Making 20

My smart students worked together to show how many ways they could represent the number 20.  I was very impressed by how well they did coming up with different ideas.  They used tally marks, pictures, addition and subtraction sentences, and much more.

 

 



Healthy Food Assembly

One of Hillcrest's fantastic mothers, and nutritionist ran a pronominal assembly today about the 5 food groups and healthy eating.  The students really enjoyed learning about food and creating their own "5 food group wrap".

 

Being Thankful

Ms. L is thankful for family, friends, community, students and of course her dog Mac.  Happy Thanksgiving to all.  Have a wonderful Holiday!

 



Thanksgiving Feast

We feasted like the pilgrims!  Some ate more than others:)  Everything was delicious.

 



The Great Turkey Race

Students identified beginning, middle and end of the story!

 



Turkeys?? Where??

We read A Turkey for Thanksgiving together.  After reading, we identified story elements, characters, setting, problem and solution. 
Students created these wonderful turkeys to go with our writing!

 



Math Math Math

Different Ways to Make the Number 12

Students played two different games: How Many Am I Hiding? and Counters Under a Cup

 



November Newsletter

 

November

11/14 Conference Day/No School

11/19 First Grade Day for American Education Week

11/27-11/28 Thanksgiving break/No School

Reminders

Please send in notes for your child’s absence.

One snack please (for snack time).

Reading

We have started unit 2 in reading.  Unit 2 focuses on non-fiction texts.  We will be practicing a lot of asking and answering questions, identifying main idea and details, and determining text features.  Students continue to work hard on reading comprehension and fluency in small groups.  Continue working on those sight word practices. 

Math

We have completed unit 2 with flying colors and are moving onto unit 3.  This unit consists of problem solving strategies and solving word problems.  I look forward to watching students use manipulatives and trying different methods to solve problems. 



Pumpkins!

We learned a lot about pumpkins today!  Especially that they come in all different colors.

 

Then we voted on how to carve our classroom jack-o-lantern.  The students helped me scoop out the inside.

Our finished product.

Students designed their own jack-o-lanterns and wrote why theirs was the best.