La lectura
This week we read a playful poem about a young child who describes the wonders about his own shadow, Mi sombra. We also read Nada se pega como una sombra by Ann Tompert. This is a fantasy piece. To win a bet with Woodchuck, Rabbit tries many different things to get rid of his shadow. When he finally sees that his shadow is gone, he’s not as happy as he thought he would be. Upon his shadow’s return, Rabbit is more than happy to use the bet.
Our weekly objectives were to:
- identify the rhyme and rhythm of poetry.
- sing Una luna, dos lunas, identify rhyming words.
- use the reading comprehension strategies of visualization, clarifying and making connections.
- to identify periods at the end of sentences.
- to identify capitals at the beginning of all names.
- identify and write the letters Oo, Aa, and Ee.
- sort pictures based on their beginning sounds.
Form a group of a given number.
Roll the dice and add that many candies to your chart.
Add the numbers and put the stick in the right pumpkin.
Use the number line to add and then find the answer to make a candy corn.
Las matemáticas
This week we continued with our counting strategies but also began our new unit on Size and Position.
Our weekly objectives were to:
- Count up to 40 by 1’s and 10’s.
- Compare groups of numbers.
Adding two numbers and using CANDY to help us count!
Learning Targets: I can make size comparisons using big and small.
I can understand the concept of same sized objects.
I can explore the idea that only a few big objects fit into small spaces and many small objects fit into big spaces.
I can identify positions of objects in space.
I can use appropriate language to describe and compare.
I can use language such as before or after to describe relative position in a sequence of events
Math vocabulary: adelante – before, detrás – behind, entre – between
Additional 1st Grade Learning Targets:
I can use ordinal numbers.
I can use position words to name relative positions.
Sharing about what we are learning.
History & Geography
This week we continued our unit on Native Americans of North America. We did some fun activities related to the Sioux tribe. The class learned about petroglyphs and drew some on “buffalo hides”. We also drew pictures of the shelter, clothing, and food of the Sioux. On Friday we began learning about our second tribe in this domain, the Wampanoag.
Our objectives this week were:
• identify the Sioux as a nomadic tribe
• describe the food, clothing, and shelter of the Sioux
• identify the environment in which the Wampanoag lived
• understand how the Wampanoag tribe lived
• identify the Wampanoag as a settled tribe
Recording sounds that are loud and sounds that are soft.
• describe the food, clothing, and shelter of the Wampanoag
Science
This week in science we learned about the sense of sight and hearing. Students had fun trying out experiments involving their sense of sight. We read several trade books about these senses as well.
Our objectives were to:
• identify the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch
• describe how the five senses help humans stay safe
• describe the sense of sight and sense of hearing
• identify the parts of the eye and their functions
• identify the parts of the ear and their functions
• draw the different parts of an eye
• provide simple explanations about how the eye and ear works.
Lunch in the classroom