This page has been created for parents and teachers to view what my first grade class has been learning. I also want to share the many resources that I've found to be very helpful.
This week in reading we have been working on reading short vowel e words through use of poems and other short decodable books. We also have been working on adding adjectives to our writing. For Thanksgiving, we are making our own turkey stories using adjectives and they are coming out really cute. I will be posting some pictures in the next couple of days. We have also begun finding the main idea in passages and books we have been reading. This has been quite a difficult process but with practice we will get there. :) In addition to finding the main idea, students have been learning how to close read difficult passages to determine meaning and unknown vocabulary. We are making connections to multiple words we are learning.
In math, students are working on subtracting from sums of 0-20 through use of doubles, number lines, money, and so much more. We are also beginning to find the relationship between subtraction and addition through fact families. After we get done with our subtraction chapter, we will begin place value. This is actually my favorite to teach!
I will be posting periodically so be on the look out for resources and pictures of what we are doing in class.
