This week we have introduced the final initial digraph, qu. Students enjoyed listening to The Wedding of Q and U, a fictional story about the letter pairing and their spelling sequence. After the story, students once again brainstormed a list of qu words and selected their weekly spelling list. Next week, we will review each of the initial digraphs learned this trimester (ch, sh, th, wh, ph, and qu).
Linear Measurement
This week in math, first graders have been working with both nonstandard and standard units as we are learning about linear measurements. Working with nonstandard