Unscrambling Sentences!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone enjoyed their day! It was a beautiful day outside. 

For Religion today, we headed over to church for Adoration. This was our first time ever going to Adoration. So, we sat in the cry room to learn about Adoration. We talked about how Jesus is present in the Eucharist on the altar. We talked about when we are at Adoration we give thanks to God and pray for people. We look forward to going to Adoration this year. 

In Language Arts, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words from yesterday and then learned three new words (bored, feast, and scurried). We then worked on visualizing as we listened to the fable "City Mouse, Country Mouse". Next, we used our letter tiles to spell and read short i words. Following that, we learned how to blend and read words with the double final consonants like hill, miss, jazz, and mitt. After that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We ended our morning focusing on comprehension. We reread Six Kids and wrote details from the story. We then read our decodable reader and circled pictures depicting key details from that story. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we practiced putting sentences in correct word order. We did an activity on Seesaw. 

In Math class today, we took our chapter test. We will start learning about number bonds tomorrow. 

Here is a picture of the owls we made on Friday. 

Have a great night! 

Believing in Ourselves!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a good weekend. We had a good start to the week in first grade. 

Our Religion class today centered around being peacekeepers and believing in the power of yet. We met as a floor to discuss what it means to be a peacekeeper. We also talked about believing in ourselves and not giving up. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we are reading about where we live. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words (city and country). We then worked on visualizing as we read Alicia's Happy Day. Following that, we learned how to blend and read words with short i. Next, we learned our new sight words. It was time to put all our learning together as we read Six Kids. This fantasy story help us to read short i words and our sight words. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we practiced writing sentences in correct word order. We took a scrambled up sentence and rearranged the words to put it in correct order. 

In Math class today we reviewed concepts related with the numbers to 10. We will be taking our chapter test tomorrow. 

Have a great night! 

A Day of Firsts!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great day to end their week. We had a day of firsts in first grade. 

At Mass today, we celebrated the birthday of Mary. We sang a beautiful song to her. 

We wrapped up our first week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences. We wrote sentences using our sight words. And, we took our first weekly assessment. I am so proud with how well they did. They listened well and did awesome work. 

In Math class today, we used our thinking caps and critical thinking skills to solve problems. We will be wrapping up this chapter next week. 

Science class was lots of fun today. We talked about how different animals have different body parts to help them. After our discussion, the students got into groups of 4. They were each given a bent straw and cup to resemble different beaks on birds. Using each 'beak', they had to pick up food (macaroni). We talked about which beak was best. Then, we added rocks (beans) to the food and tried to pick up food without getting rocks. We learned that the pincher beak was best for this. We had lots of fun learning how animals use their body parts to survive. 

We finished our day with Art. Today, we painted for the first time. We made an owl. We need to add a few pieces on Monday once the paint dries. 

Have a great weekend! 

Learning About Rules!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! We had a great day of learning in school today! 

In Religion class, we talked about how one day we will get to live with God in Heaven. We used St. Terese the Little Flower as our guide. We learned about how she spent her days in prayer praying to live in Heaven one day. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We reviewed our oral vocabulary words, used our whiteboards to spell and read short a words, practiced using words with the inflectional ending -s in sentences, and reviewed our sight words. To help build our fluency, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read a nonfiction piece about school rules and completed pages in our close reading companion that focused on key details. Finally, we practiced writing sentences with a capital letter and a period. 

In Math class today, we reviewed number patterns. 

In Social Studies class, we continued talking about rules. We learned that we have rules to keep us safe. 

Have a great night! 

A Warm Day!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone was able to stay cool today. We were very thankful for the air conditioning put in several years ago. 

In Religion class today we talked about how Heaven is where we find God and how Heaven is the most beautiful place. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts today. We reviewed our oral vocabulary words, used sound boxes to segment words into sounds, read short a words, words with inflectional ending -s, and our sight words. We then switched our focus to fluency and comprehension. We partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. We also read Nat and Sam. After reading this story, we wrote details from it. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we sorted examples into sentences or not sentences. We also wrote in our journal. 

In Math class today, we looked at number patterns. We used our linking cubes to build numbers patterns to 10. 

Just a reminder that tomorrow is a shorts jean day. Have a great night! 

Happy Labor Day!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. 

In Religion class today, we wrapped up our chapter on God is our Father. We reviewed how God made us, loves us, and gives us what we need. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We reviewed the oral vocabulary words we learned last week and learned three new words (common, object, recognize). We then used our letter tiles to spell and read short a words. After that we learned how to blend and read words with the inflectional ending -s. Following that we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We ended our morning focusing on fluency and comprehension. We reread Jack Can and wrote about the details in the story. We then read our decodable reader and drew a detail from the story. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we practiced writing sentences. We are remembering to begin each sentence with a capital letter, end it with a period, and check to see if it makes sense. 

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

Here is a picture from the pencil men we made in Art on Friday. 

Have a great night! 

Hello, September!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great first full week of school. We are getting into our routines and excited about learning new things. 

At Mass this morning, Fr. Brian reminded us about the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 

We continued with our first grade learning in Language Arts. We practiced reading and spelling short a words. We also practiced our sight words. To help us build our fluency we read Can Jack?. Finally, we learned that all sentences have capital letters, periods, and are a complete thought. 

In Math class today, we practiced using the words more, fewer, and same. The students worked in pairs to practice these words. 

In Science class, we talked about the traits of animals. We looked at the traits of a baby animal to help identify its parents. The students loved explaining which baby went with which parent. 

We ended our day with Art. Today, we created a pencil person. I'll post pictures next week. 

Here is a picture from last Friday's art. 

Have a great weekend. See you on Tuesday!