Thanksgiving - Our Most Thankful Thing!

We had an author's celebration just before Thanksgiving where we got to publish our latest book; Our Most Thanksful Thing and share them with our families. This time we published ddigitally and made a little 'movie' of our book. The kids loved recording their voice reading the text, and despite a couple technical difficulties, it was a hit!

We had a great time this month learning about the Native American Indians, doing some sand art, learning to dance and make music, listening to stories and especially enjoying our 'popcorn day!' Even though it was a lot of fun to learn about, we're quite thankful that we live now, and not in the days of the pilgrims and indians!

PE...we can really move!!!

Our latest royalty!!!

Happy Halloween!

What a wild and fun day we had. We started the day with a parade around the school where we got to show off our costumes for the parents and other students. We had some amazing costumes! Then we had rotations with the other first grades. After lunch we did Halloween math, journals, and sqeezed in some reading time before our party started! We had so much fun playing games, listening to a scary story, touching weird gooy things in cauldrons, and decorating cookies. Thanks to our great parents, it was a blast! It should be illegal to have that much fun in one day!

Our Author's Celebration

Wednesday we had our first Author's Celebration. Each of the children chose their best (or favorite) story that they wanted to share. Our audience included our first grade friends, parents, and little brothers and sisters. I was so proud of all the children and their wonderful stories. I was also proud of how each of the children were able to read their story into the microphone and show their books on the document camera. It can be a scary ordeal, but they did great!!! Way to go, kids!

My Birthday Video - Way too fun!

My cute first graders, with some help from some incredible moms put this video together and surprised me on my birthday! What a day to remember! Thank-you, thank-you, thank you!

Pocket Day!

What a crazy fun day we had on Pocket Day! Our class had the most pockets in the whole first grade. With outfits like these it was inevitable! We had a day full of fun math and literature activities.

Mathematics in Motion!

Yesterday we moved our desks around, got out drum sticks and got to move and groove to the music while we learned different beats and positions. This was our first lesson in drumming and we had a great time! We can't wait until next time when we'll learn to put our math knowledge to work and really start to move!!!

We pledge to be drug free!!!

We gave drugs the 'slip' on Wednesday when we wore our socks or slippers to school and got to slip around all day!

"We are powerful, smart and in control. We promise to always stay strong and stay away from anything that can harm our bodies!"

Follow Your Dreams, Be Drug Free!

Today we got to wear our pajamas to school as we showed the world that we want to 'follow our dreams and be drug free!' What a great day!

Enemy Pie??? How about Friendship Pie!!!

After reading the story "Enemy Pie" we decided to make our own pie. We got the pudding and pie crust out but, unfortunately, earlier that morning I had given out all the goodies that we could have put inside it to make a great enemy pie: dirt, worms, frogs, dead fish, etc. The sweet children in our class started sacrificing their own treats to add to our class pie. With the great ingredients that everyone added we had a wonderful creation! We decided to call it our "Friendship" pie rather than enemy pie. The magic of the pie definately had an effect on us. We've been the most thoughtful friends ever since!

Last Week's Queen of the Day!

Apple Day!

Apple day was so much fun. Each of the kids brought an apple and we made some 'friendship' applesause that simmered all day long. It smelled amazing! ...and it tasted great too. What a great day!

Fall Festival!!!!!!!

The fall festival that the PTA put on last week was a huge success! We had a blast going to all the different events (all centered around great literature). The kids got to have their hair colored, launch rockets, eat, play on big bouncy toys, design masks, and play carnival games. What a night! Thank-you PTA for all you do for our school!

Our latest king!

Safety on the Playground??

As scientists we conducted an experiment on the playground to see what happens if we're not careful and skid along the pavement or fall from the playground equipment. We tested an apple, a peach, an egg, and a ball. We decided that 1st graders are most like a peach, kind of soft on the outside and the skin will easily scrape off or crack if we're not careful. It was a little messy but cool to watch.

Our King for Last Week!

A royal day for our king!

Watermelon Day!!!

We celebrated summer with a wonderful Watermelon Day on Friday. We sang songs, wrote stories, played games, did some art, estimated the size, and finally got to taste some. It proved to be just like our song...we got more on the outside than in! What fun!