What a HOOT!

Owl Hand-prints! Love the way these turned out.

Classroom Newsletter Week of 10/28

What a week! We had our Drug-free week, so everyday we celebrated something. We also did a unit on OWLS this week, and boy, did we learn a lot. I am so excited about the FALL FESTIVAL tonight, weather permitting- it should be a blast!

Reading:
-We practiced the ING sound in words like sing, thing, ring, etc.
-We learend different ways to practice our spelling words
-We read a story about SOCCER! (Very fitting for some students!)

Math:
-We ventured into Chapter 5, learning all about Fact Families
-We did a MATH lesson outside where we used the children as actual fact families

Science:
-We learned all about OWLS this week
-Did you know that some owls can go 40 days in between meals?!

Writing:
-We've been going over what good writers do
-We made a class pledge about what good writers MUST do, and traced our hands to seal the deal

Announcements:
-Fall Festival TONIGHT 6-8
-Open Media Mondays 5-7
-If you ever have any questions/concerns/comments- please don't hesitate!

Classroom Newsletter Week of 10/21

Mrs. Ramirez’s Newsletter

Week of 10/21

What We Worked On This Week:

Math:

- Finished Chapter 4 (Different Subtraction Strategies!)

Reading:

-We practiced the short /u/ sound in words like cut, cub, etc.

-We also worked on poetry (my fave!)

Reminders:

-Come out to the Hernando Fall Festival 10-28 (Mrs. Ramirez will be providing a fall photo opportunity there!)

-We are in need of candy for the Fall Festival if you can spare

-We started our garden with Mrs. Bennett’s class, and are in need of top soil, and miracle grow if you have any to spare J

Plants!

We started a garden to teach responsibility to the kids. It was HARD work, but boy- it turned out nice! We are also going to place a plant in the closet where it will not receive water or light to see what happens.

Shadows by the Kids

Well, I ordered new digital cameras for the class (3 total) and the kids are absolutely loving the fact that they get to use it to take pictures! I love it too...I think it's a great way to increase learning and expression. Today in Science we were learning about SHADOWS. I took the kids outside to search for shadows, and allowed them to take pictures of shadows they saw--- I loved the outcome. Enjoy!

Skyping with Canada

Wow! It was really neat to SKYPE with Canada! Before we Skyped, we came up with some questions we had for the students in Canada. The final 2 questions were: How do they do the pledge there, and What is the weather like? They told us that they don't salute a flag, however they sing their Canadian National Anthem every morning. We said the Pledge of Allegiance to them, and then they sang their national song to us! How neat! I recorded a little bit of them singing their national anthem to us. It was SO cool!

Publishing Party

We had a jam-packed day on Friday. It was so unbelievable to watch these 1st graders get up in front of the room and read the favorite part of their story with such confidence. I was very proud of them. After they sat in the Author's Chair, read their story, and received their official Author's certificate-they got to enjoy yummy "Author's Cake." Enjoy the pictures!