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Rehearsals, set-making, rehearsals, costume-making, and rehearsals filled the last week of school for students in Room 123 as they prepared plays to share with other classes!
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Rehearsals, set-making, rehearsals, costume-making, and rehearsals filled the last week of school for students in Room 123 as they prepared plays to share with other classes!
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Which books to buy for our classroom? Students in Room 123 completed the final round of our Book Order Project, using math strategies to total the cost of the books they chose and persuasive writing to convince others to vote for their choices!
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Inspired by our recent trip to the zoo, readers in Room 123 are investigating different types of animals.
At the same time, they are learning how author Paul McEvoy organizes information to clearly communicate to his readers.
They use this structure as they take notes about the important information and details. Take a look at their thinking!
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The tension mounted as students in Room 123 used tally marks to count the votes in the Championship Round of the Tournament of Books! First, Tops and Bottoms was ahead, then The Book With No Pictures nearly closed the gap.
In the end,Tops and Bottoms won by one vote!
Even though readers in Room 123 have learned a lot about plants during Language Studies, they discovered there is always more to learn!
Students worked in small groups to read different articles about plants. As they read, they noticed new information. After reading, they summarized the important information. At first, I’d planned for the small groups to share what they had learned with their classmates.
Then students asked if we could invite the other first grade classes and Dr. Kasmarick to teach them as well. So we decided to hold a Plant Fair, similar to the Richards Science Fair we visited earlier this year.
Take a look at students preparing for the Plant Fair and watch for photos via Seesaw later this week!
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May Madness has hit Richards first grade, with a literary twist: first grade classes nominated titles for a Tournament of Books! Each week, students will vote for their favorite books in each match-up until the Book of the Year is chosen. Students will count votes, determine the winning margins, and keep running vote totals for the winning titles.
To persuade others to vote for their titles, students in wrote book reviews. In Room 123, students worked in small groups to plan and write their reviews. Finally, they added leads and conclusions to their work. You can see their reviews below.
Watch for updates as the voting begins!
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Inspired by Douglas Florian, writers in Room 123 will be creating their own book of insect poetry!
Each student will write a poem and fact about an insect, as well as creating an illustration to match. To do so, however, they first had to become experts about the insects they chose to write about. Students used Pebblego to research their insects. Take a look at this first step in the writing process!
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Where there is a classroom need, the Richards PTO always comes through! They recently funded the purchase of new books for all the first grade classrooms, including folktales and fairy tales to enrich our Language Studies unit on folktales. Below you can see readers in Room 123 enjoying these new books. Thank you, PTO!
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Scientists in Room 123 began their study of insects and plants by reading nonfiction texts. Now they are learning first hand by observing them!
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Readers in Room 123 are getting ready to do some “bee” bopping!
Working in small groups, they analyzed poems from Douglas Florian’s book. Then they rehearsed choral readings of the poems to present to their classmates. Students also decided to create costumes for their presentations. You can see the process below and look for videos of their performances via Seesaw tomorrow!
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