All preparations are under way for the big day! Students in grade 1B are practicing to be their best on stage. Meanwhile, it's back to working on a new sort in Words Their Way.

In Math, we learned about the relationship between addition and subtraction. Three numbers can be associated with any domino-the number of dots on each half of the domino and the total number of dots. These three numbers in turn are used to generate a fact family, consisting of two addition and two subtraction facts.

In STEM, we explored the phases of the moon and learned that the new moon is not visible and dark, whereas the full moon shines like a globe and is big and round!