"Scissors and glue sticks." That was a phrase repeated several times today in first grade. We did many hands-on activities today to reinforce what we have been learning.
In Religion class today we continued to talk about the Great Commandment. Today we discusses ways to love ourselves and love others. To help us remember the Great Commandment, we created a giant heart. On little hearts, we wrote the Great Commandment to love God, love others, and love ourselves. Here is a sample:
Language Arts class was full of learning and fun. We began by reviewing our oral vocabulary words. Next we reviewed short u words by creating a sun. On each ray we wrote a short u word. Next we reviewed contractions by matching the words to the contraction. After that, we reviewed our sight words by reading the word wall. Then our focused switched to reading. We partner read The Pigs, the Wolf and The Mud as well as a story in our decodable reader booklets. Next we read a short nonfiction piece about homes around the world and completed pages in our close reading companion. We finished the morning by writing the steps in how to carve a pumpkin. Here are pictures of the projects we made today:
For gym class today, we headed outside to the playground. It was really pleasant outside today which made coming in a bit tough for us.
In Math class today we learned about three dimensional shapes: rectangular prism, cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, and pyramid. We talked about which ones roll, stack, and slide. Please review these shapes at home!
We ended the day with Social Studies. Today we talked about continents and oceans. We learned that there are seven continents and four oceans. To help us remember this we created a map of the world:
Tomorrow will be an exciting day to end the week! There are lots of doings going on!
Greetings! I hope everyone is having a good, fast week. It is hard to believe that it is already half way over.
Today in Religion class we talked about commandments, rules from God. We studied the Great Commandment today of loving God, others, and ourselves. We paid close attention to ways that we can love God. Tomorrow we will focus on the other two.
In Language Arts class today we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, short u words, contractions, and our sight words. We then put those skills to the test. We partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. Next we read a hilarious fantasy story titled The Pigs, The Wolf, and the Mud. After that we completed pages in our close reading companion.
This afternoon we reviewed singular and plural nouns. We sorted words based on whether they named one or more than one person, place, or thing. Finally, we looked at the life cycle of a pumpkin by creating a model of it.
In Math class today we learned how to divide a shape in half or fourths. We practiced two ways for each and identified one half and one fourth (or one quarter) of a shape. The students really enjoyed doing this.
Just a reminder that tomorrow is Gym day! Wear your sneakers!
Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had an awesome day. It was so nice to see that sun shining today after beginning the day with frost.
In Religion class this morning we talked about how many people came and heard Jesus talk about God and God's love for us. We were amazed that at one point Jesus had to get into a boat so that everyone could hear him.
We began Language Arts class by reviewing the oral vocabulary words we learned yesterday and by learning three new words today. We then worked on making predictions as we read "The Three Little Pigs"; this was hard for us because we all remembered this story. Next we practiced reading short u words by using our letter tiles to spell and read words. After that we learned about contractions; this week we are focusing on contractions with is. We created a flipbook where we wrote the contraction and a sentence using that contraction. We ended our morning by reviewing our sight words.
This afternoon in Language Arts we focused on building our fluency and comprehension. We reread Cubs in a Hut and our decodable reader story. After each reading we discussed the characters, setting, and events in the story.
In Math class today we practiced sorting shapes. Each group of students was given a bag of shapes. They sorted the shapes by size, color, shape, number of sides, and number of corners. We are really enjoying working with shapes.
As promised here are pictures from Friday's Art class:
Just a reminder that book orders are due tomorrow! Enjoy your night!
Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone is doing well. We had a great start to our week in first grade!
In Religion class, we wrapped up our chapter on Jesus teaching and helping everyone. We reviewed the story of Zaccheaus and the stories of Jesus helping those in need. We ended class by praying the first decade of the Sorrowful Mysteries.
We began a new week of learning in Language Arts class. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words. We then worked on making predictions as we read 3 Little Dassies. Next, we practiced blending and reading short u words. That was followed by learning our new sight words. We ended the morning by reading a fantasy story Cubs in a Hut.
