Saturday, October 21, 2017

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.  



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