Specials
Monday - 5
Tuesday - 6
Wednesday -1
Thursday - 2
Friday - 3
Upcoming Events & Reminders
May 2-19 - K-PREP Testing Window. This means our schedule will be different during this time.
May 5 - Habitat Diorama due
May 9 - Family Fun Night at Orange Leaf
**FIRST GRADE TO CINCINNATI ZOO**
May 11 - First Grade Musical Performance (I have been told 5:30 and 6pm so I will let you know the official time as soon as I confirm it).
May 15 - Fun Day (make sure to bring water, wear tennis shoes, and apply sunscreen!)
May 16 - Student Led Conferences 3-5pm
May 17 - Wellington Talent Show
May 19 - Last Day of School, Awards, and First Grade Picnic
Kid-Friendly Objectives
I can read, write, and identify words with oo (as in hook and book).
I can write an informational piece about a topic.
I can use the articles "a" and "an" correctly in a sentence.
I can read poetry.
I can read a calendar.
Classroom Donations
THANK YOU to anyone who has sent in donations. You are so very appreciated!!
Week in Review
We've made it to 15 more days until Summer Break! Your kids have some mixed emotions on whether they are ready for the break but I know we have lots of fun things planned over the next 3 weeks. :)
One of those fun things that first graders get to do is count MONEY!
Then, we practiced counting groups of coins. This is such a tough skill not because it requires us to memorize the coin values but because we have to go from counting by 25s, to 10s, to 5s, to 1s. Of course, they did it like champs. :)
We had fun tossing silly erasers into cupcake liners with various coin amounts that told us exactly which amount to make with the FEWEST amount of coins.
We also practiced creating receipts and adding up totals. Oh my GOODNESS this is a tough skill!
But we loved it because it included donuts and hot chocolate :)
In phonics, we got to use some of the chalk donations to practice our spelling words outside!
Of course, we earned free drawing time afterwards. Cracking me up :-P
We practiced stretching out sentences using details and conjunctions. By the end of the week, we were writing compound sentences!
On Thursday, we had to come up with some alternate plans due to our rescheduling of our field trip. Because we had been studying using photographs in Reading and writing compound sentences in Language, we combined both of these skills!
This activity was such a great lesson in teamwork and collaboration. The students were experts of their own exhibits at the zoo! Each group had a collection of photographs that could be organized any way they wanted on their poster.
The teams worked together to decide what organization made the most sense for their exhibit.
Next, teammates were asked to write COMPOUND SENTENCES to teach us what information the photographs can give us about their exhibit.
On Friday, we taught the class about our exhibits. Talk about a proud teacher moment. :)
Each child read their information aloud.
Here's to another fabulous week!
May 2-19 - K-PREP Testing Window. This means our schedule will be different during this time.
May 5 - Habitat Diorama due
May 9 - Family Fun Night at Orange Leaf
**FIRST GRADE TO CINCINNATI ZOO**
May 11 - First Grade Musical Performance (I have been told 5:30 and 6pm so I will let you know the official time as soon as I confirm it).
May 15 - Fun Day (make sure to bring water, wear tennis shoes, and apply sunscreen!)
May 16 - Student Led Conferences 3-5pm
May 17 - Wellington Talent Show
May 19 - Last Day of School, Awards, and First Grade Picnic
Spelling List
No more spelling words the rest of the year!
Kid-Friendly Objectives
I can read, write, and identify words with oo (as in hook and book).
I can write an informational piece about a topic.
I can use the articles "a" and "an" correctly in a sentence.
I can read poetry.
I can read a calendar.
Classroom Donations
THANK YOU to anyone who has sent in donations. You are so very appreciated!!
Week in Review
We've made it to 15 more days until Summer Break! Your kids have some mixed emotions on whether they are ready for the break but I know we have lots of fun things planned over the next 3 weeks. :)
One of those fun things that first graders get to do is count MONEY!
First, we practiced simply identifying the coins and their values.
We played a trading game where the kids raced to be the first one to make a dollar from 100 cents.
This activity was such a great lesson in teamwork and collaboration. The students were experts of their own exhibits at the zoo! Each group had a collection of photographs that could be organized any way they wanted on their poster.
Finally, the group had to come up with one "Focus Question" to ask the class. The questions were so thoughtful and the students were always able to nail the answers. I have lots of future teachers on my hands. :-P
