IN A LAND FAR, FAR AWAY.....

We are having so much fun as we dive into our fairy tales and folktales!  Each student has been assigned a tale to illustrate on a banner that will hang in our classrooms. We have created fairy tale and folktale mailboxes. Each child has a mailbox above their cubby now that  belongs to the main character in their assigned tale. Throughout the following weeks the children will choose characters they want to write letters to and place them in their mailboxes. The letters will then be read by the person receiving them. 

 

Guided Reading

Take a look at the pictures below from our literacy learning block this week. The students have been reviewing their spelling words and what happens when you add -le to a word. They are unscrambling sentences and reading many fairy tales and folktales. Miss Fate has continued with guided reading and Mrs. Waller has assessed the students on their sentence structure.

Addie and Wolf unscramble sentences...

After listening to the story, the students record the -le words they find....

Comparing Goldilocks and the 3 Bears with The 3 Little Pigs

BANANAGRAMS

Rocket Math App.....Mackenna records her score, tallies and tells whether it is ODD or EVEN

Graffiti word wall sentences.....

Annabelle writes her spelling words in her Writing Words Book

In math this week we have introduced the children to non-standard measurement. They have been measuring objects in the room with a variety of measurement tools. Wednesday they measured their very own friends. Thursday we played The Measurement Is Right! Four players had to estimate the length of an object using a non-standard measurement tool. They have also continued their review of various math concepts by using a tic tac toe board and visiting different centers. They are having so much fun! Check out the pictures below:

Jake measures Ava....

Quinn measures the clipboard...

Spill, Graph and Tally....Jordan sorts the coins to graph and tally.

A subtraction review....

Scoop and Sort...Anna has 9 groups of 10 with 2 leftovers = 92!

HOW MUCH? Greater Than, Less Than or Equal To?

THE MEASUREMENT IS RIGHT!

The ASSISTANT helps with the final measurement....

HANNAH is the winner of ROUND THREE!

In TNT we have started talking about our great EARTH! We REUSED newspaper to create an art project.....OUR EARTH OUR FUTURE! We will continue to talk about the three R's and what we can do to help preserve our EARTH!

In social studies the students have been reading their fairy tale or folktale and starting on their book banners. They are having a great time. We have also started the beginning of the planning for the 3rd annual FIRST GRADE LEMONADE AND COOKIE STAND for Haiti! More to come....

IN Hands-on Science the children planted their very own beanstalk as they listened to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. They discussed living things/plants and what makes them grow. This hands-on activity will be coming home soon.

In computer the children played a game of logical reasoning when they visited www.braingle.com 
In this game the students help Jack plant and grow his beanstalk. First, they dig the hole with a shovel, plant the bean, add fertilizer and water.You have to go in order and each level gets harder and harder. This is always a favorite. You may have to visit this site at home.Once you are there, click on games and then beanstalk on the left side in a blue column!

SPELLING
Phonics Skill: Digraphs /kw/qu, /hw/wh

WORDS: quiet, quart, quit, quick, quack, wheel, whale, white, while, whiz

Challenge: whatever, question, magical, happily

SURPRISE THE TEACHER??????   

REMINDERS:
Tuesday April 16th Discovery Center Field Trip! YOUR CHILD WILL NEED A DISPOSABLE LUNCH AND WILL NEED TO BE DRESSED FOR THE WEATHER. We will be doing an outdoor activity.

Please help your child start collecting materials they might want to use for their fairy/folk tale book banner. Some ideas: yarn, fake leaves/flowers, gems, fabric scraps, sticks, pipe cleaners,buttons,  etc.....clean out your craft rooms and send it on in! We will start this project during Wednesday's TNT time.  They can also bring in 2 props each from home by Wednesday for a surprise we are doing in class. You will have to wait to see it!

SAVE THE DATE!!!!!!!!! MAY 10th, 2013 THE THIRD ANNUAL FIRST GRADE LEMONADE AND COOKIE STAND (right after school) .....look for an email blast soon!

We are enjoying this month of APRIL and can't believe it will soon be MAY! WOW! Time is flying by. Enjoy this weekend.....we will see you Monday.
Love, Sara and Melissa