Field Day

We had a great time at Field Day. 

We came in second place for the tug-of-war.  

Miss Blake's class are the champions of 2012!

Field Day

Field Day will be Thursday, May 31 from 1:00-2:30.  Remember to wear sneakers and your team colors.  You might also want to bring a hat and a water bottle. 

The rain date is Friday, June 1 at the same time.

Bye Bye Butterflies!

The Friday before we left school for the Memorial Day Weekend, we released our butterflies.  It was an awesome thing to see.

Peek at the Week of May 28-June 1

I hope everyone enjoyed the Memorial Day weekend!

First grade Field Day is this Thursday, May 31 from 1:00-2:30.  Parents are welcome to cheer us on!  (The raindate for Field Day is Friday, June 1st at the same time.) You may want to put sunscreen on your child and/or wear a hat.

I hope everyone enjoyed last week's Poet Palooza showcase.  The class really liked having an audience to share their work with.

There is no written homework this week.  Of course everyone should keep on reading each evening.  The more you read, the better you get!

Only 3 more weeks to go!

Thank You!

Thank you for coming to Poet Palooza!  The class was still excited about their performance and were saying they wish they could do a show every day.  They appreciated the compliments and applause from the audience.  Have a great L-O-N-G weekend!

Ballpark Mystery Series

BS introduced us to a cool new series called "The Ballpark Mysteries".  They are written by David A. Kelly. 

We started reading the first book today.  It takes place in Boston at Fenway Park.  Here is the website if you want to learn more: Ballpark Mystery.

Mystery Reader

RM's mom surprised our class with a BIG LOUD knock on Friday afternoon.  RM was so happy to see her mom!

Peek at the Week of May 21-25

Poet Palooza:  We are very excited for this Thursday's show.  Please come to our classroom at 2:30 for the poetry reading...you are in for a treat!

Patriotic Day: Wear red, white and blue on Friday in honor of Memorial Day.

Reminder:  There is no school next Monday, May 28th in honor of Memorial Day.

This will be our final week of homework and spelling tests! I told the class that when they come back from the long Memorial Day weekend their homework will just be to keep on reading every night.

Homework
Monday 5/21
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Spring Word Work

Tuesday 5/22
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Math:  Make a Match

Wednesday 5/23
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Writing:  Dear Second Grade Teacher

Thursday 5/24
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Study for the last spelling test of first grade!

Have a great long weekend!

Highlights of the Week May 18

• We did the Writing Olympics yesterday. This is a writing project that ALL the first graders in Darien do.  (CC)
• We have been practicing for Poet Palooza. It will be next Thursday after Art.  (KN)
• This week we had D-Day for our poetry unit.  D-Day means Decision Day for picking our best work.  (CC)
• If you have a really long poem, you only pick one.  This is what BS did.  If your poems are short, then you could pick two.  (AP)
• Our poems have been typed by Miss Roxbury so now we can read them at the show.  (EC) 
• Yesterday we practiced for our Poet Palooza.  (SS)
• This month of May is the anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.  It sank in 1915.  I wrote a poem about it.  (CH)
• In Art we are making clay ducks.  (JN)
• The clay has to be put in the kiln for many hours until it gets hard. (KD)
•  Before the clay goes in the kiln, it has to have 10 days to dry.  (RM)
• In gym we played kickball and we still don't know what teams we are on for Field Day.  (BS)
• Today we will have an author visit.  His name is Bill Thomson.  (KB)
• Today is a very confusing day because we will have a shorter time at library and a shorter time at computer.  (ES)
• We are going to be very flexible about our schedule today because there are going to be many changes.  (Miss D.)
• We might not be able to go to computer today because we will be visiting the author.  (MF)  If we do go to the lab we are going to try a poetry website.  (BS)
• Kids can get their books autographed by Mr. Thomson.  (RH)
• Next week JN and BS will be co-captains.  (MK)
• Today is our last Mystery Reader for the year!  (MF)
• Today is our second-to-last spelling test of the year!  (AM)
• I fininshed my Fast Facts book.  I did the whole book in order.  (ED)
• ED is the only kid so far to finish the Fast Facts book.  He is a math master!  (Miss D.)
• This week we got to eat lunch outside at the picnic tables because it was nice day.  (class)
• Our caterpillars are inside their chrysalis.  (MF)

Peek at the Week of May 14-18

We had so much fun doing the play last week!  This week we are back to normal.

We will continue observing our caterpillars.  They have grown and changed in the 1 week that we have had them.  Soon they will be forming chrysalis before emerging as butterflies.  It is very exciting!

We will start picking out the poem (or poems) that we want to share at our poetry celebration.  Poet Palooza will be next Thursday, May 24th at 2:30 in our classroom.  An invitation will be coming home this week...be on the lookout for polka dots.

Homework
Monday 5/14
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Spring Word Work

Tuesday 5/15
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Math:  Adding 3 Numbers

Wednesday 5/16
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Reader Response:  What character would you want to meet?

Thursday 5/17
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test (2 more tests to go this year!!!)

For All the Moms...

I hope your children are all extra-good for you this weekend!

Mystery Reader

SS's mom surprised him after our Barnyard Moosical performance.  It was a very fun Friday!

Funky Chickens

It was so much fun to perform our Funky Chicken song and dance for an audience of parents and friends. 

Welcome Caterpillars!

Last week the FedEx man brought us a special package.  We received about 30 caterpillars from North Carolina. The first job was to make them comfortable in their new home.  We moved the caterpillars into small cups filled with special food.  We can't wait to watch them grow and change!

Mystery Readers

We had a very tiny Mystery Reader!  ES's baby sister came in to help their mom read to our class.  It was very funny to see a baby wearing a disguise!

Mystery Reader

MF enjoyed having his mom come in to be a Mystery Reader!

Mystery Reader

AP was so happy when his mom came in to be the Mystery Reader a few weeks ago.

Teacher Appreciation Day

Thank you to all of the families for the beautiful flowers!  Mrs. Bock and Mrs. Kennedy made 4 gorgeous arrangements for us!  We put them all around the room and they really brightened up this gloomy weather day!

Peek at the Week of May 7-11

It's showtime!  Our first grade show will take place this Friday, May 11th at 10:00 am in the Common Room.  It's a quick show, so don't be late!  You won't want to miss seeing your little chickens sing and dance.

We are continuing to write poetry.  The past 2 weeks we learned many 'techiniques' for writing poems.  This week we are going to use the techniques to write about different subjects/topics such as:  colors, people, animals and nature.


Homework
Monday 5/7
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Spring Word Work

Tuesday 5/8
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Math:  Cats in a Row (ordinal number language)

Wednesday 5/9
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Reading:  Making Connections (This book reminds me of...)

Thurdsay 5/10
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Have a great week!

Poetry for Kids

The Poetry for Kids website has many poems for you to read.  There are some other activities too!  Take a few minutes to explore!

April Pep Rally

Congratulations to KD and JN for being our April Students of the Month!