Welcome back 1st graders! We have 7 more weeks until the end of the school year and our days will be packed with learning. Here are the things we are learning about:
Reading: We will be focusing on identifying main idea/details and determining the central message or "lesson learned" with fiction texts. We will spend a lot of time reviewing RAPS (restate the question, answer the question, prove your answer from text evidence and say it out lout) to prepare for the end of year reading assessments.
Math: We are continuing to work on reading, analyzing, and answering word problems. We will begin working on adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers next week.
Science: We are beginning our living things unit today! In this unit we will investigate and plant seeds as well as observing millipedes and pill bugs.
Writing: We are finishing up our "author's as mentors" unit. We will then be focusing on reviewing the writing types from the year (letters, all about, opinion, narrative, etc...) and becoming experts on these types of writing.
