Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, October 5, 2012

Stomp Out Bullying!

This week we learned about bullying and the importance of standing up to bullies! We read the books "One" and "Chester Raccoon & The Big Bad Bully". First grade students huddled into the shape of two large feet as our protest to bullying! See the photo below!

Lead 21 this week introduced us to the idea that things in our world move and change. Concepts we practiced were sequencing events, making predictions, and using dictionaries. Students worked on fluency by reading to self, reading to someone, and reading to teacher!! I hope that you have found time to begin our at-home reading program! Many of you have sent reading folders back to school more than one time!! Thanks for your support in continuing your child's education at home!

Math lessons this week had us continuing to practice counting money! We counted pennies and nickels. We practiced trading 5 pennies for one nickel. Students played games that involved money!

Field Trip!!

On Wednesday, the first grade students traveled to Lake Meyer (Calmar/Fort Atkinson) and to the Fish Hatchery (Decorah). We had a great time at Lake Meyer. Our guide (Lily) took us on a nature hike and we were able to look for wildlife along the way! Students had a blast trying to jump and yell in order to scare frogs into the water! See the link to our video below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wr6su3fzkydu2dn/2012-10-03%2011.02.31.mov

Lily also had examples of fur that we had to guess what animal they belonged to. See this video below:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/q8azt0etgf2csfo/2012-10-03%2010.17.53.mov

At the fish hatchery, we were able to learn about the varieties of trout stocked at the Decorah Hatchery. Our guide showed us the natural spring and even pulled a fish out of the water for us to see! Check out the video belos:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/j4caeucjfbyugmy/2012-10-03%2013.23.12.mov

Here are snap shots of our trip:

Reading Strategies

Determine Important Information

When students read, they should pick out the most important ideas. The most important ideas are the ones the author wants readers to remember.

Compare and Contrast

When we compare certain things, we tell how they are alike or the same. When we contrast things, we tell how they are different!!

Make Inferences

Making inferences helps readers make sense of what they read. Sometimes the author doesn't tell us everything we need to understand. We can use clues in the story and what we already know to help fill in gaps which the author has left in the text. This is called MAKING INFERENCES!

Identify Text Structure

Stories are set up in different ways. They usually are told in sequence, or the order in which events happen. Knowing how a story is set up, or its structure, can help a reader remember the story.

Identify Details & Facts

Finding small bits of information that tells us more about important ideas.

Making Predictions

Using clues from the story and what you already know to guess what will happen next.

Summarize

Tell in your own words what has happened in the story or text.

Ask and Answer Questions

Asking questions and looking for answers in the text or pictures will help you to understand what you read!

Facts and Opinions

Facts and be proven! They are TRUE!

Opinions are people's thoughts. They might not be true! When giving an opinion, you might hear "I think...."

Monitor Comprehension

Stop and think about what you are reading. Are you understanding what you are reading? If not, use an accuracy strategy to help.

Recall and Retell

Tell about the setting, characters and most important events in the beginning, middle, and end of the text. Readers gain a better understanding of what a story is about when they can recall events from a story.

Make Connections

Use what you already know to understand what you are reading. We use text to text connections. We use text to self connections. And we use text to world connections.

Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, October 5, 2012

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