We are finishing up our study of the work of Picasso with Cubism inspired crayon resist portraits. They take a bit of time to complete so we'll be working on them over the next couple of weeks. We have finished our first reading unit, Readers Build Good Habits and are beginning Word Detectives. This promises to be an engaging unit where students complete missions each day that introduce them to different reading strategies. Our first mission was to "Notice a Problem and Stop to Solve It" encouraging students to monitor their reading, stopping at difficulty rather than skipping the word and reading on. I am enjoying getting to know each student as readers during our reading conferences. In math students are using dominoes as an addition model. The ability to recognize the arrangement of dots on a domino (or dice) instantly, without counting is called subitizing. This is a fundamental skill in the development of number sense. In the stages of counting we are trying to move students from counting one by one to counting on. The ability to subitize or instantly recognize a group of objects helps develop this skill. Dominoes and dice are excellent tools for this. This week students were introduced to the game, Domino Top Draw where each player turns over a domino and determines the total number of dots (either by counting by one's, counting on or instant recognition). The player with the higher number collects both dominoes. This is similar to the card game "War" which is another game that can be played at home. For additional challenge students can use a Double-Nine set of dominoes rather than a Double-Six set. We have our first spirit day this Thursday - Rainbow Day. Each grade level is assigned a different color to wear. First graders are asked to wear blue. This is a fun day that includes a whole school picture so get those blue clothes ready!! We received our first book order last week. Included with the order was a Mo Willems activity book for each student. It was a huge hit! The October order is coming home this week. Thank you for supporting our class. Here's a peek at the books that were added to our classroom as a result of the September order - thank you!
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MS. SCHIADAI teach first grade in southeast Portland where every day brings a new adventure!
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