Mrs. McElwee's Marvelous Fourth Graders: March 2015

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Special Dates for the rest of the YEAR!!!!!

I cannot believe we are approaching the end of first grade!!!

Here are some special dates to add to your calendar:

Spring Break April 3-12

Mornings with Mom/Book Fair April 23-24

First Grade Field Trip April 29

First grade Spring Concert April 30

100 Book Club Deadline May 1

Flower Sale Pick-Up May 8

Last Day of School May 27

Final Report Cards Go Home May 27

It will be a whirlwind!

We will keep on learning right up to the end!

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

OG....otherwise knows as the Orton-Gillingham PHONICS program!!!

The 2nd Semester of 1st grade is a time for NEW incentives!

We are keeping "Spring Fever" at bay with some new reward tickets in Room 2!

Gowri chose the "Teach a Lesson to the Class" ticket today!

Who doesn't like to play teacher?!?!

Here she is giving a lesson on Phonics using our OG format!

1. We practice letter sounds.

http://youtu.be/u87TvJ040xE

2. We practice sounding out words.

http://youtu.be/klBOIk97Me4

3. We practice writing words.

http://youtu.be/kn3iDynrkXY

Great job, Gowri!!

Great job, Class!

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Science Investigations....Liquids

Today we learned about Properties of Liquids.

We talked about liquids that are...

bubbly

viscous

transparent

foamy

colored

thick

thin

and some of my favorite "kid" properties-

gooey

mushy

sticky

goopey

Science is FUN!!

Stuffed Animal Party

Some cute pictures of our class having a

"Stuffed Animal Party" today!!

Notice these especially creative kiddos that built

animal corrals for their pets!

We are already working on earning our next marble party...

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Science Investigation

We have been learning about matter in science.

This week we have focused on solids and properties of solids.

We know that solids can be

rigid, flexible, smooth, rough, hard, soft, etc.

On Monday we used solid objects to build towers!

Our challenge was to use the properties of the

different solids to build the highest tower we could.

Here are the towers and the measurements for their height!

Jack and Gowri - 11 inches tall

Josie - 6 inches tall

Ethan and Benjamin - 7 inches tall

Jacob S. and Shawn - 5 inches tall

THE TALLEST...

Amelia and Lexi - 15 1/2 inches tall

Mckenna and Elise - 6 inches tall

Meg and Audrey - 9 inches tall

Jacob H. and Leo - 2 inches tall

Kate and Will - 10 inches tall

Our future architects!!!!

Friday, March 6, 2015

Upcoming Dates...

The 2015 Carmel Elementary Flower Sale is in full swing!

This is CE's largest fundraiser, a 30+ year tradition!

We count on big proceeds from this sale to create new opportunities
that directly benefit our students and our school.

From Friday, March 6^th through Monday, March 23^rd,

we will be collecting preorders and awarding daily prizes.

Your student has received a packet of detailed information.

Be sure to look it over together.

Please consider helping your child participate to not only reap the rewards,
but to feel the pride that is associated with being part of this incredible tradition.

Also, consider SHARING your success this year via social media!

Post your student’s excitement and progress throughout the presale

using #CEFlowerSale.

Search #CEFlowerSale today to view fun posts from other CE families!

Questions? Visit flowers4ce.com or email flowers4ce@gmail.com.

Spring Picture Day is Thursday, March 12.

Math Practice Workbook orders are due April 2nd.

End of the Grading Period is Friday, March 13th.

Report Cards go home March 20th.

First grade Spring Concert is April 30th at 7:00 pm.

It is a busy busy time!

We had Reader's Theater with partners this week in honor
of Dr. Seuss' Birthday!

Some of us needed to work on our smooth/fluent reading.
Some of us needed to work on reading with expression.
Some of us needed to work on being brave and reading in front of an audience.

ALL of us had fun practicing!!

Jacob Selm and Meg Miles

http://youtu.be/EHFqO3d2Dkg

Elise and Amelia