Short but BUSY!

WE LOVE FIRST GRADE!

A short week always makes for a busy one. Your children came right back to school Tuesday morning ready to work. They jumped into their literacy centers like they have been doing them for weeks now. We continue to review short "a", consonants v. vowels, handwriting, and ending marks-to name a few concepts.  Please take a look at the pictures below from our mornings this week:

Sophie works hard in her phonics book!

Eli is putting his friends names in ABC order.

Elizabeth reviews her uppercase letters on the HWT app

Naomi and Charlotte play each other in the consonant and vowel game.

Backpack Bear Learns the Rules on Starfall.com

Listening Center

Magnetic Letters

A review of color words....

Mrs. Lorfing's mini lesson on lowercase letters....

Holden and Carter finish up their shoes.

Holden and Emma work to find the matching pairs.

While Mrs. Waller read Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge; the students brainstormed ideas about memories! What are they and how do they make us feel???? What an insightful group!

In math this week we have been learning about addends, sums and switcheroos.  We have made addition equations with our bodies and other manipulatives to demonstrate that if 6 + 2 = 8, then 2 + 6 = 8; the SUM does not change (6 + 2 = 2 + 6). This is the commutative property of addition which also applies to multiplication. The children worked independently with dominoes and dice to show that they understand this concept before moving on.  We have also been working on our tallies. After Mrs. Waller read Tally O'Malley by Stuart J. Murphy, the children went on a scavenger hunt around the room and tallied the number of cubbies, computers, plants, balloons, etc that they could find.

SWITCHEROOS (commutative property)!!!

Our tally scavenger hunt....

Charlotte has the job of number corner this week!

Look at our great number corner equations!

In social studies Ms. Lorfing introduced the book, Incredible YOU! by Dr. Wayne Dyer. Dr. Dyer is the author of the adult book, 10 Secrets of Success and Inner Peace....in Incredible YOU!  he has taken these ten secrets and interpreted them for young children.  It is never to early for children to know and realize that they are unique and powerful beings.  He wants his readers to know that each being has everything they need within themselves to create happy, successful lives. After reading the book, each child chose one of the 10 secrets, wrote about it and followed it up with a picture. 

 

Our Scholastic NEWS for the week!

In TNT (Try New Things) this week we played BACK TO SCHOOL JINGO! The kids had a great time and were all good sports. We played until we had four winners and then we had to call it quits! 

The children also decorated their SPY CAVES that they will use when taking their spelling test or any other type of assessment. The children were so excited about two file folders that have been stapled together! Must be the name!

Carmen-one of the winners! She picks her prize.

SPY CAVES!

In Hands-On Science this week we discussed the difference  between non-living and living objects. The children worked together to make their very own collage! They cut out objects from magazines and glued them down under the correct category. We had fun!

REMINDERS:
Family Collages due Monday, September 16th
Scholastic book orders due Wednesday, September 11th
School Pictures Tuesday, September 17th
Send back your picture forms any time between now and picture day!

 We enjoyed having you here last night and we look forward to the next several months. We are excited for an amazing year! Have a great weekend.
SARA AND CAREY