Snow and Cold!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! What a week it has been! It did feel good to be back in the classroom today. I am sure hoping that Phil sees his shadow on Monday and we get an early spring! 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we are reading about how animals help each other. We began by learning our five oral vocabulary words (behavior, beneficial, dominant, endangered, and instinct). Next, we learned how to blend and read words with the vowel team long e, spelled with e, ee, ea, ie, words like she, tree, meat, and field. After that, we practiced our sight words (because, blue, into, or, other, small). Finally, we read A Team of Fish which helped us practice our new skills. 

In Math class, we used our coins to show various money amounts. The students are getting better and recognizing each coin. 

We ended our day with a game of winter BINGO to celebrate Student Appreciation Day. The students loved their robots they won! 

Have a great night! 

Snowy Mittens!

 Greetings! I hope everyone's weekend is off to a calm start. Looks like the fun will begin tomorrow. 

At Mass yesterday morning, we celebrated the feast of St. Vincent, a martyr of the church. Fr. Brian reminded us to keep persevering even when times get tough. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, practiced reading long a words with the vowel teams ai and ay, put words into ABC order, wrote sentences using our sight words, took our weekly assessment, and practiced using was and were in sentences. In addition to that, we worked on our fluency by partner reading a story from our decodable reader booklets. Finally, we did some winter writing. We wrote about why our snowman melted. 

In Math class, we used our coins to show various money amounts. We had fun coming up with a variety of ways to show the amounts. 

In Social Studies class, we learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. We talked about what his dream was. We wrote about what our dream for the world is. Here, our Friday sillies came out as most wrote about saying six seven. 

We ended our day with Art class. Today, we created a mitten using pieces of tissue paper. We added snow falling around our mitten. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Enjoy the snow! 

Adding Vocabulary Words!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is doing well tonight. It is amazing how we can go from sunny skies this morning to snowy skies this afternoon. I'm sure the children loved the snow. 

In Religion class today, we talked about what life was like for young Jesus. We talked about how we would have helped Mary and Joseph, how he would have prayed, and how he would have played with his neighbors. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We reviewed our oral vocabulary words by answering questions with the words. Next, we used our letter tiles to spell and read words with ai and ay. Following that we learned how to put words into ABC order by looking at the second letter when all the words begin with the first letter. After that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. 

Then, we began a new section of learning. Beginning this week, the students will be introduced to two vocabulary words. We will practice reading these words, learn their meaning, and write sentences using them. Our first vocabulary words are special and splendid. 

We ended our morning focusing on our comprehension skills. We reread Frog and Snail Race. We then sequenced the events from the story. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we learned when to use was and were in sentences. 

In Math class today, we continued to practice counting money. Today, we added the quarter to our coins. We are slowly getting the hang of it. 

Have a wonderful night! 

March of the Penguins!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone is doing well and staying warm. 

After a late start today, we jumped into our day of learning. In Language Arts class, we began a new week of learning; this week we will be reading about how animal bodies help them. The highlight of class today was getting our books. The students were so excited to finally have their reading workbook and storybook. They loved the color pictures! 

We began by learning our oral vocabulary words (feature, appearance, determined, predicament, relief). Then we worked on retelling and making predictions as we read about why elephants have long trunks. After that, we learned how to blend and read long a words spelled with the vowel teams ai and ay, words like main and day. Following that, we learned our new sight words for the week (about, animal, carry, eight, give, our). Finally, we read Snail and Frog Race which helped us practice our new skills. 

In Math class today, we practiced counting coins. We focused on counting a collection of dimes, nickels, and pennies. 

Here is a picture of our penguins from Friday's Art class. 

Have a great night! 

Quarters!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great day to end the week. 

We celebrated Mass with our Faith Families this morning. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, wrote sentences using our sight words, and took our weekly assessment. 

In Math class, we learned about the quarter. We explored all the ways that we can make 25 cents using the quarter, dimes, nickels, and pennies. 

We wrapped up our week of penguin learning. We learned how penguins stay warm. We also looked at videos showing how penguins are good swimmers. Finally, we wrote about something we would do if we were a penguin. 

Our Art class was penguin themed as well. Today, we made a penguin using an empty water bottle. We stuffed the water bottle full of cotton. Then, we added a top hat, eyes, beak, bowtie, wings and feet. I'll post pictures next week once all of the glue has dried. 

Here is a picture of our snowflake art. They look awesome. 

Have a great weekend! 

Counting Money!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone is doing well and is surviving the return of old man winter. I don't know about you but that cold goes right through you. 

In Religion class today, we talked about how Joseph was the protector of Mary and Jesus. 

In Language Arts class, we answered questions using our oral vocabulary words, read words with oo and u and words with inflectional endings. To build our fluency and comprehension skills, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. We also read a nonfiction piece about the five food groups. Finally, we practiced writing contractions with not. 

In Math class today, we started counting coins. We identified the value of a penny, nickel, and dime. The we practiced counting a group of pennies, a group of nickels, and a group of dimes. 

We continued with our penguin week fun. Today, we identified different penguins and where they live. We enjoyed seeing the pictures of the different penguins. 

Have a great night! 

Awesome Learners!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! We had another awesome day of learning in first grade. 

In Religion class, we talked about how Joseph and Mary presented Jesus in the Temple and how Simeon and Anna were there. We also talked about how Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt with baby Jesus. 

In Language Arts, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, practiced reading words with oo and u, words with inflectional endings, and our sight words. To help us build our fluency, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read From Cows to You. After reading that story, we sequenced how we get milk. Finally, we practiced writing contractions with not. 

In Math class, we worked with number patterns today. We practiced counting forwards and backwards by ones, twos, and tens. 

Have a great night!