We have really enjoyed learning about rocks, minerals, and soil and can't wait to start our new unit about sharing the planet! Mrs. Yancy taught us the central idea of this new unit "actions affect our environment." We will think, question, and observe environmental issues and take action to solve these problems. Our students will begin to research animals, learn about animal parents and their offspring as well as compare and contrast different animal species. Science Inquiry SKL2. Students will compare the similarities and differences in groups of organisms. a. Explain the similarities and differences in animals. (color, size, appearance, etc.) b. Explain the similarities and differences in plants. (color, size, appearance, etc.) c. Recognize the similarities and differences between a parent and a baby. d. Match pictures of animal parents and their offspring explaining your reasoning. (Example: dog/puppy; cat/kitten; cow/calf; duck/ducklings, etc.) e. Recognize that you are similar and different from other students. (senses, appearance) For our inquiry into writing, we will began working on persuasive and opinion pieces. We began this by discussing and writing about our favorite pets (: Writers are expected to give their opinions with sentence starters such as “I think”, “I feel”, “I believe”, “I can’t resist”, and “Everyone should.” Students also need to include reasons and examples of why they feel this way. We will identify problems in our classroom, our school, and our community and write to get the word out about these issues. Students will get the opportunity to create posters, signs, lists, songs, brochures etc. ELAGSEKW1: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are “writing” about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book For our inquiry into Reading we will continue our unit on learn about the world books (non-fiction books). We will be working on learning information from the pictures and the words and also wondering and asking questions as we read. Students will work with partners to practice re-telling their books like they are a teacher! We will also think about what is the same and what is different in the non-fiction books that we read. This week was week 1 of Measure Mania our measurement themed Toy Story Adventure! We measured Mr. and Mrs. Potatohead with non-standard units of measure! We practiced our measuring rules: line up the objects you are using to measure, make sure you line the measuring tools up straight, no gaps, no overlaps, and count how many units it takes to get from one end to the other. Next week we will do "There's a Snake in my Boot" measuring activity and "The Claaaaaaw"measuring activity!
MGSE1.MD.1 Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object. MGSE1.MD.2 Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. (Iteration) Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category. MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. Represent and interpret data. MGSE1.MD.4 Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another. MGSE1.NBT.1 Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
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