October - Part 3 & Welcome November!

I'm on a roll now that my technical problems are fixed with my blog.  (Thank you Ms. Gelles!)   Wanted to share a few more pictures from October.  Halloween was fun where students could dress up as a favorite book character.  Oh, and teachers did too!  First Grade Teachers loved our stories we read about scarecrows - so we all dressed up as scarecrows!  Our students looked fantastic!  It was a fun day!

We also picked the October BEAR BRAG WINNERS.  These students exemplify great qualities of a good citizen here at school.  They are friends to others, kind, helpful, responsible and always try to follow rules and expectations.  Congratulations to Maren and Connor.

And finally, as we moved into the month of November, we took time to learn a little about our country and the military and veterans who help protect us all.  Veterans Day was celebrated with a special program honoring student's family members who are serving or have served our country.  Students loved having the chance to write letters to a veteran, and they were really sweet.  Here are a few samples:

As you can tell, it has been very busy!  Welcome November and our Thanksgiving season!  Check back soon for more sneak peeks into our classroom!

More October Fun - Part 2

Pumpkins were popular for a while in October.  We talked and read stories about pumpkins, used our senses to learn about the properties of pumpkins, carved a pumpkin, had a pumpkin contest, took a survey about jack-o-lanterns, made a graph about pumpkins and painted a pumpkin to decorate our classroom.  October and Pumpkins.  Nothing is better!

We also began to learn about blogging using Kidblog -- a wonderful app where each student is blogging about things we are learning in class.  We will soon have a lesson on writing "comments" on other people's blog and what appropriate and kind comments sound like.  Then students will begin to read and comment on classmate's blogs.  We would love for parents & relatives to eventually comment on your child's blog in Kidblog!  We want to practice writing blog posts a little while longer though.  I'll keep you posted when a good time to check out Kidblog gets closer!

And here is a class pic that we had Ms. Husby take for us!!!  It is hard to always have every one of us be in the room at the same time, so sometimes we just have to squeeze close and take a photo whenever we have the chance!

October Fun - Part 1

I was having major technical difficulties with my blog, but hopefully have them fixed and up and running again!  Here are a few highlights from October:

We have been practicing tons of concepts with numbers 1-50.  Skipcounting, number order, greater than/less than, etc.  Here are a few snapshots:

We love using these apps to help with math concepts:  Number Pieces Basic   and   Schookit Math.  Both are free apps!

We also spent the month being a part of the Global Read Aloud, where we were reading aloud the chapter book Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.  Students have loved learning and practicing many comprehension skills through this wonderful book.  We have learned how to make inferences, make mental images and to do a lot of predicting!  All great skills to help with our reading comprehension!  

More October updates coming soon!!