Mrs. Hogue's 1st Grade Class: "Peek at the Week" December 8-12

Did you know possums use their tails to climb?

Did you know that sea turtle are born with teeth?

Did you know hurricanes are the biggest storms in the world?

These are just some of the cool facts we learned in our nonfiction texts this week!

Take a peek into our week :)

Math Workshop

For the next two weeks we will be exploring addition and subtraction strategies through a unit called The Double Decker Bus! We are learning how to use 5 and 10 groups to help us add and subtract with better accuracy and fluency!

We use a math rack to help model our strategies. The math rack has two 'decks' with 10 beads. The beads are grouped in in 2 sets of 5s on each deck.

This week, we explored how we could easily see the number of passengers on the bus. We learned that if we look for 5 and 10 groups it helps us see the passengers easier!

We can easily see that this bus has 18 passengers by seeing 10 on the bottom plus 8 on the top. Some children saw 18 because they noticed that there were 2 empty seats, so 20-2=18!

Next, we explored different ways to show the same total of passengers on the bus. We decided that there were 'easy' and 'hard' ways to see passengers quickly.

Both these math racks show 7 passengers, but it is easier to see 7 quickly on the right rack. We can easily see the 5-group and 2 more!

We also learned a game called Passenfer Pairs. In this game, children look for 2 cards with the same total number of passengers.

Reader's Workshop

We continued our study on nonfiction. This week, we learned that readers need to put in the breaks when they read.

Reader's need to stop and think about each section or book before moving on.

We also learned that readers can choose a path when reading a nonfiction book! We learned that readers can 'dabble through' first by noticing text feature then going back and reading the main text. We also learned readers may choose to read the main text first, then go back and read the text features!