It was a BIG day in first grade...
I took 2 writing grades and 2 math grades! Talk about jumping right in.
We started off the day by discussing the new year, and watched The Ball Drop. It was just as exciting for me as last week, because I was with my class!
Then we dove into Cause and Effect with a read aloud--Squirrel's New Year's Resolution and continued by writing about our own resolutions. FANTASTIC writing.
Next we moved into our genre for he week (folktales) by reading Interrupting Chicken. We used this book to review being responsible and especially responsible at school. This time we created a class chart about being responsible. It hangs on our door.
Then we jumped into math. We will continue to practice, review and get faster with facts (right now it's subtraction) and writing numbers to 120.
Our concept is measurement, so today our vocabulary word was endpoints. To measure, make sure the endpoints are the same so it's true! This is a fun unit because the kids are SO GOOD already.
We ended the day with a birthday party.
I got some hugs, loads of smiles and plenty of kindness.
Looks like the start of a FANTASTIC 2016!!!
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