Sterling's Snippets: Thank Goodness for 30's!

The melt is finally on! If your weekend has been anything like mine, I have been busy chipping away at the ice on my driveway. With all of the melting, that also means wet and messy snow pants and coats. The first graders have been working hard to position their winter gear in the lockers for adequate drying - boots on the floor and snow pants and coats hanging on individual hooks. The lockers tend to get a bit smelly if the gear is all balled up on the bottom. With the warm temperatures, we snuck in an extra recess on afternoon last week. How could I pass up upper 30's temperatures and sun?

Meet Skyler

Last week Skyler was our wonderful Star Student! Skyler is one of the most hardworking 1st graders you will meet! He always keeps a huge smile on his face and never gives up. Skyler loves anything to do with Pokemon! He knows much more about the characters than I do and has an extensive collection of cards at home too!

A Peek at Our Week

Reading: In reading we have been working hard on story sequence. The students know that good readers think about what happens next in a story. Additionally we have been working hard on reading and writing words with wh, ch, and tch digraphs.

Math: We just wrapped up our study of 2D ad 3D shapes in math. Below students describe shapes to their partner without seeing. Their partner was challenged to make the same arrangement with only their descriptions of sizes, colors, vertices, edges and sides. Our next unit focuses on place value to prepare students for addition of numbers beyond 10. I am so impressed with just how fluent students are becoming in their math facts. Don't forget to return the Unit 4 Math Test that came home last week. Check out some of our Daily 5 Math action below!

Science: In science we are busy learning about matter. Students are busy trying to figure out of Oobleck is a solid or a liquid. This week we will experiment with gasses using antacid tablets. Wish me luck!