This week we started exploring time. The first grade benchmark requires students to tell and write time to the hour and half hour. We started by learning the hour hand by using a 1 handed clock. The times above can be described as 7 o'clock, a little after 9, half past 2. Using one hand helps us learn the hand is directly pointing to a number at the hour (:00) and it moves throughout the hour. We then introduce the minute hand to tell time to the hour. Today, we learned about telling time to the half hour. There are three things to remember:
1. The minute (big) hand is on the 6. 2. The hour (little) hand is between the hour stated and the next hour. 3. Time to the half hour is written as :30. Please practice telling time to the hour and half hour at home!
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This week we started exploring fossils. Most students did not know what fossils are, and some students had limited understanding of fossils.
We learned about 2 types of fossils - Bone Fossils Imprint Fossils Most students are familiar with bone fossils. Yesterday we did an experiment to put a concrete example of imprint fossils in our head. We took toy dinosaur bones and pushed them into clay. Then we compared the body parts to the imprint fossils to see if we noticed similarities and differences. Can you tell which body part made each imprint? Over the past week we have worked toward publishing our writing. Here are the steps we have taken:
1. Write a story about a vacation with a beginning, 3 middle details, and an ending. 2. Edit our story. This includes fixing our spelling using tools around the room, checking spaces, looking for correct punctuation, using upper and lowercase letters in the right places, and reading our story to make sure it makes sense! 3. Put our story into book format. 4. Review book to make sure there are no mistakes. 5. Create an ebook that we will be able to share with the class. We have used two resources to create ebooks - Little Bird Tales and Story Buddy. These books with be posted as soon as we complete them! We have also explored My Story Maker this past week. We will continue to use this resource in the computer lab regularly! |
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