Lets make a number line

Our math brains continue to grow every day.  As part of our unit on counting to 99, we had to problem solve where numbers might go on a number line.  Sometimes we knew the first or last number and had to fill in the rest and sometimes Mrs. Plaza tried to trick us, but she never can!  Little did we know we were working on our counting skills.

 

 

It took teamwork and problem solving skills for us to find where our numbers would go in our line when we did a whole class number line. 

 



 

Thanks to our great problem solving skills, everyone found their spot in line (even when Mrs. Plaza "forgot" some of the cards). 

 

Please continue to practice counting forwards and backwards to 99 with your child.  We will work our way up to 120 by the end of the year! 

Final Small Moment Stories and Celebration

We have been working hard on our small moment personal narratives.  With our writing partner we worked on revising and editing our writing.  Some of us even chose to act out our stories in order to make sure we had enough details in our writing. 

 

Once our writing was the best it could be, we published our stories by adding a cover and color to the illustrations!  Sitting in the authors chair was a special moment as we shared our stories with the class.  Your first grader was also very excited to pick an adult in the building to give a copy of their story to.  The other copy is hanging in the hallways for anyone to read and then it will be sent home with it's author! 

 

Keep up the great work authors!  Our next unit will be non-fiction.  Your child will get a chance to teach me about something they are expert on! 

reading anchor charts

 

 The chart above is what we are using in first grade to help us with our retelling.  If you child is struggling with retelling their books to you at home, please have them retell the story across their fingers using the key words above.  It is ok for them to look back in the book to help them remember the events if they need to. 

One of the most important skills we work during reading is the ability to self correct without prompting.  We remind the children to use their check it skills after they think they have figured out a tricky word and if the story doesn't sound right or isn't making sense.  Please encourage your child to use these three ideas to help them continue to become better readers!


Your child has mini copies of these charts in their book boxes at school.  If you think these charts would be beneficial for your child to have at home as well, I will make a copy for you and send it home! :)  
Keep up the great reading first graders!