Pencil People!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! It was another exciting day in first grade. 

At Mass this morning, Fr. Brian talked to use about always be prepared for Jesus' coming. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed short a by matching pictures with words. We also practiced reading our sight words in sentences Finally, we read Jack Can. As we read the story, we identified short a words and our sight words. We also talked about how the characters felt in the story. 

In Math class today, we identified one more and one less than a number. We used our linking cubes to help us. 

In Science class, we talked about how different animal features help them survive.

We ended our day with Art class. Today, we made pencil people. I'll post pictures next week! 

Have a wonderful weekend!  

First Grade Reading!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! Today was a busy day in first grade. I hope everyone made it home safely in the rain. 

In Religion class, we talked about how prayer is talking to and listening to God. 

We began our first week of learning in Language Arts; this week we will be reading stories about what we do in school. We began by learning two oral vocabulary words (learn and subjects). We then worked on visualizing as we read This School Year Will Be the Best. Following that, we learned how to blend and read short a words. Finally, we learned our new sight words (does, not, school, what). 

In Math class today, we continued to practice comparing numbers. Pairs of students were given a set of picture cards. Taking turns, one student would select two cards and compare the amount of objects by stating I have more          than           or I have fewer           than           . 

We had our first Social Studies class of the year. Today we talked about our families. We talked about our brothers and sisters, our pets, and what we like to do with our families. 

Have a great night. 

Ending Our Review!

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

In Religion class today, we talked about spending time thanking God for all that he has given us. We talked about how we can just say 'thank you' to God or we can say a special prayer like the "Our Father". 

We wrapped up our review in Language Arts today. We reviewed the letters u, g, w, x, v, q, j, y, z. We also practiced the words she, with, for, and, have, see, said, was. We also read a nonfiction story about what we do in school. After reading the story, we wrote two examples from it that could really happen. Tomorrow, we will begin learning first grade reading! 

In Math class today, we practiced identifying which number in a set was greater and which one was less. We used our linking cubes to build towers to help us compare the numbers. 

Excitement was abound at the end of the day. The students were quite excited to bring their Chromebooks home. Please remember to charge them nightly! 

Have a great night! 

Reviewing our Letters!

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

In Religion class today, we talked about how God created everything we need from food, to plants, to our parents, to supplies to build our house. 

We continued with our review in Language Arts. Today we reviewed the letters d, h, e, b, l, k, and ck. We also practiced the following sight words: where, here, play, the, we, are, me. We will wrap up our review tomorrow. 

In between the reviewing, we took time to meet another character. Yesterday, we met Good Gorilla and talked about making good choices. Today, we met Listening Llama and talked about what good listeners do. 

We also logged into our Chromebooks today. We are getting better at logging in using the capital letters. 

In Math class, we explored the words more and fewer. We used our linking cubes to show more or less than a number. We then colored two trains and identified which one had more and which one had fewer. 

Have a great night! 

Our First Full Week!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great, relaxing weekend. I'm sure everyone enjoyed the time off. 

We began our day with Religion class. Today we talked about how God is our Father. 

We continued our review in Language Arts. Today, we reviewed the letters n, r, i, c, f, and o. We also reviewed the words go, a, has, this, is, my, look, little. We also talked about the difference between real and fantasy. We listened to "Jack and the Beanstalk" and discussed what makes this story a fantasy. 

In Math class, we reviewed the numbers to 10. We played Memory. Pairs of students worked together to match a number with its written form. 

We ended our day by using our brand new Chromebooks. We talked about how we store them and how we care for them. We then practiced logging into them. The students were quite excited to be using them. 

Have a great night! 

The Second Day!

 Greeting! Today was a fabulous second day of school! 

We began our day with Mass. Fr. Brian reminded us to turn to Jesus this school year. He also offered a special blessing for us. 

After Mass, we began our Language Arts class. This will be a big year in terms of reading growth. We began by reviewing the letters s, m, a, p, and t. We also reviewed the sight words I, he, can do, you, like. We also worked on our comprehension skills. We listened to the poem "1, 2, Buckle My Shoe". Afterwards, we drew pictures to show the order of what happens in the poem. Our review of the alphabet and sight words learned in kindergarten will continue next week. 

Over the course of the next week, we will be talking about classroom expectation. Each one will introduce us to a character. We will read a story and talk about what the behavior means. Today, we met Respectful Rooster. We talked about what it means to be respectful. 

In Math class today, we continued to work with the numbers to 10. Today, we practiced counting backwards. 

We had our first Science lesson of the year. Today, we talked about how animal traits help us identify which animal it is. We looked at pictures of baby birds and helped identify its parent by looking closely at its traits. 

We ended our day with Art class. Today, we created a school bus. The children did an excellent job at listening while we assembled our project. 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Welcome to First Grade!

 Greetings! Welcome to First Grade! Today was an exciting start to the school year. 

Thank you for taking time to visit our classroom blog. I will update the blog daily to let you know about all the learning that took place. When applicable, I will also post pictures. 

We began our day by unpacking and organizing all of our supplies. Thank you for sending in everything. I really appreciate it! 

After that, we had our first Math Meeting of the year. Every day, we will review concepts related to the calendar, to place value, to graphing, and much more. 

Next, we read The Pigeon Has to Go To School. After reading the story, we talked about why we have to go to school. We did a little writing project to go along with it. 

Following that, we played musical chairs. When the music stopped, the friend left standing answered a question about themselves. We talked about what we did this summer, what we like about school, and what our favorite foods our. 

We finished our morning by reading We Don't Eat Our Classmates. We talked about how we treat each other in the classroom. We spent time drawing a way that we treat our friends. 

After lunch and recess, we went to Spanish class. We then went over to church to review church manners. We are excited for our first Mass tomorrow. 

We ended our day with some Math. We practiced counting to 10 and using linking cubes to show various numbers. 

Hope everyone had a great day. Have a wonderful night!