Greetings! Happy Thursday (and Friday for the students)! It is hard to believe another month has come and gone. We only have 3+ days of school left. Where has the time gone?
We began our day with Mass in honor of Ascension Thursday. This was also our last school Mass of the year. Today, Msgr. Lockard reminded us that Jesus is still with us today spiritually. He also reminded us that we can never take a vacation from God and encouraged us to continue to pray and go to Mass over the summer.
We wrapped up our final week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, read words with r-controlled -air, -are, and -ear and read words with r-controlled syllables. We then wrote sentences using our sight words before switching our focus. We partner read a story in our decodable reader booklet and read a short nonfiction story that focused on maps and completed pages in our close reading that went along with the story. Finally we took our weekly assessment and identified adverbs that tell how in sentences.
Today was our final Gym class of the year. We headed to the Gym where the students had the opportunity to exercise with whatever they wanted. They played basketball, soccer, jumped rope, and hula hooped. They were quite sweaty by the end of class.
In Math class today we practiced counting quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. They did quite well with this. We also practiced showing amounts using all four coins.
We ended our day with Social Studies. Today we talked about leaders of government. We learned that a mayor leads a city, a governor leads a state, and the president leads the country. We also identified who are governor and president are.
Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow. Please take some time to visit the parish festival. On Monday we will have our Cuddle Reading day. Students will need to bring a stuffed animal and a book to share with a friend. Enjoy the long weekend!
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Rain, Rain Go Away!
Greetings on this rainy day. Don't get me wrong, I am very grateful for the rain; it will help keep all of the plants and grass green and healthy. However, I am getting a little tired of the storms. Hopefully, tomorrow will be the end and sunshine will return next week!
We began our day with Religion class. Today we wrapped up our chapter on sharing God's love. We reviewed how we can share God's love with our families and with others.
In Language Arts, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words. Then we practiced reading words with r-controlled -air, -ear, and -are; we also practiced reading and segmenting r-controlled syllable words. Following that we reviewed our sight words and vocabulary words. We then switched our focus to reading. We partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read Happy Birthday USA, a nonfiction story about the 4th of July.
This afternoon in Language Arts we completed pages in our close reading companion. We also reviewed how to write abbreviations. Finally, we wrote about the school year. We wrote about something we learned in Language Arts, Math, and a favorite memory. We turned our writing into a giant ice cream cone. They looked delicious:
Our focus in Math class today we the quarter. We identified the value of a quarter and various ways to show 25 cents. Tomorrow we will count quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies!
Just a reminder that our Spelling test is tomorrow. It is also our last Gym day. Have a great night!
We began our day with Religion class. Today we wrapped up our chapter on sharing God's love. We reviewed how we can share God's love with our families and with others.
In Language Arts, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words. Then we practiced reading words with r-controlled -air, -ear, and -are; we also practiced reading and segmenting r-controlled syllable words. Following that we reviewed our sight words and vocabulary words. We then switched our focus to reading. We partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read Happy Birthday USA, a nonfiction story about the 4th of July.
This afternoon in Language Arts we completed pages in our close reading companion. We also reviewed how to write abbreviations. Finally, we wrote about the school year. We wrote about something we learned in Language Arts, Math, and a favorite memory. We turned our writing into a giant ice cream cone. They looked delicious:
Our focus in Math class today we the quarter. We identified the value of a quarter and various ways to show 25 cents. Tomorrow we will count quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies!
Just a reminder that our Spelling test is tomorrow. It is also our last Gym day. Have a great night!
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Happy Memorial Day!
Greetings! Welcome back from the long holiday weekend. Talking with the students today, they really seemed to enjoy their weekend. I loved hearing the stories of fishing, camping, and playing baseball.
We began our day by attending Eucharistic Adoration. We spent quiet time praying to Jesus asking him to help others, help us, and help us have a good summer.
We began Language Arts by working in our literacy centers; this was the last time we will be working in them this year. The students really came to enjoy them, and I noticed a tremendous amount of growth in the fluency and comprehension development. After that, we jumped back into our week of learning. We answered questions using our sight words. We then used our letter tiles to spell and read r-controlled -air, -are, and -ear words. Next we practiced blending and reading r-controlled syllable words. We ended the morning by using our sight words and vocabulary words in sentences.
This afternoon in Language Arts we reread Share the Harvest and Give Thanks and talked about the author's purpose for writing the story. We then read our decodable reader and talked about the author's purpose for that story. Finally, we practiced using adverbs that tell how in sentences.
In Math class today we continued to work with money. We practiced counting a collection of dimes, nickels, and pennies. Then, the students had to show various money amounts using those coins. Their number sense with that truly amazed me.
Have a wonder (and dry) night!
We began our day by attending Eucharistic Adoration. We spent quiet time praying to Jesus asking him to help others, help us, and help us have a good summer.
