Fun With Shapes!

 Greetings on the actual Halloween day. I hope everyone had fun trick or treating over the weekend. The children really seemed to have enjoyed it. 

For Religion class today, we headed over to church to practice with our 8th grade friends for our prayer service tomorrow. You are welcome to come and pray with us tomorrow afternoon. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We practiced using our sight words in sentences. We also practiced reading words with end blends and words with the inflectional ending -ing. To help us build our fluency we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. We ended the morning writing sentences using our sight words. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we took our weekly assessment and identified possessive nouns in sentences. We also worked on our comprehension skills as we answered questions about a poem. 

In Math class today, we sorted shapes. The students worked in groups. Together, they sorted shapes by color, size, shape, number of corners, and number of sides. 

Have a great night! 

Happy Halloween!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! Today was a spooktacular day in first grade. We really enjoyed all of our Halloween activities. 

Before we had our parade and party, we had a few things to do. We finished labeling the parts of a pumpkin. We also prayed the fifth decade of the Glorious Mysteries. 

At Mass this morning, Fr. Brian talked to us about always praying to God. 

After Mass, we got ready for our Halloween parade. It was so nice having everyone outside as we walked around the parking lot showing off our Halloween costumes. 

After the parade, it was time for our party. We played pumpkin ring toss and pumpkin bowling. We also made a pumpkin using beads and pipe cleaners. In addition to our pumpkin, we made a ghost flying through the night sky. We even got to use glitter glue to make stars. 

This afternoon, we relaxed and watched Hotel Transylvania. The students and I really enjoyed this movie. 

Have a great weekend! Don't eat too much candy! 

Pumpkin Fun!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone had a nice day yesterday and today. It was nice to be back with the children today. 

Our Religion class today was spent in church practicing for our All Saints' Day prayer service. They are doing such a nice job. I can't wait for everyone to experience this beautiful prayer service. After our practice, we prayed the fourth decade of the Glorious Mysteries. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, read words with end blends, words with inflectional endings, and our sight. We spent a lot of time today practicing our fluency and comprehension skills. We are working on main idea and key details this week. First we read our decodable reader and then wrote about its main idea and key details. Next, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. Finally, we read At a Pond; after that story we wrote about its main idea and key details. 

In Math class today we continued to look at flat shapes. We reviewed the names we learned yesterday (square, rectangle, triangle, circle, trapezoid). Then, using our geoboards, we made each shape and identified how many sides and corners each has. 

We ended our day with some pumpkin fun. First, we read a story about the life cycle of a pumpkin and then created a diagram showing the stages. Then, we talked about the parts of the pumpkin. We are in the process of making a diagram. We will finish that in the morning. 

Tomorrow looks to be spooktacular! Have a great night!

Pumpkin Fun!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone is enjoying our Indian summer. I know the children have loved it! 

In Religion class this morning, we wrapped up our chapter on Adam and Eve. We reviewed how God created Adam and Eve, how they lived in the Garden of Eden, and how they had God's grace. We also prayed the second decade of the Glorious Mysteries. 

Our Red Ribbon Week focus today was on making good food choices. We sorted food pictures based on whether they are a good food choice for us or not. 

In Language Arts, we practiced writing sentences to describe a picture. We also learned our new sight words. After that we read The Best Spot which helped us in reading end blend words and our sight words. We ended class identifying possessive nouns in sentences. 

In Math class today, we took our chapter test on adding and subtracting to10. Tomorrow we will begin our chapter on shapes. 

This afternoon we practiced again for our All Saints' Day prayer service. The students did a great job remembering what we did yesterday. We added more to it today. We are getting very excited for it. 

After our practice it was time for some pumpkin fun. The students helped me carve a pumpkin for our Halloween party on Friday. After carving it, we wrote the steps we followed to carve the pumpkin. Didn't it turn out great? 

Here are pictures from our ghost writing/art project on Friday along with our pumpkin writing from yesterday and today. 

Have a great night! 

Red Ribbon Week!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! What a difference a week makes. Last week it was snowing, and today it was warm and sunny. The children loved the sunshine at recess. 

In Religion class today we talked about how we received God's grace when we were baptized. We also began our last week of praying the rosary together as a class. This week we are praying the Glorious Mysteries. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week (and next) we will be reading about different animal habitats. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words (habitat and depend). We then worked on rereading for understanding as we read Babies in the Bayou. Following that we learned how to blend and read words with end blends. 

Our Math class moved to this morning. Today we reviewed all that we learned regarding adding and subtracting to 10. Tomorrow we will take our chapter test. 

In Penmanship this week we are practicing D and d. 

This afternoon we headed over to church to begin to practice for the All Saints' Day prayer service next Tuesday. Today we practiced walking in and out slowly. 

After our practice, we began our Red Ribbon Week activities. All week we will be talking about making good, healthy choices. Today we talked about what makes us special. To show that everyone is unique and special, we read Spookley, the Square Pumpkin. After reading the story, we talked about what made Spookley special. We then created our own pumpkin and wrote about why it is special. 

Have a good night! 

A Ghostly Day!

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

Before heading to Mass, we prayed the fifth decade of the Sorrowful Mysteries. Next week, we will pray the Glorious Mysteries. 

At Mass this morning, Fr. Brian reminded us that not only do we need to seek forgiveness from God through the Sacrament of Reconciliation but also from those we have hurt. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences and wrote sentences using our sight words. To practice reading short u words and contractions, we played BINGO. We also took our weekly assessment. 

In Math class today, we used our critical thinking skills to solve problems. We showed how number sentences were true or false by either drawing a picture, using a number bond, or writing a number sentence. We also wrote number sentences when given an answer. 

We wrapped up our unit on animals today. We reviewed the different ways animals move and the different coverings they have. We also reviewed the needs for all animals. 

We ended with several Art and Writing projects. On Wednesday, we read Creepy Carrots. Today we wrote and drew what we would do to contain the creepy carrots. We even added our own Creepy Carrot to the writing. 

To get into the Halloween spirit, we read a story about ghosts. We then wrote about what we would do if we were a ghost. We painted a ghost using forks. Once those are dry, we will add our eyes, nose, and mouth. 

Here is a picture from the fall writing we did earlier in the week. 

Have a great and relaxing weekend! 

Community Helpers!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone had a nice day. 

In Religion class today we talked about how grace is God's life inside us. We also prayed the fourth decade of the Sorrowful Mysteries. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, practiced reading short u words, contractions, and our sight words. To help us build our fluency we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. To help us build our comprehension, we read a nonfiction piece about different types of homes and completed pages in our close reading companion. We ended class by using singular and plural nouns in sentences. 

In Math class today we worked with writing fact families. Students came up with the parts for a given whole and then wrote the fact family for their number bond. We also used our critical thinking skills to write number sentences when given a whole list of numbers. 

We ended our day with Social Studies. Today we learned about community helpers. The students completed a Seesaw activity where they took a picture of themselves and added features to show what they want to be when they grow up. They even recorded saying what they want to be. 

Have a great night!