Our New Class Pets

They are not furry.

They are not cuddly.

Some may not think they are cute.

Most are excited to meet our new class pets...

WORMS!!!

          

          

          

            

          

          

                         

We created compost bins and we will observe how the soil changes over time.  

The "thumbs down kids" were not interested in touching our new pets!

Book Club Discussions

We have been reading about needs and wants this week.

Here are some pictures of the first graders

reading their book club books with a partner.  

They had to list some new facts they learned 

and a question they still had after reading their books.

I just love listening in on their conversations about their books!

So insightful for their ages!!

Redwood Trees - A Retelling with Sock Puppets

We have been playing with technology in the classroom.  Our PTO was kind enough to gift our class our very own I-Pad!!!  We have researched some fun apps and will play a bit with the best ways to use them in the classroom.

This morning I found some quiet, hard working students to help me.  We used the Sock Puppet app to make a retelling of the book Michael Fey and the Giant Redwoods.

I am playing the part of the dog-type character.  My students are playing the part of the zebra!
Thank you to (in order of appearance) Will, Lexi, Elise and Jacob S. for their retelling!

And....in case you can't understand those cute little voices, here is the transcript:
Will:  Redwood Trees are special because they are one of the biggest things on earth.
Lexi:  Redwood trees can grow up to 300 feet.
Elise:  Redwood trees grow in California.
Jacob S.:  They need wet warm weather.


More to come!!!

Red Ribbon Week

We will celebrate Red Ribbon Week 

the week of October 27^th.  

Student council will be making posters 

and doing announcements each day.  

We will also have 3 dress up days 

and some goodies along the way!  

 Our theme for this year is “My future is bright.  No drugs in sight.”

Wednesday, October 29^th:    Wear neon/fluorescent colors on Wednesday! 

Thursday, October 30^th:  “I am a jean-ius!  I’m drug free.”  Wear jeans on Thursday!

Friday, October 31^st:  Wear Red to show support for Red Ribbon Week!!!

***For goodies, students will receive 

backpack tags on Wednesday 

and then Red Ribbons with our theme on Friday.*** 

Bubblegum Reading Friday!!

Here are some fun pictures of our Fun Reading Friday!  

We chose the BUBBLE GUM READING stick today!

And Happy Birthday to Amelia!!  

She got to sit in the BIRTHDAY desk today!!

HAPPY WEEKEND TO ALL!

Happy Friday!

We are off to a great start in Room 2 today!

Our class won the GOLDEN PAINTBRUSH award in art class!

You can ONLY win that award of you have the very best behavior
in all of first grade for a whole MONTH!!

I AM SO PROUD!!!!

Pumpkins...and Reading....and V.I.P.s...OH MY!

We had a super fun day today!  

We read the story Pumpkin, Pumpkin.  

We worked on writing the sequence of how a pumpkin grows, 

using the words first, next, then and last.  

Some students were ready to share their stories with the microphone!

We even made super cute pumpkins and hung them in the hallway!

We had our FUN READING FRIDAY!  

Today was....read in the hallway day!

A change of scenery makes reading extra fun!

 

 

     

        

AND we had a V.I.P. today!!!

Jack Dennerline

Jack's favorite video game is Minecraft.  

Jack loves to go to the pool with his family.

He loves popsicles for a snack.

Jack wants to be a TEACHER when he grows up!

(Such a smart boy!)

Have a fabulous weekend!!!!