Elise Fairbrother....Our V.I.P.!!

Elise was our V.I.P. today!!  Here are some pictures and her interview.  So much fun!!

Elise Fairbrother

Elise has a pet dog named Nate.  Elise loves to go to the park with her family.  Her favorite animal is a dolphin.  Spaghetti is her favorite food.  When she grows up, Elise wants to teach gymnastics!

Our V.I.P. for next Friday is....Gowri Arvind!!

Have a great weekend!!

Reading Stations

We have been working on building our "Reading Stamina"!  We are now able to find "just right" books on our own.  We are able to read for 15 minutes without taking a break!  Each day, I sit with 4-5 students individually and hold a reading conference to see where they are and give them some goals to work on.

Now....we are working on reading with a partner!  Ask your child what "EEKK" reading is!  If they need a reminder...

"Elbow to elbow, Knee to knee.

I read to you.  You read to me.  

Elbow to elbow.  Knee to knee.  

Book in the middle so we both can see!"

Here it is in action!!

V.I.P.

Today was our first V.I.P. day!  Each Friday one student in our class will be the V.I.P.  Today was MY turn!  The students gathered together by the rocking chair and interviewed me!  We then turned my answers into a paragraph.  We discussed spelling, punctuation and sentence structure as we wrote.  We read the entire paragraph together when finished.  THEN, I got to show some family pictures for my "Show and Tell".  I told the kids that they may choose to bring anything that is special to them for their "Show and Tell" (trophies, medals, a special book or toy, stuffed animal, pictures, etc.)

Here is my interview and a picture of the event!

                                       

                                       Mrs. McElwee
Mrs. McElwee's favorite thing to do at school is to read a chapter book to her students!  She loves to go to the beach for her vacations!  A dolphin is her favorite animal.  Mrs. McElwee loves seafood...all kinds of seafood!

.......AND our next V.I.P. will be Elise Fairbrother!

Our First Week!

Do you see why I love my job so much??

We have had a fantastic first week of first grade!

We are learning the routines and having so much fun becoming a team.  I love the beginning of the year for this reason.  Each day we become more and more of a cohesive, hard working, fun little team.  

As we worked this week, we tried to take "Brain Breaks" once a day.  These breaks just give us a chance to breathe and move a bit between activities.  Most of our "Brain Breaks' resemble yoga moves.  Here are some pictures of our first graders practicing the "Golden Horse" move!

So much fun!!!

Reminder:  

Meet the Teacher Night 

Wednesday, August 20

6:00-7:00 p.m.

Hope to see you then!!

Julie McElwee