What an extra fun week we have had bringing in Fall.  We read both fiction and informational text books about apples and Johnny Appleseed. The students did some great writing about what they learned about John Chapman.       

                                                                                                                      In science, we experimented with apples in the open air versus apples in lemon juice and water. We talked about how chemicals ( oxygen in the air)  reacts with the apple  and causes browning.  We talked about the difference betweeen mixtures and chemical reactions and made Apple Volcanoes!  They loved it!

 

Eating all the delicious foods was a favorite and I appreciate your help in making our learning fun! 

 

Next week we move on to questioning and how good readers ask questions throughout their reading and we will write some questions in our new "Teacher Talk" notebooks.  We will also begin a Unit on Community Helpers and the students will take their first steps in becoming structural engineers!

 

Thanks you again for all of the support!  Look over test folders and return those on Monday! 

 

Happy Fall Ya'll! 

 

What's Happening September 15-19?!

Thanks so much for attending PTA Open House.  It was great talking with all of you and hope you enjoyed the slide show of your children! Above the children are busy in math centers!  We used playdough to create "teen numbers".  Number Bingo, Computers, Ipads and Legos were fun as well!Learning can be fun! 

We have been busy MAP Testing and checking students off for DRA Reading levels.  Baggies with lots of books and word cards went home with students who are practicing extra hard on reading. 

A group of hard working readers accompanied me to the library to choose some "theme baskets" of their interest for close reading at home!  Many of these students are reading at or above grade level and have been working very hard over the past few weeks! Others are working toward reading from these extra fun baskets by making progress here and at home in reading!  Extra 10 minute snack time recess will given 2 times a week for students on all yellow!  LISTENING is the key!  The kids are doing wonderfully!  We want to reward them!  :)

We are anxious to begin our "Teacher Talk" notebooks that were purchased through a writing grant with Donors Choose.  Individuals and corporations read your request and decide if it is "worthy" of their funds! We were fortunate to have some great support and purchase new mailboxes for Writing Center!

Next week brings Fall, Apples, and Fun!  Work hard and Play Hard!
Have a great week!

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What a busy week in 1st Grade!  We have all of our supplies

in for the Animal Shelter!  Thank you so much for your support and thank you Snyder Family for agreeing to help with our delivery. 

We loved having breakfast with grandparents!  We have been reading narratives about children and grandparents.  This was easy writing for us because they love grandparents so much and do some great things with them like cooking and fishing!

 

Our Wonderopolis study on squirrels was very interesting!  We found out that squirrels eat nuts because they like the hard outside of the nut.  It feels good on their teeth.  Their favorite nut is peanuts!  Who would have thought that?  They do store nuts for winter months when there is no food.  Thanks for the contribution Colten!   Thanks for supporting our curiosity.

Newsletter September 8-12

Newsletter September 8th-12th

September 2-5

This week we discussed our 5 Senses and what scientists do.  The children went outside and were scientists.  These are some of the things we looked at closely.

We had our first tests!  Fabulous job on Spelling and +0  Practice Quiz!