Happy Halloween, part 2!

 Happy Halloween! I hope everyone had a spooktacular day! 

It was a little different day in first grade as both classes came together for a wonderful day of learning. 

In Religion class, we talked about how God promised to send us a Savior who would open the gates of heaven. We know this Savior to be Jesus. 

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

In Math class today, we looked for shapes around us. We found everyday objects and identified both the flat shapes and the solid shapes that make up the object. 

This afternoon we joined up with our 8th grade friends to practice for our prayer service tomorrow. We are really excited to pray with everyone tomorrow. 

We ended our day with some Halloween fun. We played some minute-to-win-it games. We also played Halloween BINGO. 

Have a great night! 

Let's Taco About It!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend trick-or-treating. The students really seemed to. I loved hearing all of the stories today. 

We continue to practice for our All Saints' Day prayer service on Wednesday. We are remembering our baptismal call that one day, we too, may be saints. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We reviewed our oral vocabulary words and read words with end blends and words with the inflectional ending -ing. To practice our sight words, we played a version of Hangman. The students guessed one letter at a time trying to spell the word before I drew a pumpkin. They won all 5 rounds! To help us build our fluency skills, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. And, to help us build our comprehension skills, we read a poem and completed pages in our close reading companion that focused on finding details in the poem. We finished the morning by identifying possessive nouns in sentences. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we wrote a sentence using lots of adjectives to describe what a cat was doing. 

In Math class today, we looked at designs using our solid shapes. We practiced identifying how many of each shape were in the design. 

We ended our day with some Math fun. The students created a taco filled with different shape ingredients. They then identified how many of each shape they used. 

Have a great night! 

Happy Halloween!

Greetings! Happy Halloween! Today was a fun day in first grade. We waited all month to celebrate Halloween. 

But, before we celebrated, we went to Mass. This was our first Faith Family Mass of the year. Today we welcomed Fr. Voytek. He reminded us that we will always be tempted by the devil but we need to turn to God to help us make the right choices. 

After Mass, we quickly got into our costumes and waited to parade outside. It was so much fun seeing all of our parents and friends there as we walked around the parking lot in our costumes. 

Once we got back to our classroom, we changed and got ready for our party. We are so thankful to the parents who came and made crafts with us. We made bookmarks and monsters. 

This afternoon we enjoyed Hotel Translyvania. After the movie, we went outside for some extra recess which we earned by feeling our marble jar. 

Here is a picture from our pumpkin we carved yesterday. 

Have a wonderful weekend trick or treating. I can't wait to hear about it on Monday! 

Fun with Shapes!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! Today was a celebration in first grade as we celebrated being drug free. The students loved wearing a holiday shirt today!

In Religion class we prayed the fourth and fifth decades of the Glorious Mysteries. As we come to the end of October and the month of the rosary, we are reminded to pray the rosary at home. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our sight words. Then we read At A Pond, a nonfiction piece about animals at a pond. After reading the story, we wrote about its main idea and key details. Finally, we practiced writing possessive pronouns correctly. 

In Math class today, we used our flat shapes to make designs. Afterwards, the students identified the number of each shape used. Here are some of our designs: 

In Social Studies class, we talked about why people move: to be close to family or to get a job. 

We ended the day with pumpkin fun. Today, we carved a pumpkin in preparation for our Halloween party tomorrow. The students helped clean out the seeds. Together we decided on the eyes, nose, and mouth. All watched in excitement as I carved it. We are ready for tomorrow! 

Have a tremendous night! 

Pumpkin Fun!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! Today we gave the boot to drugs by wearing western attire to school. All of the students really enjoyed today as we celebrated being drug free. 

In Religion class today we reviewed what happened when Adam and Eve sinned. We also talked about how we are all born with original sin and how that sinned is washed away when we are baptized. We ended class by praying the third decade of the Glorious Mysteries. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary. 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. Finally, we practiced using possessive nouns in sentences. 

In Math class today, we reviewed our solid shapes by playing memory. We matched a picture of the shape to its name. 

We ended our day with pumpkin and Halloween fun. We read Creepy Carrots and wrote about what we would do if Creepy Carrots were following us. We added our writing to a creepy carrot. 

We then looked at the different parts of a pumpkin by creating a diagram. The exciting part to this project was using our messy glue. 

Don't forget your Halloween treats tomorrow! Have a wonderful night! 

Fun with Solid Shapes!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful fall day today!

We began our day by going over to church for Adoration. We spent some quiet time praying and talking to Jesus. Many prayed the rosary today. Once we returned to the classroom, together we prayed the second decade of the Glorious Mysteries. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. Today, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words from yesterday and learned three new words (tranquil, hibernate, and tolerate). We then worked on making predictions as we read a nonfiction piece about animals in the desert. Following that, we used our letter tiles to spell and read words with end blends. After that, we learned how to blend and read words with the inflectional ending -ing. We ended the morning by practicing using our sight words in sentences. 

We stopped our class early today so that we could begin practices for our All Saints' Day prayer service. We are looking forward to praying with everyone next week. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we focused on building our comprehension skills. This week we are focusing on main idea and key details. We reread The Best Spot and wrote about its main idea and details from the story. We did the same thing as we read our decodable reader. 

In Math class today, we identified the six solid shapes: cone, cylinder, cube, rectangular prism, pyramid, and sphere. With each shape, we experimented to see if it could stack, slide, or roll. 

This afternoon we met with our Faith Families. We spent time getting to know one another. We will begin our Faith Family masses this week. 

We ended our day with Pumpkin Fun! Today, we looked at the life cycle of a pumpkin. 

Have a terrific night! 

Red Ribbon Week!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! Welcome to Red Ribbon Week, Pumpkin Week, and Halloween Week in first grade. It is going to be an exciting week. 

In Religion class today, we talked about what was lost when Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the forbidden tree. We talked about how Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden, peace was lost, and how the gates of heaven were closed. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we will be reading about habitats. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words (habitat and depend). We then worked on making predictions as we read Babies in the Bayou. After that we learned how to blend and read words with end blends. Following that, we learned our new sight words. We ended the morning by reading The Best Spot which helped us practice reading words with end blends and our new sight words. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we talked about possessive pronouns. We practiced finding them in sentences. 

In Math class today we reviewed our flat shapes and dividing shapes into halves and fourths. 

Today is the beginning of Red Ribbon Week, a week devoted to making healthy choices and saying no to drugs. Today, we were lucky to meet some awesome women from the state. They talked to us about being buddies and not bullies. In addition, they talked to us about important Internet safety tips. We also got to meet and pet Emery, an electronics detection dog. 

Today is also the beginning of pumpkin week in first grade; we will be learning about pumpkins all week. We started our week with some pumpkin writing. We read Spookley, the Square Pumpkin. After reading the story, we created our own unique pumpkin and wrote about what made it special. 

Have a great night!