March Pep Rally

Congratulations to WC, BT, and CN for being chosen as Students of the Month. They have been good sports all year watching others receive the award. Well done!

Miss Sofio's Last Day

We surprised Miss Sofio with a new bag full of great books! We then had a popcorn and movie party in honor of her last official day of student teaching in our classroom.

We will miss having Miss Sofio with us every day, but we know that she will come and work with us whenever she is not subbing!

Kids in Crisis Assembly

The group from "Kids in Crisis" came to our class today and gave a talk and did some role playing exercises.  The topics were:  Bullying, Stranger Danger, and Good Touch-Bad Touch.

Peek at the Week of March 25-29

There is no school this Friday, March 29th and Monday, April 1st.  Enjoy the long weekend.

Miss Sofio's last day of Student-Teaching is this Thursday.  We will have a little celebration where we present her with our "Top Secret" gifts.

We will be publishing our All About nonfiction chapter books this week.  The class has been enjoying our nonfiction units and have done a great job in both reading and writing workshop.

Our next literacy unit will focus on "Authors as Mentors".  We will be studying the work of Laura Numeroff. She is the author of the popular "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" series.  We will read her books and use her writing style to inspire our versions of "If You Give a _____ a ______".  This should be a fun project to work on between Easter and Spring Break.

Homework
Monday 3/25
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Spring Word Work

Tuesday 3/26
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Math Boxes

Wednesday 3/27
1.  Read for at least 15 intues
2.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Have a great week!

Mystery Reader

CN's mom and sister surprised her with some funny books!

Game Day!

Highlights of the Week March 22

• (MD)  We have Spanish today. 
• (AD)  Today we will have a Mystery Reader.
• (WD)  Our lima bean plants are growing!
• (SD)  Yesterday we had Game Day.
• (GG)  We had D-Day in Writing Workshop this week.  D-Day is Decision Day.  It's when you decide your best writing piece to make a fancy copy of.
• (LM)  In Science we are learning all about plants.
• (GM)  I was sick so I don't know what to say!
• (CN)  This week in gym we played mat ball.
• (BO)  We read a new book called "Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk".  It's about a poor man who finds a leprechaun and gets good luck.  But before he gets the good luck, he gets tricked two times by the McGoon family.
• (DP)  In library we are doing map centers.
• (MRS)  This week we started practicing our songs for the first grade musical called "How Does Your Garden Groove?".
• (RS)  We made Easter eggs in art.  Every egg had differenct patterns.
• (AS)  VS and SD's lima beans are the tallest in the class.
• (LS)  We are going to have a spelling test today.
• (ES)  We started the 4th and final book of the Fudge series. 
• (BT) We are almost done with Volume 1 of our math books.
• (BV)  We have no school tomorrow.
• (WB)  Today in Writing Workshop we will be revising our All About chapter books.  Revising means you add on to your writing to add more details.
• (JB) Leaves take in carbon dioxide and then they give out clean oxygen for us to breathe.
• (WC)  In gym we practiced throwing and catching.

Boy Builders

Check out the latest building project by our construction crew!

Mystery Reader

BO's mom and little sister were great readers!

Save the Date

This year's  first grade musical is called "How Does Your Garden Groove?".

It is sure to be an amazing show. 

Mark your calendars now!
Thursday, May 9th at 2:30

Leprechaun Visit

A little leprechaun left some clues for us to follow. The clues led us all around the school.

At the end of the scavenger hunt were some delicious little pies!

Peek at the Week of March 18-22

Spring is here!

We will have Game Day this Thursday at 2:30.  The parents who signed up for this are:  Stockdale, DeVicaris, Vrooman, and Brown. 

We are starting a unit on Characters in Reading Workshop.

We will be finishing up our 'All About' books in Writing Workshop.

Homework
Monday 3/18
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Spring Word Work

Tuesday 3/19
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Miss Sofio is a great teacher because...(shhh, this will be made into a book for Miss Sofio)

Wednesday 3/20
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Math Boxes

Thursday 3/21
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Have a great week!

Highlights of the Week March 15

• (WC)  We did a fun experiment in science.  Miss Sofio gave us a white flower in a glass with green water. 
• (RC)  We have Spanish today.
• (MD) We had a 1/2 day on Thursday.
• (AD)  We have a Mystery Reader today.
• (WD)  We are having 2 captains every week from now on so that everybody gets a turn.
• (SD)  Miss Sofio gave us Science Journals.
• (GG)  We learned how to juggle in gym.
• (LM)  We are celebrating St. Patrick's Day by wearing green.
• (GM)  In Spanish we are learning how to count to 20.
• (BO)  We are going to do a Lucky Charms graphing project for math.
• (GP)  In gym we are practicing basketball.
• (DP)  We read two books about a funny man named Jamie O'Rourke.
• (MRS)  This week we planted lima beans in soil.
• (RS)  We are writing All About books in Writing Workshop.
• (AS)  In music we are practicing songs for our spring musical called "How Does Your Garden Groove?"
• (LS)  Miss Sofio surprised us with her guitar.
• (ES)  In art we made standing up origami dogs.
• (BT)  We had our spelling test today.
• (BV)  We had library yesterday.  We are learning about maps.
• (WB)  We put out our St. Patrick's Day books.
• (JB)  In our science book we did a foldable page with plant parts.

Surprise Visitor

Storm, the mascot from the Bridgeport Soundtigers, stopped by our classroom this morning!

Peek at the Week of March 11-15

Please sign and return the report card envelope.

Please send in the book gift for Miss Sofio.

We will celebrate St. Patrick's Day by wearing green on Friday.  We are hoping that a leprechaun visits our classroom.  We are keeping our fingers crossed!

Homework
Monday 3/11
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Winter Word Work

Tuesday 3/12
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2. Math:  St. Patty's Frosting Fun

Wednesday 3/13
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Writing:  Green Riddles

Thursday 3/14
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test
3.  Pick out something green to wear tomorrow

Have a great week!

Happy Birthday

We celebrated ES's birthday this morning. Her mom and grandparents came to school.

They brought in Swedish cinnamon rolls called bullar.

Peek at the Week of March 4-8

Monday and Tuesday are regular days.  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday will be Early Dismissal days.

We had a great time at last Friday's Green Eggs and Ham breakfast party.  Miss Sofio did many fun activities during out Reading Workshop too.

Homework
Monday 3/4
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Winter Word Work

Tuesday 3/5
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Math Boxes

Wednesday 3/6
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Short Vowel Poem:  A Chubby Little Snowman

Thursday 3/7
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Have a great week!

Mystery Reader

MD was so excited to have his dad visit our classroom!

Green Eggs and Ham

What a fun morning we had today! 

 

Thank you to my parent helpers

for making this such a fun morning!