The Question of the Day was: Do you know how to talk like a pirate? Morning work involved completing a pirate pictures bar graph. The students also received mini treasure maps on which to keep track of their successful direction-following endeavors throughout the day. Why all this pirate business? It was Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Upon completing their pirate graphs, Salty O’ Feather Sword helped the little buccaneers figure out their pirate names. Ask your child to use the handy guide they received to tell you your pirate name!
During reading, we looked at the items in the Blueberries for Sal exploration area. After this, the boys and girls sorted pictures/phrases from the story into the following categories: human, bear, or both. Ask your child to give you an example of something from each category!
Following recess, we participated in a bus evacuation drill. The students learned how to leave the bus safely in case of an emergency. The first graders exited the bus by sitting down and hopping out the back door during this drill.
We had a wonderful time listening to each other share the stories of our names, the everyday names, not the pirate ones! The boys and girls practiced being effective speakers by using strong voices and not holding their papers in front of their faces. We will finish reading the remaining name stories early next week.
The formal math lesson of the day also involved bar graphs, just like the morning work exercise. The students solved problems by using the “make a graph” strategy. We discussed the importance of including a title and labels on our graphs. We also learned how to draw the bars in a neat manner.
Following a lovely music class with Ms. Prescott, we checked on our ladybugs again. More ladybugs were ready to be moved to the adult ladybug habitat. After this, the boys and girls numbered the pages in their research logs and added a title page. They also glued in their first brassica plant observation sheet. This was preceded by a lesson in using glue sticks so that papers don’t fall out later. The most exciting part of science was making individual observations of the brassica cups. Many tiny sprouts could be seen in the cups. However, even if students could not see any changes, they knew there might be underground developments taking place.
We did not have enough time to continue our Me on the Map lesson from yesterday, but we will get back to that soon. The final event of the day was welcoming a guest speaker to our classroom. Ms. Whiting, one of Bell School’s interpreters, is very knowledgeable about composting. She presented a lesson about worm bin composting to the class and showed the boys and girls the Room 104 compost bin. Some students had already figured this out, but it turns out there have been hundreds of little red wiggler worms in our classroom since the first day of school! We won’t see much of these class pets because they prefer the dark; however, we will provide them with proper bedding as well as food scraps.
Lastly, the first graders were all successful in reach the X on their mini treasure maps. This meant they all received some pirate booty to take home!
Ladybug Day takes place tomorrow! It will be all ladybugs all the time in Room 104!
Upon completing their pirate graphs, Salty O’ Feather Sword helped the little buccaneers figure out their pirate names. Ask your child to use the handy guide they received to tell you your pirate name!
During reading, we looked at the items in the Blueberries for Sal exploration area. After this, the boys and girls sorted pictures/phrases from the story into the following categories: human, bear, or both. Ask your child to give you an example of something from each category!
Following recess, we participated in a bus evacuation drill. The students learned how to leave the bus safely in case of an emergency. The first graders exited the bus by sitting down and hopping out the back door during this drill.
We had a wonderful time listening to each other share the stories of our names, the everyday names, not the pirate ones! The boys and girls practiced being effective speakers by using strong voices and not holding their papers in front of their faces. We will finish reading the remaining name stories early next week.
The formal math lesson of the day also involved bar graphs, just like the morning work exercise. The students solved problems by using the “make a graph” strategy. We discussed the importance of including a title and labels on our graphs. We also learned how to draw the bars in a neat manner.
Following a lovely music class with Ms. Prescott, we checked on our ladybugs again. More ladybugs were ready to be moved to the adult ladybug habitat. After this, the boys and girls numbered the pages in their research logs and added a title page. They also glued in their first brassica plant observation sheet. This was preceded by a lesson in using glue sticks so that papers don’t fall out later. The most exciting part of science was making individual observations of the brassica cups. Many tiny sprouts could be seen in the cups. However, even if students could not see any changes, they knew there might be underground developments taking place.
We did not have enough time to continue our Me on the Map lesson from yesterday, but we will get back to that soon. The final event of the day was welcoming a guest speaker to our classroom. Ms. Whiting, one of Bell School’s interpreters, is very knowledgeable about composting. She presented a lesson about worm bin composting to the class and showed the boys and girls the Room 104 compost bin. Some students had already figured this out, but it turns out there have been hundreds of little red wiggler worms in our classroom since the first day of school! We won’t see much of these class pets because they prefer the dark; however, we will provide them with proper bedding as well as food scraps.
Lastly, the first graders were all successful in reach the X on their mini treasure maps. This meant they all received some pirate booty to take home!
Ladybug Day takes place tomorrow! It will be all ladybugs all the time in Room 104!