Blog Contributor - Chaden "All About Garrett Morgan"

This blog contribution was written by Chaden:

I know that Garrett Morgan invented the stop light many years ago -- in 1923.  We learned that the stop light keeps people safe in their cars.  Garrett Morgan also invented the gas mask for people not to die from bad gases.

Third Grade Authors reading to our class!

Here are a few Pic Collages of Mr. Johnson's 3rd Grade class reading their books to our class!  Thank You Mr. Johnson's class for writing such great books on being fair!

Third Grade Authors visit our Class!

Mr. Johnson and his Third Grade students revisited our class on Friday to share the books they had written especially for our students.  Third Graders were involved in a PBL project where earlier they interviewed our students about things that really mattered to them.  I guess the overall topic was "fairness", so the 3rd Graders went to work becoming authors, writing an amazing collection of myths, folktales, and fables for our students -- all centered on the topic of "being fair".  There were lots of engaged First Graders listening intently as our 3rd Grade friends shared their wonderful books!  Here is a short video of the event:

"Benjamin Franklin" by Jayden... Student Blog Contributor

The following blog post was written by Jayden, Student Blog Contributor:
We are learning about Ben Franklin and how he makes us safe.

Working Together - 1st Grade Style!

This week students worked on measuring the length and area of objects in our classroom.  Spring Fever has taken over as well, when classmates partnered up to create a flower and measure the length of the stem and the area of the flower center.  Then they ALL worked together to put them in order from tallest to shortest.  Here are some short video clips of all the cooperative action!

 

 

                 And the final product came out like this:

                                                   Great Job Ms. Simmons' Class!

More Comprehension Practice

A good skill for students to deepen their reading comprehension is to ask at the end of reading a story "Is there a way you can connect this text (story) to yourself, or another text or the world?"  This really gets the students to think about how it relates to something in their own life.  Here are a few more examples of some students practicing this skill this week using the iPad app Pixntell:
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Counting Coins ~ iPad Style

This week students were in the library creating a mini slide show on Counting Coins using the iPad app "Pixntell".  There were specific directions for each student to follow and requirements that their slide show needed to have.  Listening to and following directions is a major skill students are working on as they are nearing the end of First Grade!  Remember to keep practicing counting coins over the summer -- this topic will come up quick in Second Grade next year!  Here are a few student samples of the activity:

                                                                                                          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring! by Lizzie ~ Student Blog Contributor

Lizzie wrote the following post about Spring! 

We used a new app called Pixntell.  We took pictures of things that are a sign of Spring.  We worked with students from Ms. Gelles' class and made a digital mini-book that is about the signs of Spring.  I hope you enjoy these few samples of the digital book from me and my classmates.

 

Money is Fun! by: Aashish - Student Blog Contributor

 The following post was written by Aashish - Student Blog Contributor

Lately in class we have been learning about money.  We have been learning the amount of them and trying to remember them.  We have studied pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.  It was so much fun!  I hope you like this short video!

Introducing Student Blog Contributors!

Every few weeks I show the students this classroom blog and they absolutely L O V E seeing what I am posting and seeing/hearing their work on a website.  So this week, I introduced the "Student Blog Contributor" to the class.  All students have the opportunity to write a blog "post" about a topic we are studying and they can come up with an idea that may go along with the post (a video, or  picture, or a student product).  The post has to be written thoughtfully, and the idea can't be the same as a past "post" -- so students know that every post submitted to me may or may not be published to our blog.  The writing process is being practiced and there is a lot of revising, rewording and rewriting going on!  So our very first Student Blog Contributor is written by Aashish!  Please check out his post!