- Today we talked about the Kentucky Derby. (Miss D.)
- The fastest horse wins a wreath of red roses.(EW)
- There are about 15 horses in the race. (HB)
- If you win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes it is called winning the Triple Crown. (JF and DG)
- We used Wikipedia to learn about the big horse race. On the web site it had a graph. Secretariat was the fasted horse so far. His time was 1 minute and 59 seconds. (KK and JF)
- Ladies wear fancy hats. (CB)
- CF and KE were great co-captains. (AK) From now on there will be co-captains because we are running out of days.
- In gym we did hurtles. (KK)
- In gym we did javelin throwing. (DG)
- In gym we raced 4th graders. (CF)
- In music we are practicing for the "Pass It On" show. (CH)
- We each are giving $1 to buy a special gift for Mr. Allen. (CH)
- In art we traced lizards. (AB) We colored patterns and cut them out. (AK) We are learning about Native American artwork. (Mrs. T) Miss Ward was a substitute for art. (CF)
- In Writing Workshop we started learning about poetry. (MC) We are writing poems in our poetry notebooks. (KS) We wrote Mystery Poems, Repeated Line Poems, First-Last and List Poems. (KL and KS and MC)
- Miss Courtney finished typing our Realistic Fiction hardcover books. (MM)
- We are illustrating our hardcover books. (CH)
- In our chapter book, we learned how Charlotte is going to save Wilbur's life. (AK) Charlotte wove "Some Pig" and "Terrific" into her web. Her next word is going to be "Radiant". (Miss D. and CF and DG)
- It is getting warmer and warmer every day. (KE)
Thank you for all the beautiful flowers for Teacher Appreciation Day. The vases of flowers brightened up our classroom on this cloudy day and they smell wonderful.
- It's May! Only two more months of school...so hard to believe. We started
- The end of the year gets very, very busy with so many things wrapping up. Here are the important dates that I have so far for our first grade class:
May 6: Book Fair at 12:50 in the library
May 26: Field Day from 12:45-2:15 outside
May 27: Rain Date for Field Day 12:45-2:15
June 3: First Grade Musical at 9:30 in the Common Room
June 10: Poet Palooza at 2:30 in the classroom
- Reading Workshop: We are experts on story elements! This week we will begin a new unit on poerty. We will have the chance to read all different kinds of poems. We will be learing some new vocabulary specific to poetry. Some of these new words and concepts are: line, stanza, rhyme, rythme, mood and tone. I will also be starting the Year-end reading assessments this week too.
- Writing Workshop: We will be finishing our hard-cover book illustrations while we also begin to learn a few techniques of writing poetry.
- Math: This week's lessons will be: Combining 2-D Shapes, Dissecting 2-D Shapes, Finding and Describing Symmetry and Visualizing Symmetrical Shapes.
Homework
Monday 5/2
1. Read for at least 15 minutes
2. Spring Word Work
Tuesday 5/3
1. Read for at least 15 minutes
2. Reading: Story Map (use any favorite book)
Wednesday 5/4
1. Read for at least 15 mintues
2.
Thursday 5/5
1. Read for at least 15 mintues
2. Review your words for tomorrow
Have a great weekend!
- In gym we did the high jump. (LMD)
- In gym we jumped over the bar. (JF)
- LJD was a great captain. (CF)
- In art, we made spring pictures and we colored them in with pastels. Many people have a bunny in their picture. (DG)
- In music we practiced the songs for the spring show. (AK)
- We learned some movements to jazz music. (DG)
- Today we had our April Pep Rally. It was the 8th one of the year. (AMS)
- Two girls won the Citizen of the month award. (KE)
- We will have Game Day this afternoon. (KK)
- There are a few moms and dads coming in for Game Day. (MC)
- Princess Catherine married Prince William this morning. (CF) Many people woke up extra early to watch all of the horses and see the outfits and hats. (Miss D.) Some kids got to see the BIG kiss on the balcony of the Buckingham Palace. (MC) SS is in London watching the Royal Wedding. (CH) I hope she will tell us all the details when she gets back to the USA on Monday! (Miss D.)
- In Writing Workshop we picked our best story that we are going to publish in a hard-cover book. (JF and MM)
- At snack time, we started a new book called "Charlotte's Web". It is a good book. We are at the point where the goose's eggs have hatched and Templeton ate the rotten egg. (KK and KE and CF) There was also a sad part when Wilbur learns that he is going to be the Christmas dinner. Charlotte promises to help him out. (LJD)
- We also talked a lot about the expression "Put yourself in someone else's shoes". This means that you think about other people's feelings before you talk. (Miss D. and KK)
Welcome back from Spring Break! I hope everyone had a good time.
This last chunk of the year tends to fly right by. There are always many traditional year-end events. Once I have dates & times I will be sure to post them here on the blog.
Math: We will be taking the Unit 8 Assessment and starting Unit 9 which is called "Measurement and Geometry".
Writing Workshop: Our "All About____" reports are now hanging on the bulletin board outside of our classroom. The week before break we started our new writing unit on Realistic Fiction (RF for short). RF are stories that your child makes up that although they are not real, they are realisitic, meaning that they could happen in real life. We did some brainstorming and planning activities last week and will begin drafting this week. The final published piece will be a hardcover book!
Reading Workshop: We will continue to explore the story element of setting and also do some 'Story Mapping' where we will use many different graphic organizers to put together all of the story elements (character, setting, problem and solution) and also retelling important story events in order.
Homework
Monday 4/25
1. Read for at least 15 mintues
2. Spring Word Work
Tuesday 4/26
1. Read for at least 15 mintues
2. Story Setting Description
Wednesday 4/27
1. Read for at least 15 minutes
2. Math
Thursday 4/28
1. Read for at least 15 mintues
2. Study for tomorrow's spelling test
Have a great week!
CF's mom read a story called "The Gift of Nothing". It had a great message!
SS's dad came in to read to our class!
