What makes weather? Last week, first graders enjoyed hear the book The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm! for read aloud to learn that air, water, and heat mixed together make the weather. The book came to life in a discovery streaming video.
Today, working in pairs, students read Stormy Weather. Incorporating phoics skills, they hunted for blends throughout the book. Words found included clouds, blocked, storm, grew, drive, slowly, strong, blow, flashed, scared, cracked, and many more!
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This week, first graders dove into learning about the rainforest and its layers. We began with a class discussion about the different layers of the
After learning all about mammals, first graders are now learning about amphibians. We have discovered that amphibians have each of the following characteristics: vertebrates cold-blooded
First graders have been working very hard lately on their writing skills. These skills apply to so many aspects of first grade life! We write