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First Grade: Week of December 18th

This week we learned about place value in math class. First graders practiced breaking down numbers into tens and ones. They also played two new math games: Race to 100 and Close to 20.

We changed our reading groups this week, giving students a chance to read with new peers and new teachers. We also learned a new reading strategy: skip and return. If a word looks too tricky to read, sometimes it is helpful to skip it and and read the rest of the sentence first.

We learned some challenging sight words this week: there, use, into, each, and which. We practiced using these words in sentences and played sight word roll and record.  

Thursday was the shortest day of the year! To celebrate the first day of Winter, we imagined what our lives would be like inside a snow globe and wrote about it. We also drank hot chocolate to get into the cozy, winter mindset.

First grade scientists finished learning about weather. Next semester we will start our unit on organisms.

In Hebrew, we learned the letter vav as well as new vowel, which makes the “oh” sound. The first graders were so excited to be able to read so many words in Hebrew.

 In Yahadut, we learned a new prayer from the amida called, rofeh cholei amo israel.  We spoke about what makes us feel better when we are sick or not well, and what we can do to help others to feel better.

We wish everyone a happy new year!

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