What have we learned?

Math
Both grades

• Continued to work on story problems and coming up with strategies (addition and subtraction)
• Showing numbers in different ways
  

1st grade

• Geometry- What is a plane shape? (Flat shapes)
  

2nd grade

• Telling time to 5 minute intervals
  

Reading
1st grade

• Learned what sound and spelling went along with the following letters: long i (spelled i and i_e), /s/ (spelled ce and ci_), long a (spelled a, a_e), /y/ spelled y, /kw/ spelled qu, /ng/ spelled ng
  
• Reviewed short vowel sounds
  
• Blended CVC words and words with 2 syllables
  

2nd grade

• Reviewed long i (spelled i, i-e, igh)
• Reviewed long e (spelled ee and ea)
  
• Worked with words that have double consonants (ex: shopper)
  
• Worked with multisyllabic words
  
• Worked with words with the schwa sound (ex: mother, agree)

Writing

• Began to learn about paragraphs
• Wrote a paragraph about what we are thankful for
  

Science
2nd grade

• Continued learning about plants
• Drew and wrote observations of our plants
  
• Question the 2nd graders are trying to answer for our plant unit: Does the type of light a plant receives affect its growth?

History
1st grade

• Learned about the Inca and Aztec people