As we continue to study poetry, each day we learn something new about what poets do. Today we learned that good poets show us what they are feeling, they don’t just tell us. As a teacher I love teaching this lesson because it is rather higher level thinking for first grade and it is amazing how easily students perceive this when given examples. We read an example poem (shown below) and talked about what feelings she was trying to explain in her poem. She really likes this crab, and one student suggested that they became friends. We also discussed the actions she was showing us and how that showed feeling. We then decided that we really liked the way she told us because it didn’t sound like ordinary writing, it sounded like poetry! Right then it was decided we need to add to our chart. Today you can see we added “Poets…Show don’t just tell”

Found a Little Crab

By: Sabrina

 

Digging, digging through

the sand.

Then I see something

crawling, crawling, crawling. I pick

it up with my hands

it tickles me.

 

In math today we finished our unit on geometry with a Unit 7 test. Everyone did a great job remembering what they have learned about shapes! Unit 8 is about money and fractions. Remember to play the Coin Counting Game after your child finishes his or her home link each night instead of a number story.This quick practice in the evening will really help support the material being presented each day in school.

The Coin Counting Game:
Grab a handful of change (50-90 cents made with a variety of coins)
Have your child guess the amount of change in your hand then count the coins

*As a challenge activity take away a few coins, have your child count again  and determine how much money is in your other hand.

We have begun our study of plants in science and today we compared plants and animals. The class made collages from old magazines and really enjoyed hunting through the pages looking for pictures to add to their table's collage. Mrs. Ambrosino and I agree, if you're ever looking for something to do on a rainy day make a collage!!! The class would have spent hours on this if we had let them...