We then learned some fun facts about sea otters and how they survive living in the northern Pacific coastal regions.
Sea otters are the only animals other than primates that use tools. In order to survive on their diet of abalone, mussels, clams, etc they use rocks or other objects to break open their food. This is another video we watched that shows how these clever animals get their food!
After several weeks we finally finished our math chapter on addition strategies. To celebrate all our hard work and finishing a REALLY hard math test we all got to make math spiders!
A new reading station was added to our rotation this week. We are working on words with /r/ and /s/ blends (i.e. br, cr, gr, st, sp, sn, etc.). At this station we need to use the tiles to build words, which we then write down in our notebook. It is super fun!
This week we celebrated all the kids who won an award for being a "Community Contributor" last month. We can continue to be community contributors ALL year through our first grade service project. Kids can bring in the fronts of greetings cards, which will get mailed to St. Jude's Ranch for Children. They will then recycle the cards to make new cards which they will sell to gain funding for their program. Here is a video we watched in class to learn more about St. Jude's Ranch...
Next week, during our Fall Break, is Fire Prevention Week. Over the break you and your family can learn more about fire prevention through our latest Scholastic New magazine.
You also have access to all our Scholastic News magazines online. In addition, you and your family can watch videos and play games that correspond to each edition! Just visit www.scholastic.com/sn1
At the student sign in use our classroom code: fanwave560
That is all for this week. Hope you all have a fantastic fall break! I will see you all on Monday, October 13th!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Kawai
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