This week we jumped into non-fiction in both Readers and Writers Workshops. We learned strategies good readers use when they are reading non-fiction text and learned about a variety of non-fiction text features and how they help us understand the new things we are learning from our non-fiction books. We carried this over into Writers' Workshop where we have begun writing expert books about a topic we know a lot about, are passionate about and want to teach others about. We will continue with this work next week.
January is a big assessment month. I have spent the week doing reading assessments with everyone. I will continue with this work next week and hope to be finished within the next couple of weeks. It is always amazing to see the growth first graders make the first half of the school year in reading. Everyone has been doing a terrific job on these assessments.
We completed our math unit this week and completed assessments for this unit on Wednesday and Thursday. On Monday we will dive into our Penguins unit by learning about where Antarctica is, talking about what we already know about penguins and what we wonder, and getting our passports to Antarctica!
We finished our Social Studies unit about Long Ago and Today this week and shared our projects in groups today. We will begin our Balance and Force unit about bridges on Monday.
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