All Aboard!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone had a great day! 

In Religion class today, we reviewed the Christmas story. We sequenced the events of the story. 

Today, our Christmas activities centered around the book The Polar Express. After reading the story, we sequenced the events of the story and wrote about what we would like for the first gift of Christmas. Finally, we used pictures of jingle bells to measure various Christmas pictures. 

In Math class today, we reviewed measuring objects and ordering them from shortest to longest and longest to shortest. Tomorrow we will take our chapter test. 

This afternoon, Sr. Angela Marie visited first and second grade. Playing her violin, we sang Christmas carols with her. We really enjoyed this. 

Have a great night! 

Merry Grinchmas!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! Today was a Grinch-y Day in first grade! 

In Religion class, we began our study of the Christmas story. We read about the first Christmas and then colored the pictures in our storybook. 

Our theme for the day was the Grinch. We began by reading How the Grinch Stole Christmas. After reading the story, we sequenced the events in it. Next, we wrote about what we would do to make the Grinch grin; we added our writing to a craft. Then, we completed a write the room activity that had us solving Math problems. 

In the story, the Grinch learned that Christmas is not about the presents but is more than that. We spent time talking about ways we can show kindness this Christmas season. We added ways we can by kind to a wreath. 

In Math class today, we reviewed what we learned about length. The students are doing a great job with measuring. 

And, we cannot forget to mention Jingles. Today, we made a mess with paper towels. I think he was sad that he missed out on the snow. 

Here is a picture from the gingerbread people we created yesterday. 

Have a great night! 

Gingerbread Day!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone is staying warm tonight. We had a great, shorten day of learning in first grade. 

In Math class today, we had fun measuring with our linking cubes. We used our linking cubes to measure our pencil, the height of our chair, and our desk. 

This afternoon we had our Gingerbread Day! We began by creating a gingerbread person using glitter glue and pom-pom balls. Then we wrote about our gingerbread person. Wow! Their writing blew me away. 

Next, we worked in gingerbread them centers. We practiced adding, matching rhyming words, identifying the number of syllables in a word, and adding the correct punctuation to a sentence. 

After that, we baked up some long vowel words. We did a write the room where students had to add the magic e to a short vowel word to make a new word. 

Finally, we made gingerbread houses. We used a graham cracker for the house. Using icing, we added gum drops, peppermints, M&Ms, pretzels, and marshmallows. We did a great job sharing everything and creating beautiful houses. 

Have a great night! 

Christmas Trees and Presents!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a nice day to end the week. 

At Mass this morning, we celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadeloupe. We remember that Mary is always with us. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, wrote sentences using our sight words, and took our weekly assessment. We also wrote the steps in decorating a Christmas tree. 

In Math class, we had fun comparing lengths. We used our linking cubes to build three towers of varying height. We then identified which was the tallest and which was the shortest. 

In Science class, we continued to talk about light. Today we focused on why light is important. We learned that we need light to see. 

We ended our day with Art class. Today we made two projects, both of which involved painting. First, we made a Christmas tree using strips of green paper. Then we painted snow around it. Next, we painted a present using sponges. We really enjoyed Art class today. 

Have a great weekend! 

Do You Know the Continents?

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone is staying warm! 

In Religion class we wrapped up our chapter on Mary. We reviewed how Mary was born with grace, how the angle Gabriel visited her, and how Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth.

In Language Arts class, we answered questions using our oral vocabulary words. Then, we practiced reading soft c and soft g words along with our sight words. In addition to that, we practiced spelling and reading words with inflectional endings when the final e is dropped. To build our fluency and comprehension skills, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read another folktale and discussed its theme. After that, we practiced identifying past and future tense verbs. Finally, we wrote the steps in planting a seed. 

In Math class today, we began our chapter on measurement. The students were introduced to the concept. We compared the length of 3 alligators. 

In Social Studies today, we learned about the continents and oceans. We completed a booklet where we labeled each one. 

Have a great night! 

Christmas Play Day!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone had a nice day. 

In Religion class today, we talked about how Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth after the angel Gabriel left her. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, practiced reading our sight words, words with soft c and soft g, and practiced reading and spelling words with inflectional endings when the final e is dropped. To help build our fluency and comprehension skills, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. We also read The Gingerbread Man. After reading this story, we wrote about what the characters in the story did. Finally, we practiced using past and future tense verbs in sentences. 

In Math class today, we took our chapter test on solving words problems. Tomorrow we will begin our chapter on measurement. 

This afternoon we enjoyed watching the Christmas play which was presented this year by the junior high students. They all did a fabulous job retelling the birth of Jesus. 

Here are pictures from our Elf writing project, our Christmas ornament Art project, and Jingles, who had fun building a tower. Enjoy! 

Have a great night! 

Growing Closer to Jesus in Advent!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a great day! 

We began our day by going to Adoration. We spent some quiet time with Jesus. We prayed to help us grow closer to him this Advent. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We reviewed the oral vocabulary words we learned yesterday and then learned three new words (timid, eventually, foolish). We then worked on making predictions as we read a folktale about a foolish rabbit. Next, we used our letter tiles to spell and read words with soft c and soft g. After that, we practiced spelling and reading words with inflectional endings when the final e is dropped. Following that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We ended our morning focusing on comprehension. We reread The Nice Mitten. We then wrote about what made the story a folktale and what lesson we can learn from it. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we sorted verbs based on whether they are in the present, past, or future. We also assembled an elf; tomorrow we will be writing about being an elf. 

In Math class today, we used our critical thinking skills to solve word problems. We are ready for our test tomorrow. 

Have a great night!