News from Mrs. Straw

Events:

-May 9 Track and Field Day

-May 14 No School

-May 20 First Grade Field Trip to Nature Center

-May 23 Last Day

What’s Happening in BUILD:

B (Buddy Games)- Matching coin amounts to specified amount

U (Using Manipulatives)- Playing nickel, penny, dime exchange.  Students roll a die and collect the specified amount of pennies.  When they have 5 pennies they can trade for a nickel.  When they have two nickels they can trade for a dime.

I (Indpendently Working)- Counting money

L (Learning with Numbers)- Completing unfinished problem solving papers from our math folders

D-(Doing Math)- Scootpad on the computers

Week in Review:

Reading: This week we learned about the /oo/ sound. We played a smartboard game and highlighted words with this sound in a book.

Math:  We have finished our study on two-digit addition.  Students took the test on Thursday with the sub and she praised them for how hard they worked.  To celebrate their hard work on Friday we had some math centers.  We worked with geoboards, straws and twist ties to make shapes, drew objects with shape templates, and used pattern blocks.

Science:  In science we have started our new unit about engineering.  We learned the definition of an engineer and technology.  We are learning about how to engineer a package to hold our plants so that they can continue growing.

Notes:   

- I will have a sub on Wednesday, April 30 while I am testing all first graders in the building.

News from Mrs. Straw

Events:

-April 21 (Snow Make-up day)

-May 9 Track and Field Day

What’s Happening in BUILD:

B (Buddy Games)- Matching coin amounts to specified amount

U (Using Manipulatives)- Playing nickel, penny, dime exchange.  Students roll a die and collect the specified amount of pennies.  When they have 5 pennies they can trade for a nickel.  When they have two nickels they can trade for a dime.

I (Indpendently Working)- Counting money

L (Learning with Numbers)- Completing unfinished problem solving papers from our math folders

D-(Doing Math)- Scootpad on the computers

Week in Review:

Reading: This week we talked about /ow/ and /ou/ making the o sound.  We practiced this skill on our smartboard.  We also practiced this skill through making a mystery word with letter tiles.

Math:  We have continued our study with two digit addition. Students are starting to get the hang of carrying the group of ten.

Science:  We have finished our unit on plants.  We worked on labeling parts of a plant.  This week we also were able to plant a green bean seed.  Hopefully, next week we will see it start sprouting. 

 Notes:   

-I will be gone next Thursday, April 24 for a C4K (Collaboration for Kids) meeting.  I will also have a sub on Wednesday, April 30 while I am testing all first graders in the building.

News from Mrs. Straw

Events:

-April 17 (1 hr. early out)

-April 18 (No School)

-April 21 (Snow Make-up day)

-May 9 Track and Field Day

What’s Happening in BUILD:

**Continued from last week due to field trip and band concert.**

B (Buddy Games)- Fraction games

U (Using Manipulatives)- Memory with fractions

I (Indpendently Working)- Greater Than and Less Than problems

L (Learning with Numbers)- Completing unfinished problem solving papers from our math folders

D-(Doing Math)- Scootpad on the computers

Week in Review:

Math:

This week we started working on two digit addition.  This is just an introduction in first grade.  They will work more with this in second grade.  We worked on two strategies.   

Strategy 1:

26

+37 

50 (add tens 20+30)

+13 (add ones 6+7)

63

Strategy 2: (add ones and carry the group of ten)

 1

 26

+37

 63

Notes:   

-We had a great field trip to the Sugar Shack in Algona.  Students learned how to tap a tree to get sap and the turn the sap into syrup.  We were able to use some of the syrup we made for lunch when we ate at the Chrome in Algona.  Please check out my blog for pictures.

Sugar Shack Field Trip

The buckets that are collecting sap.

The Sugar Shack where they make sap into syrup.

In her hand is the tap that they pound into the tree and then attach the bucket to for the sap to run into.

Drilling a hole in the tree for the sap to run out of.

Students collected sap from the tree buckets in these white buckets.  Students then carried the sap from the tree to the Sugar Shack.

Students dumped the sap into a filter to get out some of the bugs and leaves.  The sap then went into a big basin which the pumped into the sugar shack.

Inside the Sugar Shack they showed up the filter that they use to cook the sap into syprup.

Each student got given a small sample cup to taste the syrup.

All the first graders

Eating pancakes at the Chrome in Algona.  Students enjoyed getting to use some of the syrup we made with their pancakes.

We toured a museum in West Bend where we learned about things of the past.  This student tried on a hat from the past.

Trying out an old typewriter.

We toured a one room school house.

We learned about how schools were in the past.  One of the things that we learned was about the Dunce hat.

News from Mrs. Straw

Events:

-April 9 (2 hr. early Out)

-April 17 (1 hr. early out)

-April 18 (No School)

-April 21 (Snow Make-up day)

What’s Happening in BUILD:

B (Buddy Games)- Fraction games

U (Using Manipulatives)- Memory with fractions

I (Indpendently Working)- Greater Than and Less Than problems

L (Learning with Numbers)- Completing unfinished problem solving papers from our math folders

D-(Doing Math)- Scootpad on the computers

Week in Review:

Reading:

This week in reading we continued learning about the bossy r’s.  This week we are focusing on the sound for /er/ /ir/ and /ur/.  We practiced a game on the smartboard in which we sorted short bossy r’s. 

Math:

This week we started a new math unit.  We have been working with counting multiple coins.  Please work with your child at home to count pennies, nickels, and dimes. 

Science:

We started our new unit on plants.  We have learned about the parts of the plant.  We have also started learning about ways that seeds can travel.

Notes:   

-We had a great week of testing!  Students worked hard all week long.  Thank you for all your help with getting them to bed early and making sure they eat a good breakfast. 

-Our field trip is Tuesday, April 8.  Please make sure your child brings boots and shoes that day.  We do some walking in the woods which are muddy.  Then we go to a museum in which we need our shoes.