It's the most wonderful time of the year!

The past few weeks have FLOWN by! I cannot believe that it is already the last day before Christmas Break!! I apologize for being out of the loop the past few days, a tummy bug had me down and out! Thankfully I was able to return today and bid the kids farewell before break! 

Here are some reminders: 

We will start our winter break on Monday 12-19-16 and return Monday January 2. Please take time to enjoy this with your family!! :) 

We will not have homework over break! I will send home homework on Monday January 2 for that week. Progress report folders will resume Friday January 6. 

Thank you SO much for an awesome 2016! I can't wait to see what 2017 brings! 

Holidays Around the World (Week of 11-28-16)

This week we learned how other countries celebrate Christmas. Here is a peek at our week! 

Monday:  Today we talked about how we celebrate Christmas in America and made a family traditions quilt. Here is a picture of it:

Tuesday: Today we learned about Christmas in Mexico. We made poinsettias and wrote about how their Christmas was different from ours. Here is some of our work:

Wednesday: Today we learned about Christmas in France. We made a nativity scene and talked about how it is different from our Christmas. 

Thursday: Today during Science, we used cookies to show the different phases of the moon. Here are some pictures:

  

We also learned about Christmas in Israel. We made  menorahs and sang the dreidle song.

Friday: Today we learned about Christmas in Germany. We made these Christmas trees and ate them! We also chose which country we would want to celebrate Christmas in and why.

Reminders: 

*The book fair will be here until the 7th! 

*On Wednesday December 14 we will have Polar Express Day and the kids can bring a blanket/pillow

* Our class holiday party is Thursday December 15 (see the note in progress report folder or the link on here) 

*Our winter break begins Monday 12-19-16 :) 

Class Holiday Party Signup

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e48afac2ea31-class1

Week of 11-21-16

Only 2 days of school this week!!! This Thanksgiving break is much needed, especially after Saturday school! Please take time to enjoy your time with family and friends! 

Reminders: 

• We only have school Monday and Tuesday this week 
• We will NOT have homework this week or progress report folders. 
• I will send home homework for the week of 11-28 on Monday 11-28-16
• Please be on the lookout for a letter about our Christmas Party and Polar Express Day 
• Friday December 16 is a FULL day for students now :) 

Upcoming Events: 

• The Book Fair will be here November 30-December 6
• Progress Reports go home 11-30-16

Thanksgiving (Week of 11-14-16)

This week we learned about Thanksgiving! Take a peek at our week!! 

We read a story called The Great Turkey Race. We answered a written comprehension question about the story and practiced restating the question in our answer. 

We also read the story: The Very Stuffed Turkey. We practiced our written comprehension and restating the question.

We also learned about the first Thanksgiving. Next week we will be doing a writing piece on which Thanksgiving would we celebrate and why.

Reminders for next week: 
-We will not have homework or progress report folders over the break
Please enjoy time with your family!!
-We are only in school Monday and Tuesday

Veteran's Day (Week of 11-7-16)

This week we learned about Veteran's Day and why we celebrate it! Here is a peek at our week! 

Monday: Today we did a close read on the Military. We also started learning about time to the hour! The kids did an AMAZING job with this! 

Tuesday:  Today we did a close read on the Navy and learned how they help us! We continued learning more about time. We practiced telling time to the hour using our clocks. 

Wednesday: Today we learned about the Army and the Airforce and how they help us. We also did an activity in Math called a day in life of a soldier. We read a story and then used our ipads to show various times that he did things throughout the day.  We are rocking time to the hour!!!! :) 

Thursday: Today we learned about the Coast Guard and the Marine Corps and how they help us! We also made cards and posters to celebrate our veterans! Here is our anchor chart we made! 

Parents I  want you to know how blessed and thankful I am that I got to spend my birthday today with 21 amazing first graders!!! 

Here we are all decked out in our red, white, and blue!!! 

I have enjoyed each parent teacher conference I have had thus far! I truly have the best parents and students!!! I hope that you all enjoy your long weekend! THANK YOU to all of the veterans for your service! I truly appreciate all that you do! 

Halloween Week!! (Week of 10-31-16)

This week was a BUSY one! We survived Halloween on a Monday and our very first math benchmarks! Take a peek at our week to see what we did! 

Monday: We made these awesome "Franken Snacks" and made a video of ourselves making them. We also wrote a "how to" writing to explain how to make them. Here are some pictures of our fun!

Here is a picture of our setup for our Fall Celebration! We enjoyed fellowship with our classmates and watched a movie! I enjoyed ALL of the Halloween pictures that I received of the kids dressed up! 

The rest of the week has been a whirlwind between benchmarks and it being the end of the quarter. If you have not signed up for a parent teacher conference slot, here is the website! I look forward to talking with each of you about your child! 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e48afac2ea31-parent

Enjoy your weekend! 

Pumpkin Book Characters!!!

Parents and students you did an AMAZING job on these pumpkins! Thank you so much for your amazing effort and willingness to do this project!!!

   

Parent Teacher Conference Signup

Please use the link below to sign up for a time slot to meet and talk about all of your child's progress!! 

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Bat Week (Week of 10-24-16)

This week our theme was BATS! 

Take a peek at our week to see some of the things that we did! 

Monday:  During our morning meeting, we talked about what an election is and the voting process. Our school implemented a school-wide LDC (the first in the country!!!) called "Count on Me". 

Today we started by creating a KWL chart on bats! The kids had a lot of background knowledge on bats already! We read a fiction story named: Stellaluna, and sequenced the story as a class. In Math we reviewed for our benchmark. 

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Tuesday: We talked about authority figures and their roles today. We also made our voter id cards and had a chance to see the 5th grade students that were running for school president. 

Today we also read the story: Nightsong. We compared and contrasted it with Stellaluna using a Venn diagram. We also made a text to self connection and wrote about a food that we liked and a food that was disgusting. 

 

Wednesday: We watched each 5th grade candidates speech today and listed the things each one said they would do for our school. We live streamed an assembly where the 5th graders held a debate. Here are some picture of the kids voting for school president! They were SO excited!!! 

Thursday:  Today we took our first FIELD TRIP!!! Here are some pictures!!! 

Reminders: 

Parent teacher conference time is almost here! Please use Sign Up Genius to sign up for a time for us to meet. Here is the link: 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e48afac2ea31-parent

We have benchmarks next week! Please arrive to school on time each day! We will not have homework next week!