Brr! The winter coats were out in full force this morning. When not being worn, gloves will be placed in hats and hats will be placed in pockets or sleeves. Raise your hand if you think your child will be the first one to lose a hat or glove this year!
After a quick fire safety activity sheet, we headed to the auditorium to have our school pictures taken. When we returned, the boys and girls introduced themselves to their two new classmates. We are excited that L and N have joined us in Room 104! It filled my bucket to see first graders helping L an N feel at home.
Our field trip to the firehouse was last Friday so today we spent time writing a summary of our trip together. We thought about who, what, where, when, why, and how. The first graders began rewriting our group effort into their individual field trip books. Ask your child to share something that was included in this chapter!
During math, we read The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns. After this, the students sorted two-dimensional shapes according to their attributes. Understanding properties of shapes will help us understand structures.
After Quiet Time (which was not especially quiet today), we read the book Whose Garden Is It? by Mary Ann Hoberman. The story left some of us wondering. Ask your child to tell you about it! We also checked our Growing Wheat in Straws investigation. Now the leaves are growing out the top of the straw just like the roots are growing out the bottom!
The after school delivery last Friday turned out to be tadpoles! We have several very tiny see-through(!) tadpoles swimming in a little tank in our classroom now. Frog books and life cycle models will give us more information about the lives of amphibians.
Before heading to art, we learned about the oak tree as home to other living things like woodpeckers, squirrels, and beetles. We will think more about the life cycle of an oak tree tomorrow.
Following art class with Ms. Pearlmutter, we were fortunate to have Scarlet's mother join us in the classroom. She is an architect and when she heard we were learning about houses, she wanted to share her knowledge with us!. Ask your child about the basics of architecture Ms. G taught us during her presentation. Here are a few vocabulary words to get the discussion going: forces, column, cantilever, and arch.
We will read another book by Mary Ann Hoberman tomorrow.
After a quick fire safety activity sheet, we headed to the auditorium to have our school pictures taken. When we returned, the boys and girls introduced themselves to their two new classmates. We are excited that L and N have joined us in Room 104! It filled my bucket to see first graders helping L an N feel at home.
Our field trip to the firehouse was last Friday so today we spent time writing a summary of our trip together. We thought about who, what, where, when, why, and how. The first graders began rewriting our group effort into their individual field trip books. Ask your child to share something that was included in this chapter!
During math, we read The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns. After this, the students sorted two-dimensional shapes according to their attributes. Understanding properties of shapes will help us understand structures.
After Quiet Time (which was not especially quiet today), we read the book Whose Garden Is It? by Mary Ann Hoberman. The story left some of us wondering. Ask your child to tell you about it! We also checked our Growing Wheat in Straws investigation. Now the leaves are growing out the top of the straw just like the roots are growing out the bottom!
The after school delivery last Friday turned out to be tadpoles! We have several very tiny see-through(!) tadpoles swimming in a little tank in our classroom now. Frog books and life cycle models will give us more information about the lives of amphibians.
Before heading to art, we learned about the oak tree as home to other living things like woodpeckers, squirrels, and beetles. We will think more about the life cycle of an oak tree tomorrow.
Following art class with Ms. Pearlmutter, we were fortunate to have Scarlet's mother join us in the classroom. She is an architect and when she heard we were learning about houses, she wanted to share her knowledge with us!. Ask your child about the basics of architecture Ms. G taught us during her presentation. Here are a few vocabulary words to get the discussion going: forces, column, cantilever, and arch.
We will read another book by Mary Ann Hoberman tomorrow.