Blossoming Writers!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone was able to get outside and enjoy the warm weather before it disappears tomorrow. 

We began our day by going to Adoration. We spent some quiet time praying to Jesus. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We began by answering questions using our oral vocabulary words. Next, we used our letter tiles to spell and read r-controlled er, ir, or, and ur words. Then, we learned how to read words that end in -er. Following that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. After that, we learned our vocabulary words (leaped and stretched) and wrote sentences using them. We ended our morning focusing on comprehension. We reread A Bird Named Fern and wrote cause and effect examples from the story. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we wrote sentences using adjectives. We also wrote our very own how-to paper. I'm so pleased with how their writing skills have grown this year. 

In Math class today, we continued to practiced solving subtraction problems with regrouping. We did very well today paying attention to see whether or not we needed to regroup. 

Have a great night! 

Being Feed by Jesus!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend! 

In Religion class today, we reviewed the story of Jesus feeding the crowd with five loaves of bread and two fish. We talked about how Jesus still feeds us in the Eucharist today. To help us remember all of this we made a poster. Have a look: 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we will be reading about things we see in the sky. We began by learning our oral vocabulary words: observe, vast, remained, certain, and thoughtful. Next, we worked on making predictions as we read a folktale about why the sun and moon are in the sky. Then, we learned how to blend and read r-controlled er, ir, or, and ur words, words like her, bird, word, and turn. Following that, we learned our new sight words for the week: another, climb, full, great, poor, through. We ended the morning working on our fluency by reading A Bird Named Fern. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we learned about cause and effect. We matched causes to their effects. Then, we learned about adjectives. We described an apple. Finally, we illustrated the steps in a process. Tomorrow we will write the steps. 

In Math class today, we learned how to subtract a two-digit number by a two-digit number with regrouping. The students did well with this. Again, the key is to look at the ones and decide where the bigger number is. 

Today, we welcomed Johnstown Tomahawk Evan Kensey to our classroom. He read us a story and talked with us about hockey. 

Have a great night! 

Brushing Our Teeth!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! We have made it through the first week of March. It is hard to believe that it was 60 degrees today when the other day we had ice. 

At Mass this morning, Fr. Brian reminded us how special Mary is. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in first grade. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, read r-controlled -ar words, and spelled plurals when we need to change the y to an i and add -es. We also wrote sentences using our sight words and took our weekly assessment. Finally, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets to help us build our fluency. 

We wrapped up our Dr. Seuss week fun today. We read The Sneetches and wrote about what makes us special. We are going to miss our special friends we had with us this week! 

In Math class today, we learned how to subtract a two-digit number from a two-digit number without regrouping. The students did very well with this. 

Our Science class today was devoted to learning about how teeth and how to take care of them. We learned that germs are on our teeth. We also talked about how sugary foods stick to our teeth. To keep our teeth healthy we need to brush them twice a day, floss, and eat healthy food. Our lesson did include practice in brushing teeth. Pairs of students were given a hard-boiled egg soaked in Coke-Cola. Working together the students brushed their tooth to make it white again. They loved getting messy today. 

We ended our day with Art class. Today, we decorated a shamrock using pieces of green scrapbook paper. We will mount our shamrock to construction paper on Monday. 

Here are pictures from last Friday's Art project along with the President's Day writing we did. 

Have a great weekend! 

Opposite Feet!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone had a great day as we inch closer to the weekend! 

In Religion class today, we started to learn some of the miracles Jesus did. Today, we focused on Jesus feeding 5,000 people with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. We talked about how Jesus still feeds us today in the Eucharist. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, read r-controlled -ar words, spelled and read plurals where the y is changed to an i and add -es, and read our sight words. To help build our fluency, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. We also read a classic Frog and Toad story A Lost Button. We really enjoy those characters. After reading the story we wrote the answers to cause and effect questions. Finally, we practiced combining sentences. 

In Math class today, we subtracted using mental math. We found it easy to subtract the tens and just add the ones. 

For our Dr. Seuss fun today, we read The Foot Book. After reading the story, we listed antonyms on the board. Then, each student took a pair of words and illustrated them. 

We ended our day with Social Studies. We are wrapping up our celebration of presidents. We are in the process of writing what we would do if we were president. 

Have a wonderful evening! 

Return from the Ice!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone did well with the ice yesterday. I was glad I didn't have to venture out into it yesterday. 

In Religion class today, we wrapped up our chapter on Jesus sharing the Good News. We talked about how Jesus and his Apostles went from town to town telling people that God loves them and teaching them how to pray. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We began by answering questions using our oral vocabulary words. We then used our letter tiles to spell and read r-controlled -ar words. Then, we learned about plurals that end in a y; we need to change the y to an i and add -es. After that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We ended the morning by learning our vocabulary words (trouble and whole); we wrote sentences using our vocabulary words. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we reread A Barn Full of Hats. We wrote about the characters and who is telling the story. Then, we practiced combining sentences using so and because. Finally, we wrote the steps in making a pizza. 

In Math class today, we continued to practice subtraction with regrouping. We are doing better at recognizing when to regroup and how to regroup. 

We ended our day with some Dr. Seuss fun. Today we read There's a Wocket in My Pocket. After reading the story, we got in the style of Dr. Seuss and made up a word to rhyme with pocket. We also wrote about what our creature likes to do. 

Have a great night! 

Talking Like a Pirate!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! Happy March! It is hard to believe that another month is upon us! 

In Religion class today, we learned the Great Commandment: to love God, love others, and love ourselves. We talked about various ways we can love God, others, and ourselves. We also created a giant heart to help us remember this commandment. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week, we are reading about ways to sort and classify things. We began by learning our oral vocabulary words (classify, distinguish, entire, organize, startled). Then, we worked on making predictions as we read the classic fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Following that, we learned how to blend and read r-controlled -ar words; we really enjoyed talking like a pirate as we read them. We ended our morning by learning our new sight words (four, large, none, only, put, round). 

This afternoon we read A Barn Full of Hats. I just love seeing their fluency grow and become more expressive. After that, we talked about how to combine sentences using and, but, and or. 

In Math class today, we learned how to subtract with regrouping. We did great taking one away from the tens. We want to take one away from the ones as well. We are working on adding a ten to the given ones already. We will continue to practice tomorrow. 

We ended our day with some Dr. Seuss fun. I just love celebrating this week with the students. Each day, we will read a story and do an activity associated with the book. Today, we read Horton Hears a Who. We wrote about how we can be kind like Horton. We are working on adding our writing to a craft. 

Have a wonderful night! 

Wash Away the Germs!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great day to end the week. We had one awesome, busy day in first grade today. 

At Mass this morning, Fr. Brian talked to us about the importance of forgiveness. 

After Mass, nursing students from St. Francis University visited first grade. They talked to us about germs. They showed us how to properly wash our hands and reminded us to cover our coughs and sneezes. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, read words with long e and compound words, and wrote sentences using our sight words. We also read a short nonfiction piece about saving bees. Finally, we took our weekly assessment. 

In Math class today, we learned how to subtract a one digit number from a two digit number. We began by writing the problem vertically. First, we subtract the ones and then we subtract the tens. The children picked this skill up quickly. 

We ended our day with Art class. Today, we made a mosaic rainbow coming out of a pot of gold. The highlight was adding glitter to the gold coins. 

Have a great weekend!