A Full Day of Learning!

Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone enjoyed the sunshine today! We certainly did in first grade! 

In Religion class today we talked about ways we can serve our families. We said that when we help, obey, and forgive we show love to our families and to God. 

Language Arts was quite informative and busy today. We practiced using our oral vocabulary words, sight words, and vocabulary words in sentences. We then blend and read words with air, are, and ear and words with r-controlled syllables. After that we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. From there we read our story Happy Birthday USA; the students loved this story about the Declaration of Independence and asked lots of questions as we read. After completing pages in our close reading companion, we practiced using adverbs that tell how in sentences. Finally, we wrote our persuasive paragraph on why we love the beach. 

We went outside for Gym class today. It was the perfect day to enjoy the sunshine and exercise with our friends. 

Math class was quite full of learning. We talked about the words impossible, likely, and certain. We did an experiment to help us understand these terms. We also talked about place values. We identified the hundreds, tens, and ones digit in a number. 

We ended our day with Social Studies. Today we focused on our right and responsibilities of citizens particularly voting. We even held our own mock election. We voted on which Dr. Seuss book we will read next week. The winner was Marvin V. Mooney Will You Please Go Now. 

Tomorrow will be a special day as we honor two faculty members who are retiring at the end of the year. Have a good night!