Grade 1 Term 2 - Week 2

What we are learning about in Grade 1

Inquiry: People write in different ways to express ideas

Learner Profile: Inquirer
Transdisciplinary Skill: Social Skills - Communicating with others through different text types, working together as a team to retell a story (beginning, middle and end) and share the elements of it (characters, setting, plot), working with the kindergarten students

Mathematics: Addition - Fact family of 10 and 20, continued working with number sentences and the signs in a number sentence

Reading: Recognizing the structure and elements of a story, use sources of information and prior knowledge, personal stories and experiences to make meaning, guided reading, buddy reading
Writing: Explore different text types and their purpose (Diary and letter writing)

Shared writing - Letter to a character:

Dear David,

We have just read the David Gets in Trouble book and we think David should learn to be more mindful of his actions. He should stop being so rude and be careful when he plays baseball. Don’t hurt animals by pulling their tails. He should put his homework somewhere his dog can’t reach and eat it. He needs to share his toys. When he sees someone else’s birthday cake, don’t eat it before the birthday person and don’t lie. Also, don’t forget to put your pants on!

We also have some questions for you.
1.     Why did you write this book?
2.     How old is David?
3.     Why does David always get in trouble?

 
From,
Grade 1s at Shinagawa International School

Highlights of the week:

Updating our essential agreement

Working as a group in analyzing a picture book

Presenting our picture book analysis

Trying our friend's skip counting puzzles

Buddy reading with the kindergarten class!