Friday, March 17

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  The kids were pretty sure we were visited by a sneaky leprechaun today.  We found gold (chocolate coins) at our seats, our markers went missing and our leprechaun trap was tipped over. He must have gotten away though!

Our day was filled with St. Patrick's Day fun!  We made leprechaun punch for snack, graphed lucky charms for math and learned how to do the "Irish Jig"!  

Tuesday, February 14

Happy Valentine's Day!!  Always such a fun day, filled with treats and excitement.  During language arts, we read Valentine stories and wrote some "love notes".  Our math for the day was graphing conversation hearts.  The kids had a great time reading them, sorting them, graphing them and eating them!  We also had a few minutes at the end of our party to play a valentine game!  

Thank you for all of the Valentines and snacks that you sent in!  The kids had a blast!

Friday, January 27

 It's so good to be back!  I missed seeing all of these adorable little faces every day!

 This week in math, we started working on tens and ones. Everyone did a great job with it! We played a lot of games to keep it fun!  This is one of the most difficult math concepts that we cover in first grade.  Any extra practice at home would be great!  

 We also worked on a writing project to get ready for Valentine's Day! We talked about the  people and things that we love the most, and then "filled" our hearts with them.  You all have some really sweet kids who have very full hearts!

 Just a reminder that our reading program starts on Monday! Make sure to keep track of all the minutes your kids are reading at home. Monday is also dress like a cow day for first grade. Can't wait to see my "herd"!!!

Friday, October 7

Lots of fun was had this week!

We started out on Monday by eating ice cream in our pajamas!  What could be better than that?  Everyone looked adorable and cozy in their jammies!

We also started our "Daily 5" rounds this week.  Daily 5 is a classroom management system that allows each child to work at their own pace and ability while I am teaching small group reading.  Each day, the students choose their own "rounds" which also gives them freedom and choice in their day.  Our rounds consist of...

Read to Self

Work on Writing

Read to Someone

Word Work

And coming soon...Listen to reading.  Again, this system gives me the opportunity to hold small group reading lessons at each child's individual reading level!

We ended our week with Apple Day!  This morning, each child got to peel the apple they brought and add it to the applesauce pot.  Our applesauce was warm and ready by the afternoon!  We tasted the applesauce, apple cider, and a slice of a red, yellow and green apple.  Everyone had a great time!