Our Daily Five is coming along nicely. The children have been successful in keeping
up their stamina time of around 15 minutes.
We will be introducing the last components next week. Then we will be able to begin our strategy
groups.
In Math we have begun studying complements of 10. These are numbers that can be added to make
10 like 3 and 7. You can work on this at
home using 10 pennies. Have your child
grab a handful and count how many are in his/her hand and how many are on the
table. This is a great introduction to
addition facts. They need to know their
facts through 10 and will be timed in second grade. We are also beginning to count pennies and
nickels.
We continue to work on writing about small moments in our
lives during writer’s workshop. Many of
us are working on adding details to our writing and focusing on one moment.
We began our new science unit on animals and habitats. We will be covering this for the next 5 to 6
weeks. This Wednesday, Mr. Bob and
Melinda who are naturalists from Barr Lake will be doing eagle presentations
for the first grades and Thursday the 27th the museum will be here
with the Colorado Wildlife presentation.
Upcoming Events
September 19th:
Eagle Presentation
September 21st: Pinwheels for Peace
September 21st: Pinwheels for Peace
September 27th:
Colorado Wildlife Presentation
September 28th:
No School, Teacher work day