We began Language Arts by working in our literacy centers; this was the last time we will be working in them this year. The students really came to enjoy them, and I noticed a tremendous amount of growth in the fluency and comprehension development. After that, we jumped back into our week of learning. We answered questions using our sight words. We then used our letter tiles to spell and read r-controlled -air, -are, and -ear words. Next we practiced blending and reading r-controlled syllable words. We ended the morning by using our sight words and vocabulary words in sentences.
This afternoon in Language Arts we reread Share the Harvest and Give Thanks and talked about the author's purpose for writing the story. We then read our decodable reader and talked about the author's purpose for that story. Finally, we practiced using adverbs that tell how in sentences.
In Math class today we continued to work with money. We practiced counting a collection of dimes, nickels, and pennies. Then, the students had to show various money amounts using those coins. Their number sense with that truly amazed me.
Have a wonder (and dry) night!
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Oceans Away!
Greetings! Happy Friday! We made it through our last full week of school! I'm not sure if I am happy or sad. Like I said many times, I really enjoy this group of students. I'm going to miss them.
But, before, we end the year, there is still a bunch of learning to be had. We began our day with Religion class. Today we talked about how God wants us to share his love with others. We discussed many ways we can do that.
We began Language Arts by working in our centers. The students really enjoy them and work so hard to improve their fluency and comprehension skills. Then we began a new week of learning, our last week of learning for the school year. We learned our new oral vocabulary words (display, pride, design, purpose, represent). Next, we practiced rereading as we listened to a story about flags. We then learned how to blend and read r-controlled ar words spelled -air, -are, and -ear. After that we learned our new sight words and vocabulary words. We ended the morning by rereading a nonfiction story about harvest festivals, Share the Harvest and Give Thanks. After lunch, we identified adverbs that tell how in sentences.
In Math class today we practiced counting a collection of dimes, nickels, and pennies. The students are doing well with this.
Then, it was time for our final Art project of the year. Today we made an ocean scene using a blue paper plate. The students glued Cheerios on the bottom for sand and then added sea creatures. I just loved how they made each scene unique. Here are two examples:
We ended our week by finishing the movie we began last Friday during the Hawk Walk. The students did enjoy Homeward Bound especially when they realized all were safe.
Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend! See you on Tuesday!
But, before, we end the year, there is still a bunch of learning to be had. We began our day with Religion class. Today we talked about how God wants us to share his love with others. We discussed many ways we can do that.
We began Language Arts by working in our centers. The students really enjoy them and work so hard to improve their fluency and comprehension skills. Then we began a new week of learning, our last week of learning for the school year. We learned our new oral vocabulary words (display, pride, design, purpose, represent). Next, we practiced rereading as we listened to a story about flags. We then learned how to blend and read r-controlled ar words spelled -air, -are, and -ear. After that we learned our new sight words and vocabulary words. We ended the morning by rereading a nonfiction story about harvest festivals, Share the Harvest and Give Thanks. After lunch, we identified adverbs that tell how in sentences.
In Math class today we practiced counting a collection of dimes, nickels, and pennies. The students are doing well with this.
Then, it was time for our final Art project of the year. Today we made an ocean scene using a blue paper plate. The students glued Cheerios on the bottom for sand and then added sea creatures. I just loved how they made each scene unique. Here are two examples:
We ended our week by finishing the movie we began last Friday during the Hawk Walk. The students did enjoy Homeward Bound especially when they realized all were safe.
Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend! See you on Tuesday!
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Fiesta in First Grade!
Greetings! Happy Fiesta day! We had lots of fun in first grade today.
We began our day with Religion. Today we talked about how we can show God's love to our families. We said that when we are kind, helpful. respectful, and forgiving we show God's love.
We wrapped up a week of learning in Language Arts today. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, read words with three letter blends and with inflectional endings, and wrote sentences using our sight words. Next we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets and the story we read yesterday Lissy's Friends. After that we read a short nonfiction piece about origami and completed pages in our close reading companion. We ended the morning by taking our weekly assessment and reviewing when to use I and me in sentences.
For Gym today we headed outside to the parking lot. The students had fun playing and running around with their friends. It was neat to see them all organize different games. They are such a close group of students.
We began a new chapter in Math today. We will be focusing on money to end the year. Today we reviewed the value of a penny, nickel, and dime and practiced counting various amounts using these coins.
In Social Studies today we began our unit on government. Our focus today was on laws. We learned that we have laws to keep us safe.
After all of that learning, it was time for our fiesta. We began by breaking open a pinata. Each student was able to get two prizes and a sight word. They had to use their sight word in a sentence. Then it was time to crack open the confetti eggs. They loved this. I loved seeing their excitement has confetti poured down on them. Thank you for helping them make their eggs.
Tomorrow will be an exciting day to end our week!
We began our day with Religion. Today we talked about how we can show God's love to our families. We said that when we are kind, helpful. respectful, and forgiving we show God's love.
