"What was one thing that I learned about today?"

Alicyn learned that a hot front changes the weather very slowly.

Jayda learned that we observed the weather.

Jonathan learned he would like to go to the beach.

Max learned that some places are rainy and some places are not.

Conner learned about the weather.

Alyssa learned that the weather can be both and that we can see clouds from far away.

Tierra learned today that over here it was sunny and over there there were gray clouds and she thinks the clouds will come over here.

Danny learned that weather predictions can teach you about the weather or tell you whether you need an umbrella or jacket.

Riley learned that data is a real word.

Madi learned observation.

Jeremiah learned that if you see black clouds, that means its almost about to rain.

Luke learned that this morning it was foggy.

Miyah learned that sometimes everybody can't be right about the weather.

Kendall learned about cold fronts and hot fronts.

Melanie learned that the weather changes.

Nyla learned about nonfiction and fiction.
 
 
Love,

A Wonderful Autumn Week...

Dear Mom & Dad,

Already, our October has been so busy! Last week we had the cook out and got to eat outside, like a picnic. Thank you to all of the moms and dads who came to eat with us. We understand how hard it is to get off from work. We really enjoyed eating our hamburgers and ice cream!

Thank you to the two Watch D.O.G.S. that we've already had in our classroom. Mr. Licht and Mr. Howell were both very helpful and we enjoyed having someone in our room to play math games with us, help us with our Reading Round-up, and help us with anything we needed when Mrs. Maggart was busy teaching a group. We are also so lucky to have other helpers in our room during the week. It is so great to have another adult in the room when we need help spelling a word during Writer's Workshop or to sit and read one-on-one with me with a book I just got from my reading group. Thank you!

This week we talked all about punctuation. We read two very funny books, Punctuation Takes a Vacation and Punctuation Celebration. Madi donated Punctuation Celebration to our classroom library.

Thank you Madi! We are really working hard on remembering to end every sentence with a period, an exclamation mark, or a question mark, depending on how we want the reader to read our story. We had to help Mrs. Maggart put punctuation in her writing too. Can you help me check and make sure my punctuation is not on vacation when I am working on homework. Sometimes I forget!

We also talked about nouns and that they are a person, place, or thing. We read a very funny story called Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich and found all sorts of nouns in it!

In Social Studies, we are still learning about maps. We even wrote poems about maps! We learned about acrostic poems and made our very own about maps and all of the different words and descriptions that come to my mind when I think of maps and all that we have learned.

In math, we are working on addition. I know that I may make it look easy because I am such a great mathematician, but Mrs. Maggart is working with me on understanding my math words and how lots of words mean to add and to be able to quickly remember ways to make certain numbers. Mrs. Maggart likes to use a lot of different ways for me to learn. Sometimes we play games, sometimes we use math tools, and she tries to let us practice writing sentences and seeing addition on paper too. After all, we are all different learners. Mrs. Maggart also helps me with careless errors. Sometimes I get in such a hurry that I miss an answer!

When I'm not working with Mrs. Maggart in my math group, I am playing a fun math game. Here is a fun game we played where we had to find tricks and use strategies to remember how many dots were on the cards!

In science we have been talking a lot about natural resources and products that come from them. We made a chart of all the things that come from rock, soil, and water. We even turned our classroom into a museum of natural resources. Ask me what I found in the classroom that comes from rocks, soil, and water! We like to make our own vocabulary cards for science words.

We also had a special lab where we explored all of the different products made from rock.

Baby Power

Magnets

Glass

We also started writing our Daily Letter which Mrs. Maggart emails to you about different topics of the day. Mrs. Maggart also says she is going to start posting our letters on our class blog so WE can add to our blog as well!

Monday we don't have any school but you will be meeting with Mrs. Maggart to talk more about what I'm doing in first grade!


Love,

What was one thing I learned about today?

Conner learned that what is made from soil, water, and rocks.

Jayda learned that there is water in the sink.

Max learned that glass comes from rocks.

Melanie learned that natural resources are found in nature.

Nyla learned that the tip of the pencil is made from rock.

Danny learned that rock, oil, water, and soil are all natural resources and they all help us.

Alicyn learned that if you don't have bones, then you couldn't dance.

Riley learned that pottery is made out of soil.

Miyah learned that there is a lot of stuff that made is from rock, soil, cement, and water.

Matthias learned that rocks can be different colors.

Tierra learned that soil is under the ground.

Luke learned that people pollute more and more of our natural resources.

Brian learned that the tip of a pencil is made from rock.

Alyssa learned that our frogs' and crickets' home is made of soil.

Jeremiah learned people need to have water to survive.

Kendall learned about a compass rose.

Madi learned that glass is made out of rocks.

Tomorrow is Friday! We have our spelling test tomorrow. The Jungle is tomorrow too. We can wear our college t-shirts tomorrow.


Love,