We are Wonderful Writers

In writer's workshop, we have been writing All-About books!  In the month of January the students picked topics that they know alot about.  Some of the popular titles were All About Sleepovers and All About Me.

In February, we are learing how to research topics that we don't know a lot about.  As a class, we wrote a book called, All About Penguins!  The children learned some important tools to use while doing their research.  They learned that the internet and non-fiction books are helpful tools!

We went to www.kidrex.org to find important information about Penguins. 

Our next research project is called, 'Pick a President.'  Students will pick either George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, or Barak Obama and write an All-About book after they do some research!  
We are wonderful writers in first grade!! 

Our Friday Outstanding Raffle winners this week were: 


Ben



Yasmin

Hip Hip Horray for the 100th Day!

We are so older and wiser now that we have 100 days under our belt! 

The children entered our classroom 100 days smarter today!!

Our Friday Outstanding Raffle Winners are: 



Sean



Hayley D.



Happy Birthday Martin Luther King Jr.

I hope everyone is staying in their P.J.'s today and watching the snow fall!  I know that's what Lily and I are doing! 

Today we celebrate Martin Luther King's birthday!  Last week we read a book about MLK and discussed why we honor him every year.   Some of Martin's big words are:  peace, love, freedom, and together.  We learned that Martin wanted everyone to be treated fairly despite the color of their skin.  Martin believed in love and not hate.  He didn't want to fight with weapons.   Martin had a dream. 

 

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., this week we are not going to use the clip chart or the compliment vine or receive any type of rewards.  We are going to practice being respectful, helpful, and kind to each other without expecting an external incentive.  We discussed how we should feel inside when we make good choices and treat others nicely.  This is my dream as a teacher! 

 

Our Friday Behavior Outstanding Raffle winners were:

Ben

Ky

 



Odd or Even?

We had a busy week in first grade! In math, we practiced skip counting, patterns on a 100 chart, ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd....etc.) and odd and even numbers!

Here is a fun activity we did to reinforce the concept of Odd and Even.

We read a book called, Even Steven, Odd Todd
and then looked at our own names to see if they were odd or even

 Our Friday Outstanding Behavior Raffle Winners were...

Hunter

Shania

Here is one of our winners from before Christmas!  She was absent on the day she won!



Haiden