Dear Families,
Another fun and educational week has just ended in first grade.
We continued to “travel” around the world, and had the opportunity to explore geometry with Mexican paper cortados. We cut out various shapes in colorful tissue papers, which we hung in our classroom. Ask your child to tell you about the patterns and shapes he/she chose to cut out. Mexican paper cortados are usually used during “fiestas”. Ask your child to explain. We also had the opportunity to explore geometry while making Mexican place mats. We used rulers and cut one-inch paper strips, which we wove into other paper strips. The finished products are amazing. We are waiting for them to be laminated, so they will come home shortly! Ms. Grau visited our classroom this week, and with her help, we learned to count to ten and sing some songs in Spanish. Ask your child to teach you!
Our plant unit continues with many interactive experiments and explorations. We observe our spider plant shoots daily, recording and discussing our expanding scientific knowledge. We were very fortunate to have another visitor in our classroom to tell us about some very special plants that grow from bulbs. Ms. Bachilas joined us for a presentation about ranunculus. She recently traveled to
Next week, first graders will learn that plants can also grow from seeds! Our garden fieldtrip is scheduled for June 1st (
Our classroom narrative story continues to develop as well. Last week, the students and I chose to write a story together about a dragon, a mouse and a dinosaur. We practiced our listening and speaking skills this week, taking turns sharing the pen and discussing different ideas for our narrative. We have so many creative first graders. Ask your child to tell you what the dragon’s name is and what he looks like and acts like. We will share the whole story when we are finished as a class.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Regards,
Maria McCormack
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