Fantastic Friday!

We had a great week in first grade!

We had so much fun learning about our star of the week Paloma! We learned that Paloma’s favorite food is broccoli and that she’s also bilingual! Some of the show and share items she brought in were her firegirl rain boots and jump rope. Our next star of the week is Marake!

This week we started our first literature unit. We started reading The Little Red Hen. We filled out a character chart for the Little  Red Hen. We all agree that she is a very hard worker and that her friends should have helped her plant the wheat seeds.

In math we are working on our second chapter on subtraction. We have been working in our workbook and using the TV in our room to watch cool math videos.

In spelling we learned ten more sight words and we had a spelling test on Friday.

In Science our tadpoles finally arrived! We took a class vote and named them Ginger and Star. On Friday we started to learn about frog life cycles. We watched a video on tadpoles and then we made our own life cycle chart. It was so much fun.

We also celebrated Paloma's 6th birthday with awesome donuts! It was awesome! Happy birthday Paloma.

I cannot wait until next week!

Fantastic Friday!

We had a great week in first grade!

We had so much fun learning about our star of the week Paloma! We learned that Paloma’s favorite food is broccoli and that she’s also bilingual! Some of the show and share items she brought in were her firegirl rain boots and jump rope. Our next star of the week is Marake!

This week we started our first literature unit. We started reading The Little Red Hen. We filled out a character chart for the Little  Red Hen. We all agree that she is a very hard worker and that her friends should have helped her plant the wheat seeds.

In math we are working on our second chapter on subtraction. We have been working in our workbook and using the TV in our room to watch cool math videos.

In spelling we learned ten more sight words and we had a spelling test on Friday.

In Science our tadpoles finally arrived! We took a class vote and named them Ginger and Star. On Friday we started to learn about frog life cycles. We watched a video on tadpoles and then we made our own life cycle chart. It was so much fun.

We also celebrated Paloma's 6th birthday with awesome donuts! It was awesome! Happy birthday Paloma.

I cannot wait until next week!

Great start to the week!

Things are going great in first grade! We have had an awesome start to the week.

Yesterday, we started word work with our new spelling words. Don't forget that there is a spelling test on Friday. The third week sight words are:

1. saw
2. see
3. little
4. came
5. them
6. when
7. oh
8. every
9. make
10. found

In order to practice for our spelling test, students were put into partners and had to come up with a story using all ten spelling words. Some stories were very silly and one was very scary! They were fantastic.

Yesterday we got a treat before lunch and we got to listen to eighth graders read stories. We heard Curious George and many others.

In math we started our second chapter on subtraction. Tomorrow students will receive a math packet to complete for homework.

In religion, we learned the "Grace before meals" prayer. Ask you child to recite it before dinner!

In science we are still anxiously awaiting the arrival of our tadpoles (most likely Friday/next week).

Tomorrow we start our first literature unit on The Little Red Hen, It is going to be so much fun!

Check out some pictures from our classroom below.

Wonderful Wednesday!

We have been learning so much in first grade!

This week we have a spelling test on Friday. We have been practicing in our morning stations doing word work! We have done rainbow words, hidden words, fancy words, and pyramid pile ups. It has been so much fun!

 Do not forget to review the words with your child at home!

1. about
2. is
3. of
4. you
5. read
6. sound
7. could
8. your
9. one
10. this

On Thursday we have a math test on chapter 1. We have been learning about sequencing, addition statements, and using objects to solve problems. To study, we have played many games including the math apple game! There are some pictures of that below.

In science we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our tadpoles so we can start learning about life cycles!

In religion we are learning about God's love for us!

We have also been talking about friendship and how to be good friends. Everyone is doing a great job.