What we've been up to in May!

Wow.........this has been such a busy month for us! Between learning about bees, tadpoles, and plants there hasn't been a moment to spare. Needless to say, we are becoming quite the experts in all these subjects! We have planted sunflower and pumpkin seeds, and are recording there growth in our plant journals. We are also keeping track of our tadpoles in our tadpole to frog journals ( that has been very slow going!).

Of course along with all of this we have been doing lots of reading and writing as well.We've done a mini unit on Jack and the Beanstalk, and will soon do one with the Tooth Fairy. In both of these "mini units" we read a variety of books then compare and contrast them.The students then do a writing activity, and possibly an Art or even Math project to go along with it.We have fun,while also doing lots of learning!(my favorite way to teach!)

I do have pictures of some of our projects and activities to post, but unfortunately this will have to wait for another week or so due to camera accessory problems!

Please check back soon for more posts and photos!!

St. Patrick's Day Festivities!

We had a great time last week getting into the "Irish Spirit"! First off, we were visited by "Lucky the Leprechaun"! He magically changed cups that we had decorated into Small Leprechaun hats! He also left us an activity to do, and a few pieces of "gold" [candy that is!] We read about Leprechauns, and wrote about how to catch one, and what we would do with one if we DID catch one...............wonderful ideas were hatched by my smarties! We did measuring activities using shamrocks, and also graphed our Lucky Charms. Our data told us that the 'shooting stars' were the shape most used in the cereal! All in all, a very busy, fun, day integrating learning into our celebration! Look for pictures to be posted soon............


Next week we will begin having our official Spelling Tests. These will be every Friday, unless notified. We will work with these words all week in class, but your child will also be expected to practice them at home. I will be sending home a "Tic-Tac-Toe" for Spelling words that has some great practice ideas!
Hopefully everyone has been practicing their math facts at home as well. We practice them daily during our Math Workshop time, but practice at home is also essential.


Thanks so much for all that you do at home with your child........it helps SO much!


Please check back soon for more updates and photos!!

Fun with Dr. Suess !!

We had a great time celebrating......here are just a few of the activities we did!!

We've Been Suess-i-fied!!!!

We've had a great time this week celebrating Dr. Suess' Birthday! We've read many of his books, written rhyming words, created our own "Suess Creatures", drawn Cat in the Hat self portraits, tasted Green Eggs and Ham [and graphed how we felt about them], graphed colored Gold Fish crackers [after reading 'One Fish, Two Fish']. We also made Lorax moustaches and took a class photo. What a fun week....combining Literacy, Math, and Art!


Next week we will move on to learn everything the St. Patrick's Day way.............check back next week for an update!!

Happy Winter Vacation!

We've worked hard this week learning about fact families, letter writing, and Presidents Washington and Lincoln...........my firsties have become very knowledgeable about the presidents!

Wishing you all a fun and enjoyable week off with your child!

Valentine's Day Excitement!!!

We had a fun filled Valentine's Day! The student came in with loads of energy, and left with even more......and we didn't even have any sugar! We passed out our Valentine's this morning, then graphed them according to topic [animal, superhero, cartoon,etc.] We discussed our data, and my smarties came up with some excellent findings! This afternoon we decorated our 'Kindness Hearts', then passed out our comments to each other. Everyone was so excited to read all the kind thoughts! Lastly I passed out all the goodie bag items [again, thank you all SO much !] We had a "love"-ly day!! The pictures below show our classroom amongst all the decorating........it was a sea of red and pink in here!

Happy Valentine's Day !!  :-)

!00 Day - Part 2 !!

Here are a few pictures of our 100 Day Bulletin Board.........pictures of how the students think they will look when they're 100 years old. They were SO adorable!!