During our Writer's Workshop we practiced telling true stories from our very own lives and shared our writing with a partner. We continue to add labels to our pictures and are trying to hear the sounds in the words that tell our story. We wrote about fall leaves and continue to practice making letters the "school" way. When Mrs. Benoit visited us she read a story called Whole Body Larry at School. During our Math block we practiced adding and subtracting small numbers when we played “Pocket Problems”, we talked about what is sorting and what is not sorting and we learned that circles are closed shapes with a curved line and that triangles have three straight sides and three angles. We played count and sit, Gotcha! and dot top-it. During Reader’s Workshop we learned that readers reread books to learn MORE from them. We practiced reading with a partner and we reread some favorite story books by remembering the story and looking closely at the pictures. At centers we used our dot daubers to match upper and lower-case letters, sorted letters from the rice tub, and used tongs and chopsticks to make a pom-pom path through letters. On Friday we met our First Grade Reading Buddies! We got to know them a fun way-by using our chrome books to take some silly pictures. :-) . Next week we'll start reading some simple books and poems that we can share with our Buddies. To prepare for our trip to White Pine we began to talk about Native American Indians. We talked about how a long time ago American Indians wore clothing made from animal skins and used tools to hunt for and gather their food, but American Indians today live, work play and hunt just like we do. Wednesday afternoon we took a field trip to White Pine to learn how important the forest is. The teachers at White Pine taught us about making a fire using material from the woods, building a shelter using sticks and leaves, cooking in an outdoor kitchen, and using forest debris found on the forest floor to make an art project called a Debris Mat. While we were there we had the privilege of listening to a master story-teller. David Sanipass is a member of the Mic Mac nation here in Maine. David recounted three tales which kept our class enthralled. He asked the children to go home and share these stories with their families, and to ask their parents and grandparent to share their stories. Later, David led us in a hunt for a deer. We learned that when hunting deer you have to move quietly and then stay low to blend in with the woods. Here is the video of our trip to White Pine that I shared with the class today. You can also check out our Photo Gallery page for pictures from our trip. Because the natural world was and remains such an important part of life for Native Americans our November share will be a nature share. Please help your child find something from nature which they can bring to school and share with their classmates. Some ideas might include an object found in nature, a picture of them working in or enjoying nature (gardening, hiking…), a nature craft your child has made, a book about an aspect of the natural world in which your child is interested or another idea. The schedule will be will be posted on the Share Dates page of the class website.
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