Twelfth Day of School

We began our first Science unit with a discussion on the elements of matter. We learned that everything we can see, touch, and taste is made of matter. The 3 states of matter which we will explore are solid, liquid, and gas. We discussed how briefly discussed how matter can change from one state to another be adding or removing heat.

In Math, we took our first Math test.

In Reading we reviewed the essential elements of a narrative: character, setting, plot. As you read at home, consider the following discussion questions when reading narratives:

• Where does the story take place? (setting) For story which have multiple settings, we can consider the setting to be where/when the main plot point occurs (the problem).
• Who is the main character? (Generally, this is the character impacted most by the events of the plot.)
• What is the genre of this selection? Common genres for 1st grade reading include:
• realistic fiction (Events in the story are possible and happen to realistic characters.)
• fairy tale (Stories include elements of magic.)
• fable (a subset of folktales with a moral or lesson, often with talking animal characters)
• mystery
• concept (counting, rhyming, repetitive, or cummulative type stories)
• nonfiction (biographies, autobiographies, and factual selections)
• some selections may be of or include elements of more than one genre.