FIRST MONTH IN FIRST!

Wow! What a week!  This week we added another tic-tac-toe board the reading board.  We also started pulling the children from centers into guided reading groups.  Your children continue to impress us, and we are so grateful to all of you for entrusting them to us everyday.  Here are a few things we have been working on this week:

Picture Day....say CHEESE!

INTEGRATED LANGUAGE ARTS BLOCK-  Take a look at the pictures below. The pictures are from our integrated language arts block in the mornings.  We focused on the short i sound, abc order as well as compound words.

Reading Sight words with the Mrs. Sansale & playing the sight word game ZAP!

Working on the endings ag, and, ap, at with our Pom Pom Ball Toss Center

Practicing using our Writing Words books with Miss Ahrens & Mr. Ronan

Community Helper Match Up

Happy Birthday Bennett!!!

ABC Order....we got this down...

SmartBoard short i review

Compound Words & flapbooks with Mrs. Sansale

Guided Reading with Ms. Lorfing

Handwriting Practice on the iPads

 
TNT- (Try New Things) Pets for Life came to visit us.  The kids learned all about pet safety.  


 
 
 
 
MATH- This week, we have been working on Friends of Ten and switcheroos or turn around facts.  So if 7+2=9 than 2+7=9.  The sum always stays the same. We are continuing our number corner everyday as well. The equations your children come up with are becoming more and more impressive!

Miss Ahrens showing the kids the number on the paddle as they write down the friend of 10

Mr. Ronan teaching them how certain numbers are best friends.

Ms. Lorfing & Mrs. Sansale taught turn around facts this week.

The kids used dominoes & dice to write switcheroos.

SOCIAL STUDIES--In Social Studies the students have been presenting their FAMILY COLLAGES. This is a great way for the students to learn to be a good listener and to practice their public speaking skills in front of their classmates.  The students love learning information and new things about one another.  We continue to work in our theme notebooks as we learn about ourselves, others and our caring community.  This theme is such a great way to start the year as we build our own amazing classroom community. 
 

 

 Ms. Lorfing & Mr. Ronan's class met their buddies this week.  What a special treat!

HANDS ON SCIENCE: We learned all about surface tension, skin & cohesion.  We did an experiment and tried to get a paper clip to float by tissue paper while using a pencil to press it down.  The kids can't wait to show you this experiment at home this weekend.

 

Every Wednesday First Grade gets the opportunity to have a picnic and eat outside on the tables up on the soccer field.  We also get to have recess up there. We are doing this as much as possible before the weather gets cold.

COMPUTER LAB FUN:The kids worked on a community diagram up in the community lab. They are bringing it home today.

REMINDERS:

Family Collages & How I Got My Name Projects are both due next Monday on September 21st.

NOON DISMISSAL/P.D. DAY on Wednesday, September 23rd.

Plaza Art Fair- Stop by the St. Paul's booth in front of the Apple Store!!! Sept.25,26,27th.

Speech/Hearing Sceenings- Sept. 28th & 29th @school

Firefighters visit first grade during TNT on Sept. 30th @12:30.

O.T. Screenings- Sept. 30th & Oct. 1st @school

Have a wonderful weekend!
Melissa, Mary, Matt & Carey