Curious Firsties: Five for a "Researchy" Friday

Mar 22, 2013

Happy Friday everyone! I missed my Five for Friday last week :( It is one of my favorite things about the week. So I am happy to be linking up again.

So #1 for this week has got to be SPRING BREAK! I can't believe it! The year is rounding the corner to the end and it has gone so fast. Oh...and FYI...we are suppose to have a huge snow storm this weekend.

Alright...#2 is pizza. Natalie and I have been working on fractions for the past couple of weeks. We have had a lot of fun. Our firsties broke cookies into fractions, make a fraction quilt, and (of course) some pizza.

#3 is for research. Maria and I have been working on animal research reports for the past couple of weeks and it came to an end today with a celebration! Parents, second graders, and kindergarteners walked around to our three classrooms and got to hear the research reports. WOW! They did a great job! Check out some of the work...

#4 is research assessment. We are learning about writing assessment as we go. It is a constant learning. Here is the student checklist and rubric that we used for this project. Click below picture for your copy.

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Fonts: Type Key by Typadelic and Cinnamon Cake by Brittany Murphy.
#5 is next up...Fancy Nancy. What The Teacher Wants posted about Fancy words and we got inspired. After Spring Break, we will begin talking "fancy." It will also connect to our "Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper's House" that we will be reading. Students will be writing a "how-to" and may have the opportunity to celebrate some fanciness at the end of our unit!