job noticing how Jean, the Recess Queen, changed from the beginning to the end. Now, we are even looking for these changes in characters in our own independent reading.<br />
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1) Understanding that numbers get bigger on the number when you add and you are going forward. Numbers get smaller on the number line when you subtract and you are going backwards.<br />
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2) Addition is part + part = whole<br />
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-62782213780795585652017-10-06T08:32:00.002-04:002017-10-06T08:32:27.731-04:00Another great week!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcswovCGZ4oBNr-1mUoNdlTOMk9EZPRPdt9U94mPhDR4V74_GxeLZn3EAiMiayMvG88TxPLALDMw320zEOE3ldk6zfLi6Y0AcQZxzMYSWZedVF-IngyrOxxtKaozF8H29LK5m0LI3GUw/s1600/IMG_2318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcswovCGZ4oBNr-1mUoNdlTOMk9EZPRPdt9U94mPhDR4V74_GxeLZn3EAiMiayMvG88TxPLALDMw320zEOE3ldk6zfLi6Y0AcQZxzMYSWZedVF-IngyrOxxtKaozF8H29LK5m0LI3GUw/s320/IMG_2318.JPG" width="240" /></a><br />
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Monday, October 16 - library<br />
Wednesday, October 18 - Early Release<br />
Wednesday, October 18 5:30 PTO meeting<br />
Thursday and Friday October 19. 20 - No School<br />
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Wow! This class works so hard! I am amazed by all the work they do and how hard they push their brains.<br />
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One day this week we earned 189 hearts! Another day we earned 188 hearts! Unfortunately, I had to stop counting the hearts because children are putting the hearts in their mouths. We have been talking about how when you put a heart in your mouth and then put it in the heart jar, the germs go on all the hearts. We are working hard at not spreading germs. Once that habit stops I will get back to counting hearts.<br />
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We finished the book <b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3118349-one?from_search=true">One</a></i></b> this week. Oh how I love this book. After reading the book, we watched a class act it out and then we acted it out too.We also have done quite a bit of writing in our writing journals about the book.Finally we ended the week by working on a project based on the story. I love this book. The kids did too.<br />
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We also have started Word Study. We learn spelling during this time of the day through the <a href="http://www.wilsonlanguage.com/programs/fundations/">Fundations</a> program. This program is highly interactive plus I am making most of the lessons on the smartboard. The kids love using technology in their learning.</div>
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<b>Math</b>:<br />
We've continued our work of understanding ways to represent our thinking and connecting our representation to the equation. The number line is our new math tool that we are exploring. The number line is another way for mathematicians to represent their thinking. Exposing students to a variety of math tools helps students become more flexible with their mathematical thinking.</div>
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903461845905975103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656195311799867039.post-55995759520194258302017-09-30T11:44:00.001-04:002017-09-30T11:44:33.717-04:00Another class celebration!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2wH7Bh_sJE4PmeeymXAbDPuje7Be1tLsXjPuhZAsJK1Tx3XdksKFTYEs1JmaXhx-d7WFST9v8vPCV4ivGbEr1MojE-tg6YW0WBnQDEFF00V_9-3RYRHq4VDxCURfws4E1XTOONwuUsA/s1600/IMG_2296.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2wH7Bh_sJE4PmeeymXAbDPuje7Be1tLsXjPuhZAsJK1Tx3XdksKFTYEs1JmaXhx-d7WFST9v8vPCV4ivGbEr1MojE-tg6YW0WBnQDEFF00V_9-3RYRHq4VDxCURfws4E1XTOONwuUsA/s200/IMG_2296.JPG" width="150" /></a><b>Important Dates</b>:<br />
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Monday, October 2 - Library<br />
Wednesday, October 18 - Early Release<br />
Thursday and Friday October 19. 20 - No School<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrB6-jq-RBsBj3xpOacdk3S-UPDhDi1hoqz2iL_FAXiStZ9sU38q_jEqXvglS_tjizc7sOpIWGZG6PjTatlWjg9KZ5ZgdSacYAvGBOMnSIcTOmAU76LQV7MTnBSw9Ekpi4oCrf6eWJZvk/s1600/IMG_2299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrB6-jq-RBsBj3xpOacdk3S-UPDhDi1hoqz2iL_FAXiStZ9sU38q_jEqXvglS_tjizc7sOpIWGZG6PjTatlWjg9KZ5ZgdSacYAvGBOMnSIcTOmAU76LQV7MTnBSw9Ekpi4oCrf6eWJZvk/s200/IMG_2299.JPG" width="200" /></a>We had a fantastic week. I can't believe how much we accomplished. We also filled our heart jar again! Our celebration was to learn how to use chopsticks. We ate popcorn with the chopsticks. Then the students got to bring the chopsticks home.<br />
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The class earned a ton of hearts this week! One day we earned 112! Wow!<br />
<b><br />Literacy</b>:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GiZS17oCNOgwMcizE41Fhq9tA0bqizRs46t4ND7Kawi6Iv_9Bp91pMgPsOJVpVeE3VsvbdcXwBFmIQlmcxB89I-qMEijM305eZN-7_yhZhGBrxN8c2wpeTDqMBo5LeAM1fcPMvJBBYI/s1600/IMG_2251.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GiZS17oCNOgwMcizE41Fhq9tA0bqizRs46t4ND7Kawi6Iv_9Bp91pMgPsOJVpVeE3VsvbdcXwBFmIQlmcxB89I-qMEijM305eZN-7_yhZhGBrxN8c2wpeTDqMBo5LeAM1fcPMvJBBYI/s320/IMG_2251.JPG" width="240" /></a>We read the book <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63322.The_Big_Orange_Splot?from_search=true">The Big Orange Splot</a>. In this book, Mr. Plumbean lives on a street where all the houses look the same. Then one day, his house ends up with a big orange splot. His neighbors expect Mr. Plumbean to fix his house so it looks like all the others Mr. Plumbean has other plans.<br />
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We loved this book. After reading the book, the class made their own houses. They painted their <br />
houses and then used paper to decorate their houses to show their hopes and dreams. I have these hanging out in the hallway.<br />
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We also started one of my all time favorite books, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Kathryn-Otoshi/dp/0972394648">One by Kathryn Otoshi</a>. This book is about bullying, acceptance, and standing up for others. Love this book. We read half of it, and the students wrote predictions in their writing journals.<br />
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Everyone now has a bag of books! We have been talking about how to build your reading muscles. There are easy warm up books, just right books, and challenge books. The students have made thoughtful decisions about which books to put in their bags in order to build reading muscle. We also started a poster in the classroom on what independent reading expectations.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wBiy-Ox_FQP7YlEWhF4O7HWHFcVWMptoBpqJzmN8Zor2Fn4bp-CrLyc0gd10s2heBFhYB8XU3ffou57KgGUGImS3yooONQd5ht4eqKPGrlA2k7CxMPtdv7RS5aCG0l_jqUcjiHjsk2w/s1600/IMG_2241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wBiy-Ox_FQP7YlEWhF4O7HWHFcVWMptoBpqJzmN8Zor2Fn4bp-CrLyc0gd10s2heBFhYB8XU3ffou57KgGUGImS3yooONQd5ht4eqKPGrlA2k7CxMPtdv7RS5aCG0l_jqUcjiHjsk2w/s320/IMG_2241.JPG" width="320" /></a>We continue our work on story problems. Now, we are analyzing problems to see if they are addition or subtraction. The mathematicians then write an equation, representation, and an answer with a label as they solve the problems.<br />
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A big thank you to Chase's aunt for sending in popsicles to help us get through those hot days!<br />
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