Learning Update - Week of October 5th

We started the week off by talking about what a Scientist does.  What is it, you ask?  Well, they ask questions and they make observations!  We spent the week learning about what an observation is and how to make one.  This led us into our Science unit about senses.   We learned that you can use your 5 senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch to make observations.  

Throughout the week we made observations in our classroom and the hallways, using language such as "I observed _____ using my eyes."  or "I observed _____ using my ears".  We also learned that scientists record their observations!



At the end of the week we put our observations skills to work in Art.  We collected leaves from outside and created pictures by putting the leaves under our paper and rubbing the top of the paper with a crayon. 


In Math, we read the story, "Only One You" by Linda Kranz and created 2 and 3 element patterns on our own fish! We also learned two new Math games called "Race to 100 and "10 Frame Adding".  Moving forward, Grade 1s will be working hard to understand what adding is and how to independently show adding up to 10 using math manipulatives.  



Lastly, we have continued to develop our reading skills in regard to words we see often, such as 'the' and 'and' through hands on activities like using beads and pasta to create the word!




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