This afternoon in Language Arts we learned the difference between singular and plural nouns and how to use them in sentences. We then worked in our literacy centers. Finally, we began our study of pumpkins as we labeled the different parts of a pumpkin.
Our focus shifted in Math class today. Today we began our study of shapes. We learned characteristics about squares, rectangles, circles, and triangles including the number of sides and corners. Finally, we talked about different ways to sort shapes.
Enjoy your night!
Greetings! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. I am personally enjoying it spending time with my family. Friday was quite an exciting day to end our week.
The excitement came with our firefighter visit. After showing the firefighters that we know what to do when the fire alarm sounds, we went to the gym. There the firefighters reviewed important safety tips like call 911, stay low, go to your meeting place, and check your smoke alarms. We even got to practice crawling low under 'smoke'. Finally we got our pictures taken with the firefighters.
In between their visit, we did do learning in the classroom. We began our day by attending our floor's prayer service. Second grade led us and we prayed for help in being loving people. We also prayed the fifth decade of the Luminous Mysteries.
Next it was time to wrap up our week of learning in Language Arts. We practiced using our oral vocabulary words in sentences. We then read short e words and words with inflected endings. After that we wrote sentences using our sight words. Next we took our weekly assessment. Finally, we practiced finding nouns in sentences.
For writing today, we created a dalmatian dog. On each bone we wrote a fire safety tip.
In Math class today we reviewed what we learned about addition and subtraction by completing some workbook pages.
In Science class, we reviewed what we studied about animals by completing a graphic organizer.
Finally, it was time for Art class. Today we painted, which was quite exciting. The students created a night sky filled with bats. They dabbed around the outline of bats using Q-tips. Once they were done, I peeled away the outlines leaving only the bats. I'll post pictures on Monday once the paint has dried.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Greetings on this dreary Thursday. It has been a while since we have had a day like this. It was tough to get going this morning, but once we did we did not stop until the end of the day.
In Religion class this morning, we continued to talk about how Jesus healed and helped people. We read the story about how Jesus healed the paralyzed man whose friends cut a whole in the roof of a house. To help us remember that Jesus is here to help us, we created a special poster.
Language Arts class was full of learning today. We began by reviewing our oral vocabulary words. Next, to help us review short e words, we created a bird's nest. On each egg we wrote a short e word. Next we practiced adding -ed to the ends of words and using those words in sentences. For our sight word review, we rolled dice with the words on them. Which ever word we rolled, we had to use it in a sentence.
After all that reviewing it was time to practice. We partner read a story in our decodable booklet and partner read The Red Hat. We then read a nonfiction piece about firefighters and completed pages in our close reading companion. Finally, we practiced using nouns in sentences.
For Gym class today we went down to the Gym and played "Alligator, Alligator." The students just love this activity.
In Math class today we took a test on subtraction.
We finished the day with Social Studies. First we reviewed what we learned about communities. Then our focus switched to fire safety. We talked about objects that are safe to touch and those that are not.
Tomorrow will be quite exciting. First, the firefighters will visit us tomorrow. It is also our Think Pink day. Please remember to wear pink and bring in your $2 donation!
Happy Wednesday! Today was a bit of a rainy and dreary day outside, but inside it was bright and happy. We are so excited to learn new things each day in first grade.
In Religion class today we talked about how Jesus helped many people. We read the story about Jesus curing the blind men. We will read more stories about Jesus helping others tomorrow.
Language Arts class was quite busy today. We began by reviewing our oral vocabulary words. Next we reviewed short e and inflected ending words; we also reviewed our sight words. To help us build our fluency and comprehension, we partner read a story in our decodable readers. We then read The Red Hat, a story about a firefighter and the many jobs she does. After reading that story we completed pages in our close reading companion. Finally, we reviewed nouns; we practiced finding them in sentences.
In Math class today we reviewed subtraction. We remember that subtraction means take away. We practiced solving several subtraction problems.
Tomorrow will be quite an exciting day in first grade; it is the return of gym class. Remember your sneakers!
