All About: Career Day!

From miners to teachers to chainsaw artists!  We learned about so many different professions during our First Grade Career Day.  The children did an awesome job presenting their speeches about the career they picked!  

These kids have such a bright future....they can be whatever they want to be!

Art Teacher

Hair Stylist 

Miner

Veterinarian 

Actress 

Chainsaw Artist 

Teacher 

Art Teacher 

Marine Biologist 

Navy Soldier 

Teacher 

Police Officers 

Penn Dot Worker 

All About: Courtesy and Confidence

The first grade classes were lucky to spend a half hour with Mr. Lee from Lund Martial Arts Academy on Wednesday.  A big thanks to Brianna Cassidy for bringing in a post card to invite them to our school.  It was a great program that taught the kids about how to be courteous and have confidence at school! 

All About: Reading Tests

Beginning in the 2nd quarter, your child will now be completing a reading test that will be worth a grade and put on the 2nd quarter report card.  There are four reading tests per quarter.  Each test is based on the reading and vocabulary words that we learned for two weeks. 

During the first quarter, we took reading tests together for practice.  Now that they are worth a grade, I still go over the entire test with the class, but then the students are responsible for answering the questions.  While the children are taking the test, I walk around to make sure the students are understanding the questions, I will read a word or words to students who need help. 

Below is a detailed explanation of the First Grade Reading Assessments. 

Vocabulary 
We learn six vocabulary words in one reading theme (A reading theme lasts for two weeks).  In school, we discuss these words and practice them.  These vocabulary words are also sent home in your child's homework packet.  Children are expected to read the sentence and fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. 

Reading Comprehension:  Within the Text
These questions relate to our Big Book that we read in class for the past two weeks.  We do lots of activities in class with the story.

Reading Comprehension:  Beyond the Text
These questions that go "beyond the text"  focus on the skills we learned throughout the two weeks.  Many questions reflect the reading strategies we have learned in class.  The students are able to reread a passage and think about the correct answer based on the skills that they have learned as being good readers.

Back of the Test 
The back of the test has the common core standards that are being tested.  If a child misses a question, I will mark it on the back of this sheet.

All About: October 2017

We were very busy in October!  It was a great month, in fact it is one of my favorite months!  I love fall!  It is so wonderful watching the leaves change colors and the weather begin to get a little colder.

The children were scientists throughout the whole month of October and got to do some really fun activities!  We ended the month with a super fun Halloween Party!

Here are some pictures of the fun we had in October!

Elephant Toothpaste

Anemometers 

Pronoun Memory Game

Paper Plate Marble Mazes

Magnetic Paper Clip Mazes

Volume Math Activity with 5th Grade Buddies

Halloween Fun!

Halloween Fun!

Looking forward to another great month in first grade!