Last Day....

What a bittersweet end of the year--we are all excited for summer but sad to be going seperate ways.

Our day began as usual, with a morning message. Today everyone got to share a favorite first grade memory:

We counted our days right up until the end and then worked together to put the numbers in order from 1 to 175!

And at the end of our day we were able to join Mrs. Landsman to see our constellation research project. What a fun way to wrap up our learning!



I hope everyone has a restful and fun summer vacation. Be sure to take time to explore, ask questions, and of course make time to read each day!

See you in the halls in the fall...

Learning about Ghana

This afternoon we enjoyed a different kind of learning, using an interactive bulletin board created by Mrs. Noboa's class. They have been learning about Ghana, where our artist-in-resident Theo Martey is from. Using the iPads we scanned the QR codes on the board which showed a variety of information about Ghana: animals, songs, dances and more. It was a lot of fun for everyone!

Calendar and Time

In Chapter 15 students will be working with calendar and time, concepts the students are very familiar with from our daily calendar routines. We will work on telling time to the hour and half hour using an analog clock. Using an analog clock at school and home helps students to see the passage of time, and have a better understanding of "how long until..."

Mental Math

Beginning today, we will begin working on Mental Math strategies in Chapter 14. Students have learned a great deal about tens and ones and strategies for addition and subtraction and we will begin finding ways to use this knowledge to perform mental computations. 

What are we reading Monday?

For the past few weeks we have been working on some digital citizenship skills in the classroom. We call it "What are you reading? Monday" Readers often share books with each other through discussions and with digital tools many adults share what they are reading online using Goodreads or another digital outlet. This is a way for students to begin share a book they have been reading independently online through a Padlet (available only to those who have the link or QR code). 

The students work with a partner to take a picture making sure it includes the title of the book:

They then continue to work together scan a QR code, upload the picture, and add their initials. 

As you can see they are very diligent to support each other and get it just right:

Of course, one of the favorite parts of this activity is looking through the padlet to see what everyone else is reading! It exposes the students to more books than they may have come across browsing the classroom library independently.

Please check out our padlet and see what we are reading: What are you reading? Monday padlet

It continues to be updated each Monday, be sure to check back!