Field Day

Play is the work of a child

Our crew had a great time playing at field day. Mr. B planned some great games for all of us. We enjoyed doing the ropes course in the gym, drip-drip-drop, a relay race and many more.

Our crew worked together and showed the Habits of Character through listening respectfulling, collaborating in races and cheering each other on, showing compassion and enjoying our time together.

Reading and Writing- Start of the Year

We have had a great start to the year. Our crew has been working on becoming first grade readers and writers. In reading we have been talking about readning strategies to solve unknown words. We have discussed sounding out, using the picture clue, finding known parts in words and using what we know about a topic.

We have also been talking about what makes a book just right for them. Just right books are books we are interested in, can read many of the words on a page and can use a strategy to solve the unknown words and we can understand what we read.

In writing we have been wokring on growing as first grade writers by brainstorming topics to write about. We also have talked how writers use their eyes to look around the room to spell, ears to sound out words and heart to spell words we know by heart.

Birds

Our first graders are loving becoming ornithologists and learning all about birds.

Students have been researching and observing birds. All of this hard work will help them as they create their own high quality nonfiction bird book.

Our crew had some fun exploring owl pellets to see what they eat.

Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a great day celebrating with some fun math activities, color pages, games and art creations.

We have been working on week to spread kindness and compassion within our crew and our school.

100th Day

We had such a fun 100th Day of First grade.

We enjoyed counting to 100 in multiple ways. We played games, used 100 charts and even made a special 100's day snack.

We also did some funw writing and shared what we would do with $100 dollars.

Winter Wonderland

We had a wonderful last day of school before winter break. Our crew loved getting to start the day but snuggling and reading with our families at school.

We enjoyed some fun winter activities in the afternoon. We had fun painting, playing bingo and doing some coloring.

I hope you and your family have a wonderful winter break.

Planetarium

What a fun adventure! The first grade crew loved getting to listen to a presentation at the Gates Planetatrium. We observed the moon and stars and learned how they look around the world.

Next, we got to explore the Space exhibit. Students loved the interactive experiences of touching rocks from outer space, using tools to model a space rover and getting to explore the exhibit.

We can't wait to learn more about the Sun, Moon and Stars in our next expedition.