WEEK SIX

Overview:  

·        With week six down, there are only two to go!  We had another great week, full of fun crafts, exciting learning opportunities, and our very first field trip.  We were the first ever 1^st graders to travel to UPS for a tour of their Missoula base.  This trip helped us learn how goods are distributed in our community, one of our social studies standards.  

Doubles Aren't Trouble Game 

Activity Highlights: 

Math

Doubles Aren't Trouble-  This week in math we practiced math fact fluency by playing a version of connect four highlighting doubles.  In this game student rolled a die with a partner, doubled that number and placed a token on the answer sheet.  The first student to get four in a row won.  

Reading

Long or short-  This week we continued to practice identifying the vowel sounds in words and categorize them as long or short.   We used pocket protector sheets as white boards to help practice this skill. 

Milk Carton 3-D Map

Social Studies

3-D Map-  This week all three first grade classes made models of streets in our neighborhood out of milk cartons.  Each student was assigned a plot of land to build and decorate.  Everyone had a wonderful time and learned loads about spatial orientation and symbols. 

Student Sample
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Ordered Writing-  After our great field trip to UPS, we used the information we learned to write an ordered list on how packages are delivered. This assignment focused on developing writing and language art skills and well as providing a nice wrap-up activity for our trip.