FUN IN GRADE ONE

Friday, September 30, 2022

First Grade News 9-30-22

Hi! What a week! We started off by learning about John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed. We made homemade applesauce which turned out amazing! We found the star in the apple. Ask your child about it. We've read lots of apple books and apple poems. We even read a book called Ten Apples Up On Top and then had fun putting paper apples in order on top of our own head!

We worked with the short e sound in spelling and word work. Any chance you get have your child sound out some CVC words for you with e or a in the middle. We will not have a spelling test next week since there is a teacher inservice day on Friday. However, we will be continuing with short e this week and next putting the two short weeks together.

We started a new unit in our math books. We are working with ways to make ten. We are trying to be able to instantly know all the ways we can make ten. This will help us know our other addition and subtraction facts quicker.

We have been writing in our journal daily. We are working on stretching our words out to hear as many sounds as we can. It is definitely more important to try to sound it out and get it wrong than it is to give up! We are working on being brave spellers.

I'm really impressed with how many students remember to do and bring back their homework! Students get two gems each time they do. Also, if it doesn't come in the next day, they get gems the day it does come back. Today everyone picked out a book that they would like to read to someone at home this weekend. I hope you enjoy a good book with your little one(s).

Thank you to Bryce for bringing in bookmarks for us to use!

Thank you to Baxter for all the treats he brought in for our treat box!

There is no school Friday, October 7th and Monday, October 10th.

The book order is still due Friday, Oct. 7th even though there is no school since they can be done online.

Happy Weekend!

Friday, September 23, 2022

PICS from week ending 9-23-22

Snack outside.

Inside Recess.

Writing numbers...don't worry our desks can be wiped off.

Meeting with Beth and Curtis as a part of Go2Science.

Twinning with cool sloth socks!

Picture Day!

Playing the Penny/Dice Game.

Reading Wishy-Washy First Grade.

Creating during inside recess.

Phonics Centers.

Playing in mud and bubbles.

Working on our Vowels Book.

Happy Weekend!

First Grade News 9-23-22

Hi! What a great week! We had fun rewriting Mrs. Wishy-Washy into Wishy-Washy First Grade. We played in the "mud"and then got put in the "tub". It was really chocolate pudding and sponge painting with bubble wrap. The books will come home as students are ready to give them up from their book box.

We started using Go2Science. Each Tuesday and Thursday we go on Zoom to interact with a scientist and teacher to help them find out if their hypothesis is correct. We are trying to find out if there is drinkable groundwater underneath HIP Academy in Kenya. This has been a real eye opener for the kids as we have "toured" their school and some of the homes. They do not have running water. They walk long distances to get their jugs filled with water each day. Their houses are made from mud, clay, rocks and sticks. We get to ask questions after we see and hear from Beth and Curtis each session. We are learning lots about the scientific method.

We put poems in our poetry books. We use these to practice reading fluency. We also practice sight words. These will come home at the end of the year to keep.

First Graders were each given a free book from the program Dirigo Reads. They will receive a free book each month the entire school year.

We survived our first major storm! It was very exciting. Thankfully, it started after we all were safely in the building. It got very dark as we watched out the window. We took this opportunity to learn about thunder storms. We even got the magnets out to help explain.

Next week we will be learning about John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed. We will also do some fun activities with apples. Monday, we will make our own appleseed.

Have a great weekend!