During writing workshop, kids used all that they have learned during word study and writing to create cards and notes to share with someone they love. 

During reading workshop, we have worked hard to get to know the characters in our books. We pay attention to what they do, how they feel and the things that they say. During independent reading, students used sticky notes to jot down character traits.

Our new math unit has us thinking about numbers beyond 100! We used our mathematical thinking to estimate how many popsicle sticks were in a clear plastic tub. Then we worked together to count them. Mathematicians used all that they know about place value to count some of the sticks. Students organized by groups of tens and ones.

We are in the midst of a Read-a-Thon at Westford School. To celebrate our reading, kids could dress up as a character from a favorite book. We had many opportunities to read and think throughout our day today!

We are all thankful for the arrival of warmer weather! Our community is so happy to get back outside to our outdoor classroom where we can connect with each other and enjoy the beauty of spring.

Thursday was our 100th day of school. During our Number Corner, our community shared some of what we know about the number 100. This discourse was evidence of what we have learned about place value, addition and subtraction strategies and the relationship between the two. Above and below are some snapshots of our thinking.

Our community had a fun morning exploring. creating and building with some new choice time materials. 

Check out some work samples from our remote Wednesdays. Students can share and communicate their work in a variety of ways.

Learning opportunities are directly related to "I can" statements from our essential standards.

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 I can use strategies to add and subtract.

I can show my thinking with an equation.

Work sample here.

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I can use short vowel power when reading and writing words.

I can notice blends and digraphs in words and use what I know when I read and write.

I can use what I know about silent e to read and spell words. I know that silent e works with any vowel.

Work sample here

First Graders learned about winter solstice yesterday. We honored the darkest day of the year by creating light in a different way. Below are our winter solstice sunset paintings.

Today we took some extra time to enjoy the beautiful snow and to build and create. We have been studying three dimensional shape during our Number Corner time. We noticed two dimensional shapes in our snow angels and we built big snow spheres. It is a good thing they can roll!

First graders have been busy working on writing small moment stories. Today we thought about all we have learned during Writing Workshop and we created a checklist to help us when we revise and edit our favorite pieces. See our checklist below!

Small Moment Checklist