Everyday Math Resources

We use Everyday Mathematics Edition Four in first grade.  Here is a link to the parent resource page :

http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade/em4-at-home/

The page gives information on homework, goals for each unit and even how to play the games we use in class at home.  I hope you find this information useful.

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Mrs. Dryzal

Penny Dice Game

We are working on counting in Everyday Math.  We have been working on counting by 1s, as well as skip-counting by 5 and 10.  On Wednesday, we played the Penny Dice Game.  Players start with a pile of 20 pennies. Each player takes turns rolling the die and taking that number of pennies. The player who has the most pennies at the end wins.   This game also teaches children to compare numbers using more than and less than.  

Happy 70th Day!

As part of our 70th Day Math Activities, we made Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 

out of the number 70.  The students really enjoyed it and did a great job!

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Mrs. Dryzal

Thanksgiving

 In Math, we practiced adding basic facts by playing Pilgrim themed Roll and Cover.

We wish you and yours a very, happy Thanksgiving!

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Mrs. Dryzal

Hip, Hip, Hooray! It's the 100th Day!

Sharing clues about our 100th day bottles wearing our 100th day crowns.

      

 

Our 100th Day Bottle Display in the Hallway

Dancing and Counting to 100 with Go Noodle

 

Students wrote to the prompt "If I had one hundred dollars...."  

Most of them wanted to go shopping, to the movies or out to eat.

 

 

My firsties insisted on having me in a picture with them, so here we are being silly together.  :0)

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Mrs. Dryzal

Math Top It

 

One of the ways our first graders learn Number Sense is by playing a game called Top-It with a partner.  Each student flips over a card, says the number, then the student with the larger number keeps both cards.  They really enjoy seeing who "wins" each round.

 

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Mrs. Dryzal

Learning in Room 23

Math

 

 

Last week, we completed our Geometry Unit in Math.  As a final activity we read the book, The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns and then created a shape man or woman, and wrote why we would want to be that shape.  The children were very creative with their ideas.

 

Writing

 

As part of our St. Patrick's Day activities, Lucky the Leprechaun visited our classroom and brought us magic powder that made Leprechaun pudding when milk was added and we shook it up while singing a special chant.  We read the story The Luckiest Leprechaun by Justine Korman and then wrote about when we feel lucky.  Above is our display and below are two examples of their work. 

 

Reading

 

In Reading, my leveled group just completed the Reading Roots program.  They will now begin Reading Wings, the program for grades 2-5. The last book we in SFA Roots was Paul Bunyan's Pancakes To celebrate, students wrote a tall tale about a larger than life pet they would have similar to Paul Bunyan's pet, Blue Babe.   As part of the celebration, I made pancakes from scratch, and we had them as a mid-morning snack.  The children really enjoyed them!

 

 

Language Arts

 

In Language Arts, we are working on Research Writing.  This unit we are focusing on Earthworms.  On Friday, students observed a live earthworm and made Venn Diagrams comparing earthworms with people.  Their observations will be used as part of their research writing project.

 

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Mrs. Dryzal

 

 

Thank you!

 

 

Our signed copy of Square Cat ABC arrived in the mail, along with membership cards for each student to be part of Eula's fan club.  You can visit Eula's website at www.eulathesquarecat.com

 

 

Our class photo that was sent to author Elizabeth Schoonmaker to tell her thank you for the

gift!

 

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Mrs. Dryzal

March in Room 23

 

 

 

As part of our Geometry unit, students worked on composing and decomposing 2-D shapes, using different shapes in Math class.   

 

 

The book we read as a springboard for our fantasy writing project.

 

 

In Language Arts, we were working on writing Fantasy fiction pieces.  We read the book, Square Cat

 by Elizabeth Schoonmaker.  Then we brainstormed about two challenges we would have if we were square, and something good about being square.  We then used our brainstorming paper to compose our fantasy fiction pieces.  Above are our square people.                                                                                                                         

                        

 

The author of Square Cat enjoyed our work with her book, that she sent us a copy of her new book Square Cat ABC.  We cant' wait to read it on Monday!  We are also now members of Eula's Fan Club!  

 

 

On Monday, it was first grade's turn to take part in Mocha Monday.  The students were able to sip cups of Hot Chocolate during our afternoon break.  The smiles on their faces show how much they enjoyed their chocolaty treat! 

 

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Mrs. Dryzal

100th Day of School

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The students were able to walk through the streamers into our room on Tuesday morning.

We solved several problems to create the number 100 on the Hundreds Chart.

Our class with Zero the Hero wearing their 100 crowns.  

At the end of the day, the students took home a 100 snack to share with their family.

Thank you for stopping by! 

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Mrs. Dryzal