The theme for the week was changes. We discussed and read about all sorts of changes. We learned that almost everything changes, and that some changes are easy, while others are difficult. I'm sure you have noticed a lot of changes in your child since the beginning of first grade!
We also learned about action words (verbs) and played a fun little game where I gave the class a sentence with a missing verb. Each student then wrote a verb to complete my sentence. We did a lot of these, and we were quite entertained the whole time!
In phonics we discussed the vowel sounds of y. At the end of a one syllable word, y makes the long i sound (cry). At the end of a multi-syllabic word, y makes the long e sound (happy). Students drew and labeled a t-chart on their whiteboards. They then read a poem and sorted words ending in y by the vowel sound of y.
In math we compared numbers, counted money, and continued to hone our addition and subtraction skills!
We completed our study of land, water, and air by sharing our terrific rock collections!
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