First Grade Newsletter and Pics 4-12-24

Hello! April Vacation is here! I can't believe it! This year is going way too fast! We had a GREAT week! The kids LOVED sharing their play and all of their projects with you! Thank you all for coming in. It meant so much to the kids. Hopefully, you were able to view the video, too.  

We wrapped up our Environmental / Rainforest Unit. We will be "traveling" down the Penobscot River to the Atlantic Ocean when we return from break. Some other things to look forwards to as we end our year are: Dragon Day (when we finish our Dragon Master's series), reading Charlotte's Web and visiting the UMaine barns, Charlotte's Web the musical (Thursday, May 16th in Ellsworth), Flex Fridays and lots more daily fun!

I hope you all have a great vacation. Please make sure your child keeps reading over vacation. Board games are great for math and family bonding! :) If you get out walking around, check out the Veazie river walk to get ready for our next unit!

We learned about Ramadan/ Eid Al-Fitr.

Inside Recess

An Earth Day Carol

We loved sharing everything we've been doing with you!

Best Kids Ever! <3

Happy Vacation!!

First Grade Newsletter and Pics

 Hi! The outside world might be filled with snow but our room is a lovely tropical rainforest! The kids turned a quarter of our room into a rainforest. They worked in pairs to make a tree. They connected the trees with vines and scattered animals throughout. You might have heard about it! The custodians love us!

Between the snow day and so many kids being out sick it has been hard to get a true play rehearsal in. We're doing our best. We will be ready for Wednesday for sure! Just hoping we get everyone back healthy!

We started the week with April Fool's Day. The kids loved the brown-es I made for them. Hopefully one made it home for you! They did get real ones after. They also got to do a word search that had no words.

We turned our hands into the Lorax and made edible truffella trees. 

Today we had some University nursing students in. They did a teddy bear clinic for our primary students. Ask your child about it.

Don't forget that we will present our play, An Earth Day Carol, on Wednesday, April 10th at 8:30 in the cafeteria. Family and friends are invited. We will have you back to our room after to see our rainforest, hear stories and have a rainforest snack.

Friday, April 12th is our last day before April break.

Happy Weekend!