FUN IN GRADE ONE: October 2024

Thursday, October 10, 2024

First Grade News and Pics 10-10-24

We had quite the Wishy Washy week! We read lots of Mrs. Wishy Washy big books. We use these big books to do lots of word work. We especially like trying to figure out hidden words. This shows us how we can use the context of the story to help us figure out new words along with the phonetic sounds.

We made a new class book called Wishy Washy First Grade. We painted with mud (chocolate pudding) to make our mud illustrations. We sponge painted with bubble wrap to make our tub illustrations. The books will come home sometime next week.

I'm sure you have been hearing about our Secret Stories. This class loves finding them! They will be able to take a copy home of their stories next week to share. They're just cute ways to remember the sounds various letters make together and alone.

Firefighter Pete had something come up this week so he will now visit on Monday, Oct. 21st. Our field trip to the Fire Station will be the previous Friday. (Oct. 18th). A permission slip came home today. Feel free to join us! Bus will leave at 10:00 and return at 11:20.

Dates to Remember

* Friday, October 11th - No school. Teacher Inservice Day.

* Monday, October 14th - No School. Holiday.

* Friday, October 18th - Fire Station Field Trip. Bus leaves at 10:00 and returns at 11:20. Feel free to join us.

* Monday, October 21st - Firefighter Pete visits.

* Friday, October 25th - Flex Friday.

* Friday, October 25th - Hullabaloo and Trunk or Treat.

* Thursday, October 31st - Halloween. No costumes but we will be doing some fun activities.

* Wednesday, Nov. 6 and Thursday, Nov. 7 - Parent/Teacher conferences. (forms coming soon).

* Friday, Nov. 8 - Teacher Inservice - No school.

* Monday, Nov. 11 - No School. Veteran's Day.

We figured out that there were sunglasses in the Guess Box today!

We got them because we learned the Secret Story of ay/ey.

They are too cool and love to wear their sunglasses, put their thumbs up and say, "Ayyyy."

We love reading our MANY Mrs. Wishy Washy big books!

Using mud (chocolate pudding) to finger paint.

We used the mud paintings to make illustrate our own Wishy Washy book.

Happy Long Weekend!

Friday, October 4, 2024

First Grade Newsletter and Pics 10-4-24

Hello! We are finally starting to feel like we are in a routine! We are excited that October is here. Our room is already in the holiday spirit. We finished up our quick apple unit. Ask your child about the red house that has no windows or doors but has a chimney and star inside!

We did a special Superhero project as we took some time to focus on what makes us special. We turned ourselves into superheroes...we actually flew ;)! We learned about adjectives as we picked out ones that described us. We made a class Superhero Book. Some brought their's home today but others wanted to keep them in their book boxes for a little while longer to read here. We used the book Quick as a Cricket by Don and Audrey Wood as a format for our story. Ask your child about it.

We were Super Scientists and did our first experiment of the year. We predicted what would happen when we put Skittles in warm water. We then observed and described what happened. We were surprised to see that the color dissolved faster than the letter S.

Next week we will be using our Wishy Washy big books to create another classroom book. We will also be learning about fire safety.

A reminder that we eat breakfast/snack at 9:15 each day. Primary students do not eat when they arrive because they do not have lunch until 12:00.

Dates to Remember

* Wednesday, October 9th - Firefighter Pete comes to visit.