Whole School Celebration!

It's been a fun and exciting couple of weeks in first grade!


Last week we sent home invitations to come to our morning meeting on October 23.  We do morning meeting from 8:20-8:50.  Hope to see you there!

On Friday we filled our heart bucket and dumped them into the heart monitor on Tuesday and then it was full.  We celebrated our class success by eating popcorn and watching "Wild Kratts."  We had a blast!

On Wednesday we had an All School Celebration.  Each grade level made a banner.  First graders were responsible for H and made hearts that show ways we are HONEST.  As a whole school we had a parade from JFK down to the lobby doors.  Our parade led into the cafeteria where we saw a science/magic show















Math
We continue to work on story problems.  We have been using a number line to add and subtract.  The number line is another way the children can represent their thinking.  We learned a game, "Froggy on the number line" to reinforce this concept.

Literacy
We've read a lot of great books the last couple of weeks.
The Recess Queen, by Alexis O'neill
Alphabet Adventure, by Audrey Wood
Alphabet Mystery, by Audrey Wood
Swimmy, by Leo Lionni
Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister

We have been working on character change.  The children are doing a really good job with this.  We are also working on stamina; how long can we read for?    The children read for 12 minutes with their 'just right book!"

We had a special visit from Nurse Liz to talk about germs!  We practiced coughing into our elbows to "catch our germs."  We also got to use special germ lotion and see all the germs under a special black light.  

Another Class Celebration!

Important Dates:
Wednesday, October 11th- Walk to School Day
Wednesday, October 18th- Early Release
Thursday and Friday, October 19th and 20th- No School

We have had a fantastic couple of weeks in first grade.  We filled our heart bucket again!  Our celebration was extra recess on the "BIG" playground and crazy hair.  The children children had a blast.  We are working hard to do what is expected and fill our hear bucket again.

Literacy:
We read The Big Orange Splot.  In this book, Mr. Plumbean lives on a street with houses that are the same.  One day a orange splot appeared on his roof.  His neighbors expect him to change his house back to look like the others.  Mr. Plumbean has different plans.

We loved this book!  The children created their own house.  They painted their own hopes and dreams
on their house.

We just finished the book, One, by Kathryn Otoshi.  This book is about bullying, acceptance, and sticking up for others.  The class acted out the book 8 times and created a picture showing "everyone belongs."  We loved this book!

We've been practicing good reading habits during Readers Workshop and taking time to Read to Myself, Read to Someone, and Meet with a Teacher. . We've been making new goals each day for how long we can make it--increasing our stamina each day. By the end of the week students could read silently/whisper read to themselves for 10 minutes!






Math:
We have been working on story problems.  The children have to determine if the story problem is and addition or subtraction.  The mathematicians then write a representation, equation, and an answer with a label.