Hello Families! As you know, our parent meeting was last week! The first grade team gave you a great card game to play with your child. The game is great for all ages and really reinforces the concepts we learn in school. If you have been playing, keep playing. If you haven’t found the time to play, do it… Read more →
Great websites!!!!!
Hello, In first grade we use many amazing websites to help us grow and learn. However, we like to play games too! ABCYA is a great site that allows students to learn and have fun. We love it, especially because you don’t need any fancy usernames or passwords! I hope you login to play today! https://www.abcya.com/ … Read more →
When I am 100 years old
This week we wrote about what we will be like when we are 100 years old! There were some very silly responses! We were very interested in writing these pieces, as well as aging ourselves to 100.100 year old Read more →
Listen to reading
We love listening to reading in room 105. I have a wonderful website that you can use at home. The website is called Just Read Aloud Books and the kids love it( I do too)! On the website, you can pick a book to listen to and it will be read to you. The site has different genres and book… Read more →
NWEA is approaching
Hello Families, In 2 weeks we will be taking our NWEA map test for reading and math. Please, make sure that your child gets a breakfast and plenty of rest to make sure they feel comfortable. Unfortunately, these test can sometimes put a lot of stress on small minds. We will be getting an extra recess and use our… Read more →
Happy New Year
We are excited to be bringing in the new year! I hope that you all have a wonderful and relaxing break! A new year brings in many different things. We are becoming more independent, we are reading more each day, and our math is getting more complex. As your child takes steps into maturing, think about allowing them more independence.… Read more →
Gingerbread, Gingerbread, and some more Gingerbread
We worked with the Gingerbread and many different retellings of the story all week! After comparing the adventures of the characters in the books, we had to get some real life experience! We made and decorated gingerbread cookies! They were delicious and so fun to eat! Run Run as fast as I can, you can’t catch me! I’m the Gingerbread man!
measuring fun!
We had so much fun using measuring tapes to measure our partners ! Read more →
Songs for home
We love Jack Hartmann! There are great songs for kids to sing and move their bodies to! We listen to one of these songs everyday! The songs that are really helping us to become better readers are : Read more →
December
Welcome to December, we are so happy to see you! December is a very fun but packed month in first grade! While we will be doing some really fun activities, we have to make sure we are learning a lot too! This month we are looking at writing narratives based on the story, “The Littlest Elf”, stay tuned to… Read more →