Upcoming Events
Winter Concert
Dec. 12, 2018 @ 6:00
Students will meet in our room between 5:30 and 5:45. They can leave their coats and boots in the classroom and return after the concert to get them.
W.E.S. International Market
12-20-18
9:00-11:00
W.E.S. families are welcome to attend
Holiday Party
Dec. 21, 2018
***Please bring an ornament from home to decorate our class tree! We will need all ornaments by 12-12-18***
Happy Forest Celebration: Fort Day
We had a blast celebrating on Tuesday! Students made forts at their table spots. They really enjoyed reading in their forts during readers workshop and having snack too!
Poetry Mini Unit
This week we began a new mini unit during writers workshop. Students read some great winter poems. Students also explored things from nature and practiced using their five senses to observe and describe their items. We will be learning to write acrostic, cinquain and sensory/shape poems, and will decorate our class tree with our special poems! We are calling our tree... our Poet Tree this year!
Math
In math the first graders began Unit 3. We are learning addition and subtraction strategies that can help us become more efficient when solving equations. We also used these strategies to solve word problems.
Readers' Workshop
In reading we continue to work more on our nonfiction unit of study. We practiced strategies to tackle hard words in nonfiction texts. Students met in small groups, and practiced reading with their new partner during readers' workshop. I continue to conference with students each day to listen to them read and give them tips on how to improve their reading. Next week, we will learn about text features and how to use them. Students will meet in their Cultures Around the World book club to begin researching their favorite culture.
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Tree Farm Trip
On Friday, we visited the Llama farm on Lapland Road. The first and second graders picked a beautiful tree. We enjoyed walking in the snow, sledding on the hills, visiting the llamas and having hot cider! Thank you to Ms. Cori and Garret Beeman for coming along and helping to cut our tree! It was a great trip. Make sure you check out our tree at the concert on Wednesday night.
12-20-18
9:00-11:00
W.E.S. families are welcome to attend
Holiday Party
Dec. 21, 2018
***Please bring an ornament from home to decorate our class tree! We will need all ornaments by 12-12-18***
Happy Forest Celebration: Fort Day
We had a blast celebrating on Tuesday! Students made forts at their table spots. They really enjoyed reading in their forts during readers workshop and having snack too!
Poetry Mini Unit
This week we began a new mini unit during writers workshop. Students read some great winter poems. Students also explored things from nature and practiced using their five senses to observe and describe their items. We will be learning to write acrostic, cinquain and sensory/shape poems, and will decorate our class tree with our special poems! We are calling our tree... our Poet Tree this year!
Math
In math the first graders began Unit 3. We are learning addition and subtraction strategies that can help us become more efficient when solving equations. We also used these strategies to solve word problems.
Readers' Workshop
In reading we continue to work more on our nonfiction unit of study. We practiced strategies to tackle hard words in nonfiction texts. Students met in small groups, and practiced reading with their new partner during readers' workshop. I continue to conference with students each day to listen to them read and give them tips on how to improve their reading. Next week, we will learn about text features and how to use them. Students will meet in their Cultures Around the World book club to begin researching their favorite culture.
. 
Tree Farm Trip
On Friday, we visited the Llama farm on Lapland Road. The first and second graders picked a beautiful tree. We enjoyed walking in the snow, sledding on the hills, visiting the llamas and having hot cider! Thank you to Ms. Cori and Garret Beeman for coming along and helping to cut our tree! It was a great trip. Make sure you check out our tree at the concert on Wednesday night.
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