We’ve been working on fractions for a few weeks. The idea of parts of a whole is a challenging one for first graders. We began by focusing on equal parts, especially of a shape. We talked about parts of a shape and parts of a group. We say our fractions as something out of something, […] Read More
Every day we read and we write. We know we have to do them both regularly to get better at them. As you can see, when we write (just like when we read) we like to find a place where we will be comfortable and able to work hard. Todos los días leemos y escribimos. […] Read More
Back in October (oh my, we have to do better keeping up with sharing all our activities, work, and fun), we invited our families to join us for our morning meeting. We begin every day with a morning meeting and we wanted to share that with our families. We greeted each other, a few […] Read More
The school Thanksgiving lunch is always a popular event. The food choices are different from any other day of the year and families are invited to join us. It was wonderful to see so many families eating together! El almuerzo escolar Thanksgiving es siempre un acontecimiento popular. Las opciones de comida son diferentes de cualquier […] Read More
We wrote and illustrated this book, inspired by Mo Willems. It features Elephant and Piggie and was also inspired by one of our students, who broke his arm falling off the monkey bars earlier this year (luckily, no one pushed him!). The students then read the book for the recording. Nos escribió e ilustró este […] Read More
We have lots of ways to learn more and practice math. We use our 100 chart a lot. Making groups of 10s and 1s is another thing we practice a lot. Tenemos un montón de maneras de aprender más y practicar las matemáticas. Utilizamos nuestra tabla 100 mucho. Hacer grupos de 10s y 1s […] Read More
