Catch That Gingerbread Baby and Building Gingerbread Houses!

What an absolutely beautiful morning in our classroom! The day began with our Reader's Theater Catch That Gingerbread Baby (based on Jan's Brett's Book The Gingerbread Baby). Today we had our family members join in our shared reading. Next families worked together to build their own design of a gingerbread house. So thankful for my students and their families. May you all have a beautiful holiday season!

Lets Catch That Gingerbread Baby!

Grandparents' Day 2016

Grandparents' Day ~ 

You Mean So Much To Us!

Grandparents warm your heart.  This week we had Grandparents' Day and the students were elated and overjoyed to greet their grandparents for lunch.  Watching the interactions of child and grandparent was so special.  Conversation was easily flowing and you could feel the love they had for each other.  Some of the grandparents have visited our school and classroom before but for some it was the first time.  The students were given the choice to take their grandparents on a scavenger hunt and then came back to our classroom where we had a special gift for them. 

Prior to this day the students made replicas of themselves as miniature graduates.  We made inferences based on the first part of the graduate, added details to strengthen our understanding and then revisited our previous inferences and made changes to our thinking.  We also calculated the year the students would be graduating. 

Next the students were introduced to a poem called The Best Grandparents.  They read the poem and then added color to it.  Then we made a symmetrical heart and glued everything onto a larger piece of paper. Finally they added a vivid colorful photo of themselves and the simple words "Thank You".

As the grandparents entered our classroom the students were able to show them around the classroom and share different things with them.  We ended our Grandparents' Day by reciting the poem to them and then giving them our gift.

Enjoy the reflection of this day 

An Absolutely Amazing First Week of School!

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK!

We are all excited about being OWLs!  Outstanding, Working, Learning Students.

This week the students have been making their own snacks and enjoying the creativity and taste! Please check your child’s folder for a note about Snack Sign-Up.

Ask your child which OWL snack was their favorite?

On the second day of school one of my students ask me, “When are we going to have Daily 5?”  These students love Literacy!  

Our First Family Project “Owl” About Me Craftivity excited all students both when presenting or listening!

Would you like to be a Mystery Reader in our classroom?

A Mystery Reader would come and read one of their favorite children’s books to our class.  Times can be flexible!  Just let me know and I will see what we can fit into our Literacy Schedule!

Our first Reader’s Theater will be on September 18, 2015 at 8:30!

The students will be presenting “Mother Goose to the Rescue”!  Here is our cast:

Mother Goose	Emma and Kali
Humpty	Xander
King Cole	Tripp
Cow	Ben
Jack Horner	June
Willie Winkie	Carter
Tommy Tucker	Abe
Miss Muffet	Vivian
Rhymeland Rhymers	Kara, Mikenzie, Hailey, Presley, Trenton, Madelyn, Emmaline, Jonathan

PLEASE PRACTICE NIGHTLY WITH YOUR CHILD.  IT IS OKAY TO ECHO READ OR HELP THEM FIGURE OUT UNKNOWN WORDS USING OUR READING STRATEGIES :)

ASSIGNMENT NOTEBOOKS

Also when you are checking your child’s Assignment Notebook, please initial the Assignment Notebook.  That way I know you have seen any important messages. Thanks.

We are always ready to add our silly faces to make you smile and laugh especially at the end of the day!

It is Back to School Time!

I hope to see all you tomorrow evening, August 27,  at Pelican for our Back to School Open House!  The Open House will be from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Enjoy your Back to School video to kick off our First Grade Year

It is Back to School Time 2015-2016!

May Family Project - A Timeline of Ourselves!

Excitement was in their voices this morning as they shared the story of themselves! Look forward to hearing more tomorrow!

Close Reading, Nutrition, An All About Me and Hopefully Soon Cross Country Skiing!

Which forest animal will we choose to do our Research on?  

Learning about healthy food choices with Miss Ginger at UW Extension!

We learned a lot about Hailey in her All About Me!

Will we get to go Cross Country Skiing soon ?

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

These little elves were quite excited to trim the tree today :)

Out in the Woods!

Today the students performed Out in the Woods, a Five Senses Readers Theater. I am so proud of them! If you didn't get an opportunity to attend the performance or you would like to watch it again click on the link below:

We Are Readers!

Family October Project!

The students had fun sharing their Family Pumpkins today with the class.  

We look forward to seeing more creations tomorrow :)

Excited for our Holiday Music!

There is no place like HOMECOMING week!

There’s No Place Like HOMECOMING Week

October 6th - October 10th!

Show Your HODAG Pride by participating in our Fun Spirit Week!

Monday - Wizard of Oz day

Dress up as one of the characters from the wizard of oz!

Dorothy

The Wizard of oz

The scarecrow

The cowardly Lion

The Tinman

Glinda - The Good Witch

The wicked witch of the east

The Lollipop Kids

Tuesday - Pajama Day

Wednesday – Wear Your Favorite Hat

Thursday – Class Color Day

4K and Kindergarten – Orange

First Grade – Blue

Second Grade – Yellow

Third Grade – Red

Multiage - Stripes

Staff (without classrooms) - Pelican Pride Shirts

Friday – Hodag/GREEN & WHITE DAY &the Homecoming Parade

More information about Parade Location Coming Next Week :)

School is Out for Summer

I Am So Proud of All of YOU!

First Grade Family Play and Family Picnic Video

First Grade CAVOC Spring Field Trip

CAVOC Spring Field Trip Video :)

We were quite curious about the animal life in a bog.  The students talked together and asked each other questions to try to figure out what was floating in the water!

After two rotations it was time for lunch.  Mr. Check offered us to try a fiddlehead fern. 

Fiddleheads or Fiddlehead greens are the furled fronds of a young fern, harvested for use as a vegetable. Left on the plant, each fiddlehead would unroll into a new frond . As fiddleheads are harvested early in the season before the frond has opened and reached its full height, they are cut fairly close to the ground. Fiddleheads have antioxidant activity, are a source of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, and are high in iron and fiberCertain varieties of fiddleheads have been shown to be carcinogenic.

WE ARE HODAGS!

Field Trips are successful because of the support we have from home.