I apologize for not posting this sooner. I was away from home this weekend and when I was working on the post Monday night I forgot to save it! So here goes round 2 ... For a 4 day week it sure was busy! Community building continued to be a major focus for us. We are spending time getting to know each other and one way is through interviews. Each student will get a chance to be the subject as the rest of the class takes turns asking questions such as, "What is your favorite color? Do you have a pet? What game do you like to play?" I record their answers and then we read the text together while the interviewee points to the words for us with a special pointer. They then get a special clap or cheer - ask you child to demonstrate one of the claps or cheers for you. Students are enjoying learning what they have in common with each other and what makes their classmates unique. .As part of our writing instruction we are learning more about being illustrators. We find that students write more details in their stories when they have more details in their illustrations. We are starting off learning different ways to draw people. You can see a photo of the proud artists on the Photos page. In science we explored the question, What is a Scientist?. Students shared their ideas and then participated in a Mystery Science activity where they observe something ordinary and think of all the questions or wonderings they have about that object. We chose our hand to trace and add the details that we saw and then think of all the questions we might have. Some of our questions were, How do our fingers bend? Why do our fingers have lines on them? and What are fingernails made of? The best thing we can do (to quote Mystery Doug) is to Stay Curious! This week we will continue with our interviews and begin our math and phonics lessons with our district curriculum. More updates to come!
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MS. SCHIADAI teach first grade in southeast Portland where every day brings a new adventure!
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