Field Trip Day!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! Happy Field Trip Day! We had a wonderful time on our field trip today. 

We began our day at Discovery Space. First, we took part in a science lesson. We learned about physical and chemical changes. We made slime to demonstrate both physical and chemical changes. 

Then, we got to explore the exhibit floor. We had tons of fun digging for dinosaur bones, making a tornado, being meteorologists, playing with Legos, and so much more. 

After Discovery Space, we headed to the Creamery for our ice cream treat. We really enjoyed that! 

Now, its back to work tomorrow! Have a great night! 

Hawk Walk Day!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! Today was a very exciting day in first grade! It was our annual Hawk Walk Day! 

Before Mass, we took our Spelling test and read a Scholastic News magazine. 

At Mass, Fr. Brian reminded us to love others just as Jesus commanded us to do. 

Then, it was time for fun! We began with our walk around the neighborhood. Yes, it was chilly, but we enjoyed getting out and having the trucks honk for us! 

After lunch, we had fun playing the games. We enjoyed the oversized board games in the cafeteria along with the dress up relay game. Thanks to the volunteers who helped with the face painting. 

The highlight for us was the bounce houses. The kids had fun just going from one to another. 

We ended our game fun in the gym. We enjoyed racing with pizza boxes, throwing footballs, and trying cornhole. 

By the end of the day, we were tired. There was not much noise at dismissal. I'm sure everyone slept great! 

Have a great weekend! 

May Crowning!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone had a great day. 

Our day started with practicing our drills. We did a fire drill, hard lockdown, soft lockdown, and weather drill. The students did great with these ones. 

After settling down, we got our day started with Religion. We wrapped up our chapter on Jesus starting the church. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, read words with three letter blends and with inflectional endings, wrote sentences using our sight words, and took our weekly assessment. We also practiced using pronouns in sentences. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we read a short nonfiction piece about origami. We then folded paper to make a dog. We had fun doing this. 

This afternoon we honored Mary during our May Crowning prayer service. Our second graders did a beautiful job in leading the prayer service. 

Have a great night! 

Party Time!

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

In Religion class today, we reviewed Apostolic succession. We talked about how Jesus began the church and turned the keys over to Peter who became the first pope, and how the Apostles became the first bishops and helped the church to grow. 

In Language Arts, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, read words with three letter blends and inflectional endings, and read our sight words. We also practiced using our vocabulary words in sentences. To help build our fluency and comprehension skills, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. We also read Lissy's Friends. After reading the story, we discussed its theme. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we practiced using pronouns in sentences. We also wrote our first narrative paragraph. Yesterday, we read Owl Moon. Today, we used the events from the story to help write our paragraph. 

In Math class today, we learned how to tell time to the half hour. We used our clocks to practice showing times and our whiteboards to write the times. 

We ended our day with a party! Today, we had a fiesta complete with a pinata and confetti eggs! We had a blast! 

Have a great night! 

Cinco de Mayo!

 Greetings! Happy Cinco de Mayo! I hope everyone had a wonderful day and maybe enjoyed a taco or two! 

In Religion class today, we talked about the marks of the church. We learned that the church is one (only one church), holy (founded by Jesus), Catholic (for everyone), and Apostolic (grown by the Apostles). We created a poster to help us remember them. Here is a picture of our poster from today and of the cross we made yesterday to help us remember the seven sacraments. 

We continued 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 words with three letter blends. Then, we reviewed adding inflectional endings onto words. After that we practiced using our sight words in sentences. Following that we learned our new vocabulary words (difficult and nobody) and practiced using them in sentences. Finally, we worked on our comprehension skills; this week we are focusing on theme. We reread A Spring Birthday. Then we wrote about what makes the story realistic and what the story's theme is. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we practiced using pronouns in sentences. We also took time to wrap our Mother's Day gifts. The students were so excited to do this! 

In Math class today we reviewed telling time to the hour. The students completed a write the room activity where they walked around and wrote the time shown on various clocks. 

Here are pictures of our latest Art projects. Enjoy! 

Have a great night! 

May the Force Be With You!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! May the force be with you! 

In Religion class today, we talked about how Jesus wanted his grace to be passed down. We do this when we celebrate the sacraments. We looked at each sacrament and talked about how we receive God's grace. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we will be reading about traditions. We began by learning our new oral vocabulary words: effort, tradition, ancient, drama, and movement. Then, we worked on retelling as we read about traditional cultural dances. Following that, we learned how to blend and read words with three letter blends, words like split, scrape, three, and shred. After that, we learned our new sight words (before, front, heard, push, tomorrow, your). We ended our morning focusing on our fluency skills. We read A Spring Birthday. 

This afternoon we attended the annual 8th Grade Spring Showcase. We enjoyed watching the various skits performed by the 8th grade class. 

We ended our day with Gym class. Today, we headed outside and enjoyed the sunshine! 

Have a great evening! 

Welcome to May!

 Greetings! Welcome to May in first grade. This month is just going to fly by! 

At Mass this morning, Fr. Brian reminded the children to keep pushing and not to slow down as the year is coming to an end. He encouraged us to be workers like St. Joseph, working humbly to build up the kingdom of God here on Earth. 

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 then worked on our Mother's Day projects. The writing just made me smile. I just love the innocence of children. 

In Math class today, we started our chapter on time. We practiced telling time to the hour. The students really enjoyed using clocks to show various times today. 

In Science class, we talked about how we can use the stars to help us. We just need to find the North star to help guide us. 

We ended our week with Art class. Today, we created birdhouses from construction paper. They turned out cute. I'll post pictures next week. 

Have a wonderful weekend!