A WEEK IN PICTURES 5-13-16

Thank you to everyone who donated books to our room from the book fair!

We were very excited to check them out :)!

We had fun trying out some rain forest fruit, mango and pineapple.

We learned how to test a pineapple to see if it's ready to eat.

We dipped bananas in chocolate and froze them for an after play snack.

 Show and Share...a crystal heart made from Borax and hot water.

You can find a short video on how to make these here:

Borax Crystals

 You can also read how to make Borax Crystal ornaments here:

Borax Crystal Ornaments

We loved turning our room into a rain forest!

We brought our Environmental/Rain Forest Unit to a close today with a play.

First Grade performed AN EARTH DAY CAROL. They were awesome!!

 

We loved having our families join us in our classroom 

after the play to share our stories and snacks!

We were very sad to say good-bye to Haley and Adam today!

We started practicing our Primary Wing Musical, GO FISH, today!

Mark your calendar for Tuesday, June 14th at 1:00!

We went to see the Intermediate Wing Musical, WE ARE MONSTERS today.

It was AWESOME!

We especially loved seeing all our classmates' siblings!!

One more huge shout out to Grade One for a TERRIFIC performance this morning.

I couldn't be more proud of them!

NEWSLETTER 5-13

Hi! It was great to see so many of you today at the play. The kids were so excited to share everything they’ve been working on this past month with you. They did an amazing job...I couldn’t be any prouder of them :)!! /We will begin our last unit of the year, Rivers and Oceans, next week. Where has the time gone?!

READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS

We finished reading CHARLOTTE’S WEB. We found spider webs, cotton candy, in the Guess Box. Our next read aloud will be ANDRE. It is about the famous Maine harbor seal that used to swim from Boston to Maine each spring to live with the Goodwin family. Did any of you hear about him or see him when you were growing up?

We wrote letters to Adam and Haley this week to say good-bye and thank you to them for helping us this year. We also published our rain forest stories.

MATH

We are adding and subtracting two digit numbers using base ten blocks to help us. I will be letting the kids do their homework for math during class for the rest of the year. If they finish, the only homework will be to practice spelling words and of course they should keep reading for Books for Bikes.

DATES TO REMEMBER

• Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert at 1:00 in gym

• Thursday, June 2nd - 8th grade musical, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

• Friday, June 3rd - Books for Bikes drawing - get those tickets in

• Tuesday, June 14th at 1:00 pm in gym - GO FISH (Primary Musical)

• Friday, June 17th - 12:30 Dismissal, Field Day, Bar-b-que, Last Day

No Progress Notes this week.

Happy Mother's Day!

to all you fabulous first grade moms!

Hope you have an extra special day!

SWIM PICS

Thank you Mrs. Chandler for getting some pics at swim today!!

We had so much fun...we even got to have free swim at the end of lessons!

We have a room full of fish :)!

PICS FROM THE WEEK OF 5-6-16

Pre-K, Kindergarten, First, Second and Sixth Graders worked together 

to make this beautiful flower.

Sharing rain forest animal research.

Making scenery and recycling!

One of the most exciting things we do in Grade One...

carrying tree trunks down our long hallway!

And the rain forest begins...

No Screen Family Fun Night

Making butterflies for the rain forest.

NEWSLETTER 5-6-16

Hi! We have had a very busy week! We turned our room into a rain forest. We even have animals prowling around! We will continue with this unit through next Friday.

Our play, AN EARTH DAY CAROL, is coming right along. We have been on stage twice now. Scenery is up and we are script free. We can’t wait to share it with family and friends next Friday at 8:30 in the cafeteria. We will invite you back to our room for rain forest treats and stories after.

READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS

We continue to share our animal research and add information to our journals. We wrote stories that you will see on Sunday ;). We also wrote rain forest stories to share with you after the play.

MATH

We got rid of the paper clips and are now using rulers. I really feel the kids are ready to use real measurement. They are doing great remembering to use the “invisible zero” when we line up the object we are measuring with our ruler.

WE NEED YOUR HELP

We will be making rain forest treats on Wednesday.  Please help us by checking you paper newsletter to see how you can help :)!

ITEMS OF INTEREST

• Swimming was so much fun today! The kids did an awesome job!
• Thank you PTO, parents and students for all the Teacher Appreciation Day gifts and kind words. You don’t know how special you all made me feel.
• Adam's and Haley's last official day with us is today. They have been wonderful to have in the room! We will miss them terribly...thank goodness they are coming to our show next week!!

DATES TO REMEMBER

• Wednesday, May 11th - cooking rain forest treats

• Friday, May 13th at 8:30 am in cafeteria - AN EARTH DAY CAROL

• Friday, May 13th - Grades 3-5 Musical 1:00 and 6:00 in gym

• Wednesday, May 25th - Pre-K - 5 Spring Concert 1:00 in gym

  * Thursday, May 26th - Orono Choir Performs 1:00 gym

• Thursday, June 2nd - 8th grade musical, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 1:00

• Friday, June 3rd - Books for Bikes drawing - get those tickets in.

• Tuesday, June 14th at 1:00 pm in gym - GO FISH (Primary Musical)

• Friday, June 17th - 12:30 Dismissal, Field Day, Bar-b-que, Last Day