First Grade

We kicked off our unit on measurement by measuring each other with unifix cubes! We are currently measuring different lengths of fish and comparing the length to a "keeper" length. Students are finding out how much the fish needs to grow to be a keeper and how much longer it is from the keeper size. They are having a blast! 

Grade 2 

Second grade is working with place value up to 1000, building and comparing 100's, 10's and 1's and writing in expanded form. 

We have two phonics groups, the Dolphins and the Sea Turtles, the Dolphins are learning about multisyllabic words and the Sea Turtles are learning about vowel teams, currently ai and ay. 

This week's literacy snapshot: 

Sentence Dictation

Students practice writing a sentence at the end of our lessons to practice putting their sound feature words in the context of a sentence. We find that students can often spell in isolation, but have a more difficult time applying phonics skills learned into the context of a sentence. If we are learning about ai and ay, my sentence will contain those features: May I pay for the train ride today? This high leverage activity also reinforces student reading of the skill as they reread their sentence to check for any errors. 

We wrote our last chapter of our research reports, fun facts! Some students want to do an additional chapter on the life cycle, however it is not required. 

Next week, students will write the all about the author page, make a content page and create a cover. 

We have begun the process of making our animals and will also work on creating our savanna environment. Send us your large pieces of cardboard for trees! We will set a date next week!