Groundhog Day Celebrations!

Today was an awesome day to wrap up Catholic's School Week. We were very busy in first grade. 

In Religion class, we talked about what a parish is and that we all belong to a parish. 

Language Arts was full of learning. We worked in literacy centers where we practiced our phonics skills, sight words, writing skills, and fluency. We also reviewed inflected endings -es and r-controlled -or words. In addition we took a test on our story. 

During Math class we practiced solving the doubles plus 1 facts. To solve these facts we learned to double the smaller number and then add 1. 

Our focus for Science class shifted to teeth as February is Dental Health Month. Today we learned what foods to eat to make our teeth nice and strong. 

We even had time to talk about Groundhog Day. We made a graph predicting whether or not Phil will see his shadow. As you can see, most of us think he will not see his shadow thus bringing about an early spring. 

We also made a Groundhog and drew pictures of what we would do if there are 6 more weeks of winter and what we would do if it was an early spring. 

We ended our day with Art class. We read The Biggest Valentine Ever and then used hearts to make a mouse. I'll post pictures of them on Monday. 

Have a fantastic weekend!