Our First Full Week!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend! We had a great day in first grade! 

In Religion class today, we learned that God is our Father. We talked about how much God loves us and will always love us. 

We continued with our Language Arts review today. We reviewed the letters n, r, i, c, f, and o. We also reviewed the sight words go, a, has, this, is, my, look, little. 

We also continued with our discussion of what it means to be a fantastic first grader. Today, we read the story of Good Gorilla and talked about good choices we can make each day. We then illustrated us making a good choice. 

This afternoon we read the book Our Class is a Family. We talked about how we are a family in the classroom and how we need to treat one another. We made a bracelet reminding us how we are a family. 

In Math class today, we practiced counting backwards. We used our linking cubes to help us. We made a tower, then took one off, and counted how many were left. We kept doing this until we reached 0. 

Have a great night! 

Our First Friday!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! It was a short week but a good week to get us back in the groove. I can tell the children are really enjoying first grade. They were a bit chatty today. I love their enthusiasm. 

At Mass today, we prayed for our teachers, parents, and us. Fr. Brian also talked to us about praying more. 

We began our Language Arts review. We reviewed the letters m, s, a, p, and t. We also reviewed the words I, like, do, to, you, he, and can. Our goal is to review concepts learned and mastered in kindergarten before beginning our first grade work. 

For the next five days, we will be talking about what it means to be a fantastic first grade. Today, we talked about what it means to be respectful. We sorted examples of respectful and disrespectful behavior and drew an example of respectful behavior. 

As a get to know us activity, we completed pendant flags showing our favorite color, animal, and food along with a picture of our family. 

In Math class, we began our chapter on the numbers 1-10. We used linking cubes to show various numbers on a ten frame. We also practiced counting a collection of objects. 

We ended our day with Art class. We created a school bus. The students did a nice job of following directions to put the bus together. 

Have a great weekend! 

Welcome to First Grade!

 Greetings! Happy First Day of First Grade. Thank you so much for reading the classroom blog. I will be posting daily about the learning taking place in Room 101. My goal is for you to be informed about what is happening in the classroom. If you have any questions, please let me know! 

Today was an awesome first day of first grade. The students were so excited to come in and I was so excited to start getting to know them. We spent the first hour unpacking, filling our desks with books, and learning where things are in our classroom. 

Next, we talked about what took them so long to get to first grade. I loved hearing about their summer adventures. We then read You're Finally Here and talked about what we hope to learn this school year. We drew a picture of what we hope to learn and wrote about it before adding it to a craft. Here it is:

Then, we read The Pigeon Has to Go to School. After reading this story, we talked about why we have to go to school. Again, we wrote our answer and colored a picture. Here are some of the finished products: 

After lunch, we practiced writing our ABCs and numbers. We also had our first Math Meeting. Every day, we will gather to talk about the calendar, explore place value concepts, and learn about graphs. 

We ended our day by going over to church. We reviewed our church manners and are excited about our first Mass tomorrow. 

Thank you for a great first day! I'm so excited to see what the year will bring! 

Good Night! 

Goodbye First Grade!

 Greetings! Welcome to the final post of the year! Today marked our final full day of first grade. 

We did wrap up a few things today. In Religion, we reviewed how there are three persons in one God. In Language Arts, we completed our memory book and read our final Scholastic News magazine of the year. 

Then it was time to clean. We cleaned out our desks, cubbies, and math bags. The students helped me organize things and put things away. They were such good helpers and went out of their way to help. 

After we had everything cleaned, we relaxed and watched A Bug's Life. 

I want to thank you for taking the time to read our classroom blog. I hope you found it informative and worth the read. I wish everyone a happy and safe summer. See you in August. 

~Miss Chalich 

Bubble Day Fun!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! Today was another exciting day in first grade!

We began our day with our annual Awards Program where we recognize the students for their academic achievements this year. I am so proud of how hard they have worked this year. 

After our awards program, it was time to return to the classroom. In Religion class, we talked about how there is one God and three persons in God. We made a triangle to remind us of the three persons. 

In Language Arts class, we worked on our memory book. Today we wrote about our favorite recess activity, our favorite lunch, and our friends. We also wrote about what the teacher should do over the summer. I just loved some of their ideas; they got some great imaginations. 

We ended our morning with some Bubble Fun! We first learned about how bubbles are formed. Then, we went outside to blow bubbles, pop bubbles, and have bubble fun. When we came inside, we wrote about what we observed while blowing bubbles. Finally, we wrote about what we would do if we were a bubble. 

This afternoon in Math class, we practiced showing various amounts using quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. 

We ended our day playing games. Thank you so much for sending in the games. The children had fun playing the games with their friends. 

Have a great night! 

Watermelon Fun!

Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone enjoyed the sunshine today. The students had a ton of fun in first grade today. 

In Religion class, we wrapped up our chapter on Pentecost. We reviewed what happened on Pentecost and how the Holy Spirit helps the church today. 

In Language Arts, we worked in our small reading groups one last time. We then began our first grade memory journal. We wrote about ourselves, our teacher, and things we learned. After that, we wrote about what we plan to do this summer and added it to a craft. We promise that we won't get crabby! 

In Math class, we practiced counting quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. We are slowly getting used to counting money. 

We ended our day with some watermelon fun. We talked about the life cycle of a watermelon and its different parts. We sorted watermelon-themed words based on whether they are a noun, verb, or adjective. Finally, we sampled different melons (watermelon, cantaloupe, and honey dew melon) and voted for our favorite. Here a pictures from the day: 

Don't forget your game for tomorrow. Have a good night! 

Our Final Week!

Greetings! Happy Monday! Welcome to the final week of first grade! Where has the year gone? 

In Religion class today, we talked about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We looked at each gift and talked about what it means while completing a coloring sheet. 

We wrapped up our final week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences and read r-controlled words and words with r-controlled syllables. To practice our fluency, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklet. We also read a nonfiction piece about the 13 colonies. We ended class by writing sentences using our sight words, taking our reading assessment, and identifying adverbs that tell how. 

We will spend our last Math classes practicing counting money. Today, we counted a collection of dimes, nickels, and pennies. 

We ended our day with some very refreshing lemonade. We got to enjoy regular lemonade and pink lemonade. After sampling both, we wrote adjectives that described the lemonade. We also made a graph showing our favorite one. Finally, we wrote about why we liked the lemonade. 

Here is a picture from Friday's beach scene Art project. 

Have a great night!