Welcome to First Grade!

Welcome to First Grade!

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

National Symbols Day

We learned about many of our national symbols- the bald eagle, the White House, and the Statue of Liberty. We discovered the 7 points on Liberty's crown stand for our 7 continents.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Farm Play!

We performed our farm play for our families today! It was such fun! Then we shared our farm work that we have done. It was a great day!

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Thespians At Work

Tomorrow our class will perform their farm play for their families. Today everyone is working cooperatively to create scenery!

Monday, June 9, 2014

Chemists At Work

Mrs. Dorer came to our classroom today to make oobleck with us, just like in the Dr. Seuss book Bartholomew and the Oobleck. We got to bring it home!

Friday, June 6, 2014

Geometry

Our math workplaces are all about geometry this month. Kids are making triangular prisms, learning coordinates, and playing games with shapes.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Scientists at Work

First graders planted herbs, fruits and vegetables and flowers from seeds a few weeks ago. Now they are making scientific observations and doing scientific drawings of their seedlings.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Writers Hard at Work

Kids were writing about the farm today. They had to choose their favorite farm animal and write how that animal helps the farmer on the farm.

Monday, June 2, 2014

Growing Plants

A few weeks ago we planted flowers, herbs and vegetables from seeds. The flowers are beginning to sprout in our outdoor window boxes and the herbs and vegetables are in little cups are on our windowsill. We check them everyday and water them often.