We wrapped up a week of learning in Language Arts today. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, read words with three letter blends and with inflectional endings, and wrote sentences using our sight words. Next we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets and the story we read yesterday Lissy's Friends. After that we read a short nonfiction piece about origami and completed pages in our close reading companion. We ended the morning by taking our weekly assessment and reviewing when to use I and me in sentences.
For Gym today we headed outside to the parking lot. The students had fun playing and running around with their friends. It was neat to see them all organize different games. They are such a close group of students.
We began a new chapter in Math today. We will be focusing on money to end the year. Today we reviewed the value of a penny, nickel, and dime and practiced counting various amounts using these coins.
In Social Studies today we began our unit on government. Our focus today was on laws. We learned that we have laws to keep us safe.
After all of that learning, it was time for our fiesta. We began by breaking open a pinata. Each student was able to get two prizes and a sight word. They had to use their sight word in a sentence. Then it was time to crack open the confetti eggs. They loved this. I loved seeing their excitement has confetti poured down on them. Thank you for helping them make their eggs.
Tomorrow will be an exciting day to end our week!
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Learning Origami!
Greetings everyone! Happy Wednesday! Today was another great day of learning in first grade.
We began our day with Religion class. Today we talked about how when we pray we grow closer to God. We also talked about how we can pray alone or with others and how we can pray prayers we learned or pray our own prayers.
In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words. We then practiced reading words with three letter blends. We also practiced using words with inflectional endings in sentences. Following that we reviewed our sight words and vocabulary words. Next, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read a realistic fiction story about a girl making friends in Lissy's Friends. After reading the story, we tried our hand at origami and made a dog. The students really enjoyed this!
This afternoon in Language Arts we completed pages in our close reading companion. We also reviewed when to use commas when writing a letter. Finally, we wrote the closing part for our narrative paragraph about our field trip.
In Math class today we wrapped up our chapter on adding and subtracting with and without regrouping. Tomorrow we will begin our chapter on money.
Just a reminder that tomorrow is our fiesta day. We will have a pinata and crack open those confetti eggs. It will be loads of fun! It is also Gym day!
We began our day with Religion class. Today we talked about how when we pray we grow closer to God. We also talked about how we can pray alone or with others and how we can pray prayers we learned or pray our own prayers.
In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words. We then practiced reading words with three letter blends. We also practiced using words with inflectional endings in sentences. Following that we reviewed our sight words and vocabulary words. Next, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read a realistic fiction story about a girl making friends in Lissy's Friends. After reading the story, we tried our hand at origami and made a dog. The students really enjoyed this!
This afternoon in Language Arts we completed pages in our close reading companion. We also reviewed when to use commas when writing a letter. Finally, we wrote the closing part for our narrative paragraph about our field trip.
In Math class today we wrapped up our chapter on adding and subtracting with and without regrouping. Tomorrow we will begin our chapter on money.
Just a reminder that tomorrow is our fiesta day. We will have a pinata and crack open those confetti eggs. It will be loads of fun! It is also Gym day!
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
A Normal Day!
Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a nice day. We had a busy day in first grade. There is still so much to learn in such a short amount of time.
We began our day by attending Eucharistic Adoration. We spent some quiet time praying to Jesus, asking him to help people and help us have a good day.
We began Language Arts by working in our literacy centers. Then we jumped back into our week of learning. We answered questions using our oral vocabulary words. We then used our letter tiles to spell and read words with three letter blends. After that we reviewed the inflectional endings -ed and -ing and practiced spelling words with them. We ended our morning by using our sight words and vocabulary words in sentences.
This afternoon in Language Arts we reread A Spring Birthday and wrote about the theme of the story. We then read our decodable reader and identified its theme. Next, we practiced using I and me in sentences. Finally, we wrote the middle part of our narrative paragraph about our field trip.
In Math class today we reviewed adding and subtracting with and without regrouping. The students worked with partners to solve problems. I just loved seeing them work so nicely with each other.
Have a great night!
We began our day by attending Eucharistic Adoration. We spent some quiet time praying to Jesus, asking him to help people and help us have a good day.
We began Language Arts by working in our literacy centers. Then we jumped back into our week of learning. We answered questions using our oral vocabulary words. We then used our letter tiles to spell and read words with three letter blends. After that we reviewed the inflectional endings -ed and -ing and practiced spelling words with them. We ended our morning by using our sight words and vocabulary words in sentences.
This afternoon in Language Arts we reread A Spring Birthday and wrote about the theme of the story. We then read our decodable reader and identified its theme. Next, we practiced using I and me in sentences. Finally, we wrote the middle part of our narrative paragraph about our field trip.
In Math class today we reviewed adding and subtracting with and without regrouping. The students worked with partners to solve problems. I just loved seeing them work so nicely with each other.
Have a great night!
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