This week, first graders began using the reading strategy of summarizing to understand a text. We discussed how a summary is one way to remember information in a book. Utilizing this reading strategy is a nice extension of learning about the 5 w’s as a summary usually tells, who, what, when, where, and why. We practiced this skill using The 100th Day Project, which we partner read on the 100th day of school.
How It’s Made: Maple Syrup
First graders just began a new unit learning about world cultures. The first continent we are studying is our home, North America. Today we learned