All Is Well in the LAND DOWN UNDER!

We continue to keep busy here in first grade! Due to the two snow days last week, we have continued our TIC TAC TOE boards from last week.  Mrs. Waller has continued to guide the students as they finish up their Australian animal research. They are doing so well; looking up fascinating facts on their very own! Miss Fate has been pulling students individually to review sight words. We are anxious to meet with you this week....your children have come so far!

Australian Research!

A special thanks to our Cultural Arts Committee for sending us to the Folly on Tuesday to see Skippy Jon Jones. The kids really enjoyed it.....we laughed a lot!

WORN OUT! It is hard work watching a 45 minute play!

In social studies the students have learned many facts about the Australian flag and have made their very own. We have talked a little about the School of Air, which we will learn more about during this theme, as well as the history of the Aborigines.

In math we continue to review fractions. We also used our FLAT SELVES that we made a few weeks ago to graph ourselves according to different attributes. After graphing ourselves on a large graph out in the commons, we collected the data, brought it back to the room and placed it on an actual bar graph. Each child completed their own. We will continue to work with this data as we complete more fun activities with our FLAT SELVES.

Fraction Sort

The students place their favorite bird on the graph!

We graphed ourselves according to our favorite sports team!

Transferring data onto our very own bar graphs.....

In TNT we made lizards.  We wrote an Australian fact on each lizard and then painted some Aboriginal symbols on them. 

Due to parent/teacher conferences, we did not have Hands-On Science or computer lab this week. 

SPELLING

Phonics Skill: controlled vowel- "ar" and "er"

NEW SPELLING WORDS: farm, part, card, chart, yarn, start, fern, her, perch, kernel
Challenge: Perth, computer, March, spring
SURPRISE THE TEACHER!!!!!

REMINDERS:

Thursday & Friday: P/T Conferences -NO SCHOOL
***Show your Spirit & wear March Madness sports clothes all next week but you must bring an item in for the pantry for each day you wear it.
AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS DUE Monday March 25th.....if you get finished you can bring them in any time before this date as well.
TENNIS SHOES!!!!!!! Please help your child remember to wear tennis shoes on the days that we have P.E.-MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS! This is needed for their safety!

See the message below from our International Festival Committee:

 Dear Parents,

The International Festival committee is looking for pictures you might have of your child to put in our slideshow for the International Festival.  If you have a picture of your child while traveling out of the country, out of town or by any kind of landmark, please send it along to Kate Hamlin at khamlin@speds.org.  We are asking that you email your picture to us by Monday, March 25^th, so we are able to incorporate it into our slideshow.

Thanks so much for your help!

We look forward to visiting with you about your children. See you then! 
Love, Sara and Melissa