Celebrating Johnny Appleseed!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone was able to get outside and enjoy the beautiful day. It was hard to come in from recess. 

In Religion class we continued to talk about the creation story. We made a mobile to help us remember what God created on each day. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, spelled and read l-blend words, used plurals in sentences, and read our sight words. We also partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. In addition to that, we read a short nonfiction piece about what pets need. After reading it we completed pages in our close reading companion that focused on key details. We ended the morning by identifying statements. 

In Math class today, we practiced telling addition stories for a picture. We used our linking cubes to help us show and tell the story.

In Social Studies today, we read about Johnny Appleseed. We were very excited to learn that he helped plant apple trees here long ago. After learning about him, we wrote 3 facts and added it to a craft. 

Have a great night!

Apple Life Cycle!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful day and enjoyed the sunshine! 

In Religion class today, we discussed the creation story. We watched a short video about God creating the world and then sequenced what he created each day. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words and read l-blend words, plurals, and our sight words. To help build our fluency, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read Flip. After reading this story, we wrote about the details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story. We ended the morning by writing statements correctly. 

In Math class today, we reviewed ways to add. The students worked with a partner practicing solving addition facts. 

We ended our day with Apple Week Fun! Today, we learned how an apple grows from a seed to an apple. We created a wheel to help us remember. 

Have a great night! 

Parts of an Apple!

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

In Religion class today, we talked about how God is everywhere, all powerful, knows everything, and is all good. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We reviewed the oral vocabulary words from yesterday and learned three more oral vocabulary words (companion, popular, and groom). We then worked on visualizing as we read a nonfiction piece about pets. Next, we practiced segmenting words into sounds using our sound boxes. After that, we used our letter tiles to spell and read l-blend words. Following that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We ended our morning by focusing on our comprehension skills; this week we are working on finding key details in the story. We reread A Pig for Cliff and wrote details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story. We then read our decodable reader and answered questions about its details. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we practiced identifying statements. 

In Math class today, we learned how to count on to find the answer to an addition problem. We used our linking cubes to help practice this skill. 

We ended our day with Apple Fun! Today, we created a diagram to show the parts of an apple. We also took our writing from yesterday and added it to a craft. 

Have a great evening! 

Welcome to Apple Week!

 Greetings! Welcome to Apple Week in First Grade. All week we will be having fun with apples and learning about them. 

In Religion class today, we wrapped up our chapter on heaven is our home. We reviewed that God lives in Heaven and that one day we will live there too. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we will be reading about pets. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words (care and train). We then worked on visualizing as we read Cool Dog, School Dog. Following that, we learned how to blend and read l-blend words, words like blob, class, flag, glass, plan, and slam. After that, we learned and practiced reading our new sight words. We ended the morning reading A Pig for Cliff. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we learned that statements are telling sentences that begin with a capital letter and end with a period. 

In Math class today, we had a special presenter teach the lesson; she is one of the authors of the math series. She taught us how to write a number bond and addition sentence for a picture. The key for us is to look at the picture before writing. 

We ended our day with Apple fun. Today, we celebrated the various kinds of apples. Students got to sample a red, green, and yellow apple. Each then voted on their favorite one. We made a graph of our favorites. We then wrote why we liked the one we did.

Have a great night! 

Falling for Number Bonds!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great day to end the week. We had a busy but fun learning day in first grade. 

At Mass this morning, we welcomed Fr. Nale. He went over the seven sorrows of Mary. 

We wrapped up our second week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, read short i words and words with final double consonants, and wrote sentences using our sight words. Finally, we took our weekly assessment. 

In Math class, we continued learning about number bonds. We reviewed how to find the whole when given the two parts, how to find the two parts when given the whole, and how to find the missing part when given the whole and one part. We then had some fun creating our own number bond. The students created their own number bond and then showed it by creating a paper chain. They turned out awesome! 

In Science class, we talked about how animal parts care for their young. We watched videos showing how ducks care for their young, how birds feed the babies, how cats clean each other, how opossums carry their babies, and how shrews march in a line. 

We ended our day with Art class. Today we created a leaf silhouette using scrapbook paper. They will look festive in our room next week. 

Here is a picture from the own writing we did on Wednesday. 

Have a great weekend! 

More Fun With Number Bonds!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone had a great day! 

In Religion class today, we talked about how Heaven is here with us as we celebrate Mass. 

In Language Arts, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words. We also wrote and read short i words and words with final double consonants. Next, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. We also read a nonfiction piece comparing and contrasting country life to city life. After reading that story, we completed pages in our close reading companion that focused on key details about city life and country life. Finally, we wrote sentences using correct word order. 

In Math class, we continued our learning with number bonds. We practiced finding the parts when given the whole. We also found the whole when given the two parts. We used our linking cubes to help us. 

We ended our day with Social Studies. Today, we talked about jobs people have. 

Number Bonds!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is having a great day! 

In Religion class today, we practiced making the Sign of the Cross. We also talked about how the cross is a reminder for us that because Jesus died on the cross we will one day get to be with him in Heaven. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We practiced using our oral vocabulary words in sentences, segmented words into sounds, read short i words, words with final double consonants, and our sight words. We then switched our focus to building our fluency and comprehension. We partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read Go, Pip! After reading that story, we completed pages in our close reading companion that focused on finding key details in the story. We ended class by writing sentences in correct word order. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we worked on our writing skills. We wrote about what we would do if we were an owl. We added that to a craft. 

In Math class today, we began our chapter on number bonds. We learned that a number bond has two parts: a whole and its parts. We used linking cubes to break a whole into its parts. We will continue our work with number bonds tomorrow. 

Just a reminder that the students must wear jeans and an appropriate shirt to school tomorrow. Have a great night!