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...

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!

Happy Valentine's Day!

The students had a wonderful day yesterday sharing their Kind Comments and creating a heart full of love. They spent more time stopping to read comments and finding out who said what, than they did gluing and adding stickers. This class is a community of learners that care about each other and it shows in the kindness they shared.

Problems and solutions

Today's one of our ALPS teachers came to introduce the students to the engineering process. They saw a clip of kids sharing their inventions,

 looked at lunchboxes from long ago,

and shared problems we have today's lunchboxes.

Ms. Hanson then pulled TONS of ideas for ways to solve these problems. 

Finally saw, the students drew their new perfect lunchbox and told everyone what it could do.

 No more forgetting lunchboxes, squished food, or zipper problems!

We are looking forward to more engineering and working on STEM projects with Ms. Hanson and Mrs. Trembly this year.

What a great start!

We had a great start to our first grade year!

As we got to know each other and practice routines, we talked about why we come to school:

We also shared our hopes and dreams for the year:

This week we will be looking back at our hopes and dreams to come up with class rules that we will need to meet these goals. I am looking forward to another great week in first grade!