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A Busy Few Weeks
First Grade has been very busy the last few weeks. We took our trip to Stepping Stones museum and had a wonderful time. Here is a picture of Royal and Rudy trying out the air hockey table in the CyberChase exhibit:
We also really like the Build It! section of the museum.
We completed our unit on wolves and now we're experts. We know so many more facts and realize that wolves really aren't as bad as they are portrayed in fairy tales or other stories.
Halloween quickly came and went. We had a really fun day, completing all Halloween worksheets in class, having our parade and then playing Halloween BINGO during our party.
We also learned about fire safety. We know what to do if our clothes catch fire (stop, drop, and roll), what to do when there is smoke in the room (stay low and go), and to have a designated meeting place if there is ever a fire in our house and we need to get out quickly. We also know we have to leave everything in the house and just get ourselves out.
We're looking forward to November and Thanksgiving. We have a lot to be thankful for and will be writing about it in class.
Changes to Calendar
Please note the following changes to the October calendar:
Pictures have been moved from October 17th & 18th to NOVEMBER 17th & 18th
Dismissal on Friday, October 21st is at 12:00 not 11:45
Thank you!
Scarecrows and Columbus
On Monday, we read There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves. As we read, the Old Lady kept swallowing more and more things like a pumpkin, pole, pair of pants, hay, and a shirt. In the end, she sneezed and sneezed out a scarecrow! We then made our own paper plate scarecrows (though we didn't have to swallow any of the pieces and then try to sneeze them out).
We took pictures of us with our scarecrows. Can you guess who each scarecrow is?
On Thursday, we learned about Christopher Columbus and why he was so important. We learned how he was an explorer and how back then, sailors did not have the technology we have today to help guide them. Ask us the three things Columbus used to guide his three ships, what those three ships' names were, who gave Columbus the money to take his voyage, what he was looking for, what countries he was looking for, and what place he really discovered. We know all of this information and are now Christopher Columbus experts!
We are looking forward to a nice Monday off. We will start ITBS testing on Tuesday at approximately 8:30 am, so please try to get to school on time, by 8:00 am in the cafeteria for prayers and the pledge of allegiance. In addition, go to bed early every night, eat a good breakfast, make sure your bring a healthy snack to school, and don't worry about the test. It's not a big deal and is only a guide to help see what academic areas need to be worked on throughout the year.
Have a great weekend!
Tasting Apples
On Tuesday, we tasted 3 different types of apples and learned their names: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith. We completed a worksheet on the color, size, and taste of the different apples. We also made a graph to hang in the hallway to show which apple was our favorite:
As you can see, the tart (a new word we learned) Granny Smith was our favorite, with the Red Delicious and Golden Delicious coming in the the same amounts in a close second.
Today, we learned the life cycle of an apple, starting from a tiny seed, to a sapling, to a tree, to an apple blossom, to a small apple, and then to a full ripe apple that you can eat. We also learned that apples are the most common fruit tree in the world and that most countries have apple trees. In addition, we found out that there is an apple that is so dark red/purple, that by the end of the growing season, it is almost black! It is called the Arkansas Black. A few other apple names we learned were the Jonathan, Rome, and Honeycrisp. The smallest apple is the crab apple.
We've certainly learned a lot about apples!
Reading, Reading, and More Reading!
This past week, we read Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type and completed comprehension worksheets on the story. We loved the story so much, Miss Lobreglio read us another book about the cows and the ducks called Thump, Quack, Moo which was about how the duck takes over the corn maze Farmer Brown is creating. It was a very funny story and we helped with the sound effects as Miss Lobreglio read.
Another book we read this week was The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. We learned about what "really" happened when the Big Bad Wolf huffed and puffed and blew the little pigs houses down (apparently, he was only going to their door to ask for a cup of sugar and had a cold which made him sneeze the houses down). Then the following day, we read The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. It was interesting to see how the roles were reversed in the story. We even made a chart comparing the little pigs, the little wolves, and the big bad wolf and pig.
We will read more stories about wolves throughout fairy tales and then during the month of October, we will start a non-fiction unit on real wolves.
We're looking forward to another fun filled week as we begin a new story in our reading textbooks, as well as learn about Johnny Appleseed (his birthday is September 26th), taste test apples, and learn about the life cycle of an apple.
Our First Week
Our first week was quite a successful one! We finished our first story, Max, the Cat, and will begin our second story on Monday. We will continue working on the sound of short /a/. Ask us about the three things you need for a group of words to be a sentence. Now that we know, we will work on writing our own sentences this week.
We are well on our way to becoming wonderful readers and writers!
As a reminder, on Thursday the 22nd at 7:00pm, it's Back to School Night. Come meet Miss Lobreglio so she can tell you all about the great things we are going to be doing in our classroom this year.
We're Reading!
We've been in school almost a week now and have officially started reading in our Reading Textbooks. Our first story is Max, the Cat and we are working on the sound of short /a/. We are also working on a literary unit with the story The Kissing Hand, a story about a small raccoon named Chester (ask your child to tell you about the Kissing Hand) as well as two other stories with Chester as the main character. We are also reviewing rhyming words, color words, number words and counting.
First Day Complete!
A successful first day of school! We learned the routine of the classroom, took a tour of our floor in the grade school, made cool Welcome Back visors, wrote our very first Morning Message, and even had a special snack (thank you again, Taylor!).
Looking forward to tomorrow!
Welcome to First Grade!
Welcome to First Grade! I know you're all very excited and I can't wait to begin learning with you. Please check back here often to see what we've been doing in class.
As a reminder, make sure you check www.homeworkhero.com every day to find out what our homework is.
-Miss Lobreglio
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