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A Week in First Grade January 31, 2020 Language Arts: During our FUndations lessons this week the first graders practiced writing words with suffixes, sorting words with suffixes, and using words with suffixes in sentences. We also learned five new trick words, including the question words who, what, when.  Math: In math this week, we focused on halves and wholes. The first graders practiced writing fractions, drawing fractions, and identifying fractions. We also played the game "Meet in the Middle" using a large number line.  Tamchui: This week we were visited by members of the 6th and 7th grade classes who taught us about two organizations, Boston vs. Bullies and Al Sato Animal Rescue. The mission of Boston vs. Bullies is promoting kindness and standing up for one another. This organization is connected to The Sports Museum in Boston. Al Sato is an organization based out of Puerto Rico and is focused on providing care and forever homes for animals in nee...

First Grade Happenings March 15, 2019 Tamchui donation week has been full of learning and thoughtfulness! Every day the kids were given one chip to donate to the two organizations we learned about: The Leatherback Trust or Klinik Jubilee. The first graders shared information and facts about the organizations before choosing where to donate his or her chip. Stephanie joined us to take part in our chip donation and have meaningful conversations about these important organizations.  On Tuesday, the first graders helped Stephanie count the chips donated on Monday! We practiced our counting on math skill and got to learn how the graphs and charts were made by the middle school students.  We got to see fibers and fabrics under the microscope! The first graders worked in partnerships to see what cotton, silk, linen, polyester, and wool look like in the microscopic form. The students learned how to use thi...

On Friday Morning Rabbi Clevenger came into our classroom to talk about the clothing of the Torah. Ask your child what the Mantle is!  First Graders learned about two of our Tamchui organizations this week: The Leatherback Trust and Klinic Jubilee. While learning about the Leatherback trust, first graders worked with their reading buddies to make game boards that explained the challenges that turtles face around the world. They made little turtles out of model magic to use as their game board pieces. Be on the look out for this game board to come home on Monday!