This Week in Room 8 (5/30 to 6/2)

This week we will continue to work on our Cinderella stories, our Specialty Shop PBL, and starting our KIPLING countdown!

Kipling Countdown is just around the corner... Thursday! Thursday 6/1- K: Kindergarten Visits- Kindergarten will visit our classrooms. We will teach them about some first grade activities they will do next year. Friday 6/2- I: Inside-out Day- Wear your clothes inside-out! Monday 6/5- P: Pride Day- Let's celebrate and be proud of our accomplishments! Think about two things you are proud of that you learned to do this school year. Be ready to write about your two proud things. Tuesday 6/6- L: Letter to your 2nd Grade Teacher (also Field Day)- We will write letters to our future teachers during ELA! Field day will be in the afternoon. Our class will represent Italy. Be sure to wear red, white, and green. You can even get creative and come to school wearing face paint or hair color spray with our team's colors! Wednesday 6/7- I: Introduction to 2nd Grade Classrooms- We will go and visit the second grade classrooms to learn more about second grade! Thursday 6/8- N: New Name Day- Pick a new name (must be appropriate) for the morning! We will wear name tags so that our teachers don't get too confused. Friday 6/9- G: Go Sharpen Your Saw with Summer Fun!

Specialty Shop PBL and Google Hangout!

Yesterday, students worked together for a Nearpod activity where they learned about consumers, producers, and goods. We are learning how each plays an important part

 in our specialty store project PBL.

We also learned about maps. We learned that a compass rose gives information about the location of places on maps. We discussed the possibilities for best places to open a shop and why. We learned about "rural" and "urban." Students had to determine where on their map to build their shop.

Today we had our final Google Hangout with first grade students from Bloomingdale, IL. Our discussion focused on comparing and contrasting the stories of Yeh-Shen and The Korean Cinderella. We worked on forming opinion questions to ask the other students as well as specific questions about the stories. I am so impressed with their focus and determination during our work time!

We enjoyed connecting and learning from other students and discussing the two stories!

Today was a great experience for the kids. We took time afterwards to reflect. They loved meeting new friends, learning someone else's ideas, and learning more about someone new. They also commented on how it was okay to have different ideas and opinions. "If they didn't agree, it doesn't mean that they didn't like your idea." I was very impressed with the reflection.

During our PBL time this afternoon, we focused on learning about "Needs" and "Wants."

Students learned how we need water, food, shelter, clothes, and medicine (if we need it) to survive.

We also learned about how needs are different than wants.

Students created a chart where they included pictures of examples of needs and wants.

Be sure to check out PicCollage in the next few days to see your child's work!

Great work!

Pictures and MORE pictures!

Book Clubs!

We love taking turns reading, asking and answering questions, and comparing and contrasting our texts with others reading different books.

Friendships are "Blooming" in first grade!

Book Clubs:

Retelling the different stories and comparing/contrasting.

Our Guest Reader came to read to the class!

Problem-Solving Tuesday!

Students synergized to solve different math riddles and challenges.

More Book Clubs!

Researching the Moon

What do we like about the outside of Kipling?

What do we want to change?

1st Graders brainstorming ideas... to be continued!

We are learning about how we use quotation marks for dialogue on Nearpod.

Buddy Reading with friends in Mrs. Friedlander's class!

We are using our creativity to retell a fiction text.

Students used Telestory, ChatterPix, or Toontastic to share the information!

Be sure to check out your child's work on Seesaw.

Scholastic News:

Digging for information with a buddy!

We are busy reporting what we read during our reading time.

What did you learn? What stuck with you?

PBL: Project Based Learning is

a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge.

Students are creating their own "shop." They could choose from selling cookies, ice cream, chocolate, candy, donuts, or produce.

Today we decided on what we want to sell, named our shop, and began researching different kinds of goods to sell in our shop.

We will continue this unit through the end of the school year! :)

Ask your child about it!