Celebrate!

Looks like it is going to be a chilly week.  Make sure your first graders is prepared for recess.  Just a reminder: if your child is too sick to participate in recess then they are too sick to come to school.

We had an elf delivery from the North Pole last week.  They named him Chippy. The kids are journaling the elf's behavior everyday and he is watching theirs.  I am hoping that elf doesn't get too crazy.

We continue to work on informational writing. We will focus on word wall words, revising, and editing.

In math, we are going to start investigating tens and ones.  There will be a lot of counting going on this week. Don't be surprised if your child starts grouping and counting everything.

In reading, Our essential question is  "How you find your way around?". We will learn about common nouns, proper nouns, synonyms, and antonyms.

We finished our first part of exploring sound.  The kids made phones and experimented with the best way to get sound to travel.  We begin exploring light this week.

We filled our marble jar!!!  The students picked a celebration and we will be having a movie, popcorn, and stuffed animal party on Friday.  Make sure the stuffed animal is small enough to fit in their backpack along with everything else in it.

We also won the Boxtop contest for the first part of the year!  Thank you parents!  Keep them coming.  We won a doughnut party.   Date to celebrate has not yet been decided.

Have a great week!

Welcome back!  Back to the grind.

I hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving full of family, friends, and yummy food!  It was so nice to have some extra days off and get caught up on everything around the house and at school.  However, I am so excited to see those firsties tomorrow!  At the end of the week we will start our Christmas and holiday fun!  We keep Christmas light-hearted and fun (Santa, elves, etc.).

The informational writing has proven to be much harder to master than opinion writing.  We are going to take a step back and write a few how-to pieces together this week.  We will also be learning the parts of a letter.  We will be receiving a package from the North Pole later this week and will need to know how to write a letter!  SHH...the package is a secret!

Math is all about the equal sign.  We will spend the week learning the importance of the equal sign and that it means "is the same as."

In reading, we will be investigating ways people help around the community. We will learn about common nouns, proper nouns, and antonyms.

We made pumpkin bars last week.  The kids loved it!  They cracked eggs, measured, poured, stirred, poured, and frosted.  Here is the recipe if you would like to try it at home.

Pumpkin Bars
4 eggs
1 cup oil
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups pumpkin
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups flour
container of cream cheese frosting

Mix all the ingredients together.
Spread on cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
Frost with cream cheese frosting.
ENJOY!