Tuesday, April 6, 2021

WELCOME LIZZY THE GECKO

 

Welcome Lizzy!

Today we welcomed a class pet! The first and second graders met Lizzy our gecko! We learned about her environment and enclosure that keeps her safe, how to feed and water her, and how to check on her daily. Students will work in partnerships to care for Lizzy each day. The students were so excited about her arrival that they asked for nonfiction books to learn more about her! We will be working on how to handle her safely in the coming weeks, and how to keep ourselves safe and healthy. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns. 








Friday, March 26, 2021

Art with Ms. Jenni

 

Art with Ms. Jenni 


Today we learned about embroidery! Students learned to thread a needle and create a design using yarn and beads. Ms. Jenni taught us about different types of fabric and where they come from. 

 









Thursday, March 25, 2021



Beautiful Spring Weather

Today we enjoyed playing outside together! Here are some pictures from recess. We LOVE our school!!








Waterville Surgery Center 
We finished up our study on the apostrophe today, and created some new contractions. The first and second graders LOVED pretending to be surgeons and operating on words. 

We spent time reading and noticing punctuation in our books. We used punctuation clues to read our books the way the author wanted us to! Our punctuation inquiry was a  big success, and the first and second graders have shown incredible growth! 











 

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Waterville Surgery Center

 


Today we worked with the apostrophe! Students pretended to be surgeons and operated on words to turn them into contractions. Today we worked on:

I am...... I'm

I will... I'll

She is... She's 









Friday, March 12, 2021

The Week of March 8th

 

Upcoming Events

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Please contact Ms. Debbie in the office to schedule an appointment. 

I look forward to meeting with you to talk about your amazing kiddos! All parent/teacher conferences will be held through Google Meet or over the phone. I look forward to the day we can meet in person!

 If you are not available next week, please email or call me, and we can set up another time to meet :) 

Conference Times/Days

3/15 & 3/16 - 3:00-5:30

3/17- 12:00-3:00

Early Release Day 

March 18, 2021

No School/Teacher In-Service

March 19, 2021


March Craftivity

This week, we worked on drawing shamrocks to get ready for St. Patrick's Day! Students created lots of different sized shamrocks to decorate our bulletin board. 






Readers' Workshop

In reading, we are working on becoming Super Smart about our World! Students are learning strategies to read nonfiction books. We are also reviewing readers' workshop expectations and set some goals to help improve our reading stamina. We have a cool new Book Worm Award for those readers who set high but achievable goals, and persist in meeting them! 

First Grade Math

In math, we finished up our unit of study on addition and subtraction strategies and had fun learning about equations with three addends! 






Fundations
In spelling, we are wrapping up our work with am, an and all. On Thursday, we played a fun game called Roll and Write to help us learn our new trick words!
Writing dictated sentences has been a goal for us. We are working on proper use of capital letters, spacing and use of punctuation. 




Punctuation Inquiry
After February break we began a short inquiry into punctuation. We are learning about what each punctuation mark means, and have worked hard to write different examples. Each child is creating a amazing Punctuation Mentor Text to keep in their writing folder. 


Friday Outdoor Fun!
We had such a fun time today! So much persistence, kindness and of course FUN in the SUN...although we were missing some of our friends today.



Thursday, March 11, 2021

Getting Ready for Fun Friday Adventures!

 Friday Outdoor Adventure!


Friday afternoon we will be setting out on a snowshoe adventure! Be sure to pack outdoor gear and some extra clothing just in case your student gets wet. Thank you!

Monday, March 8, 2021

Upcoming Events

 

Upcoming Events 

Trimester II Report Cards Go Home

March 12, 2021

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Please contact Ms. Debbie in the office to schedule an appointment. 

I look forward to meeting with you to talk about your amazing kiddos! All parent/teacher conferences will be held through Google Meet or over the phone. I look forward to the day we can meet in person!

 If you are not available next week, please email or call me, and we can set up another time to meet :) 

Conference Times/Days

3/15 & 3/16 - 3:00-5:30

3/17- 12:00-3:00

Early Release Day 

March 18, 2021

No School/Teacher In-Service

March 19, 2021