Upcoming Events
Open House
Sept. 19
6:00-7:00
"Grandfriends Day"
Classroom Share Days Begin Sept. 16
Please look in your child's home-folder and plan ahead for your child's share. Share day items will be kept in your child's backpack or on our special share shelf in the classroom. Thank you for helping your child at home!
Morning Meeting Activity
Silly Soccer
Such a fun way to start our day together!
Calm Down Time
After lunch each day, we have a 10 minute time where kids can color, draw, read or rest! It gives me a time to check in with students and it gives students a time to calm and regulate after lunch and recess.
Friday Trip to the River
On Friday we walked down to the river to gather some river rocks for an upcoming project! We spent the afternoon exploring, building and searching for the perfect rock!
Science/Global Citizenship
This week, we learned about our five senses and learned the words "mindful" and "unmindful". Students did a classroom sort to help them identify actions and thoughts that are mindful or unmindful. We introduced our mindfulness station and practiced using it to help us throughout our day. In class, we are learning the phrase "regulate, replace, repair, return to routine". I use this process with kids as they are learning to become mindful about their actions.
Sept. 19
6:00-7:00
After school Program Begins
Sept. 23
"Grandfriends Day"
Please join us for "Grandfriends" day a.k.a. as Grandparent's Day. If you don’t have a grandparent who can attend, parents and family members are always welcome! Our school will perform a special song for our audience, and then we sit down for a delicious feast! Families are welcome to stay for recess until 12:00.
Sept. 27
11:00-12:00
Sept. 27
11:00-12:00
Please look in your child's home-folder and plan ahead for your child's share. Share day items will be kept in your child's backpack or on our special share shelf in the classroom. Thank you for helping your child at home!
Morning Meeting Activity
Silly Soccer
Such a fun way to start our day together!
Calm Down Time
After lunch each day, we have a 10 minute time where kids can color, draw, read or rest! It gives me a time to check in with students and it gives students a time to calm and regulate after lunch and recess.
Lock Down Drill Practice
On Wednesday and Thursday, we practiced a lock-down drill in our classroom. We began by reading the book I'm not Scared... I'm prepared! by Julia Cook. It was a gentle and light way to talk about a topic that often scares students. We learned to play Sheep, Shepherd and Wolf, a game which teaches kids to listen and follow directions during important times. We will have a school wide drill in the coming month. Please don't hesitate to call me here at school if you have any questions or concerns.
Readers' Workshop
Students are learning to book shop and get to know how our library is organized. We practiced book shopping, and learned how to pick books we are interested in, can understand and decode most words in. We also learned about hard, just right and easy books. Kids used 10, 5 and 2 pound weights in class to help learn about leveled books. We also began partner reading! What a fun week!
Math
In math, the first graders are working on becoming independent at our math stations, and are learning to use our math tools to solve problems. This week students had problems to solve at each station, such as creating a pet house out of polydrons or measuring the length of our green rug with unifix cubes! We are learning to rotate around to stations and clean up. This week I began a small group station. Students practiced counting and ordering numbers on our large number path! We reviewed forward and backward counting from 0-20.
Readers' Workshop
Students are learning to book shop and get to know how our library is organized. We practiced book shopping, and learned how to pick books we are interested in, can understand and decode most words in. We also learned about hard, just right and easy books. Kids used 10, 5 and 2 pound weights in class to help learn about leveled books. We also began partner reading! What a fun week!
Math
In math, the first graders are working on becoming independent at our math stations, and are learning to use our math tools to solve problems. This week students had problems to solve at each station, such as creating a pet house out of polydrons or measuring the length of our green rug with unifix cubes! We are learning to rotate around to stations and clean up. This week I began a small group station. Students practiced counting and ordering numbers on our large number path! We reviewed forward and backward counting from 0-20.
Friday Trip to the River
Science/Global Citizenship
This week, we learned about our five senses and learned the words "mindful" and "unmindful". Students did a classroom sort to help them identify actions and thoughts that are mindful or unmindful. We introduced our mindfulness station and practiced using it to help us throughout our day. In class, we are learning the phrase "regulate, replace, repair, return to routine". I use this process with kids as they are learning to become mindful about their actions.
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