Giggle Poetry

A fun poem presented by the firsties by one of my favorite poets...Bruce Lansky.

Spring Poetry/Art Journaling

Easter is just around the corner, and the sugar rush of jellybeans, and robins eggs is in the air! What a day, we had! We created poetry having to do with SPRING...what it tastes like, what it looks like, what it smells like, and what it feels like, using a graphic organizer. Then, we created a symmetrical background, traced over it in pastel, and painted over it with water-colors. Finally, we typed up our poems, printed the poetry, and glued the poetry onto the backgrounds we painted. Boy, they turned out stunning! Just might be one of my favorite art projects all year....

Back, and Loving Poetry!

I just introduced poetry to the 1st graders. We have done a lot of poetry so far this year, and love reading it...but now we are going to be the actual writers of the poetry! I was stressing today about having the kids loook at regular ordinary things, and seeing those ordinary things with FRESH NEW EYES...like for example, looking at the regular old ceiling, and seeing the "sky for the classroom," and so on. So awesome. I took the kids on a poetry-walk, sat down on the grass, and jotted down notes about regular things, while looking at them with fresh new eyes! It was a lot of fun. I think the kids favorite part about poetry just might be the brand-new (used and donated) poetry binders.

Classroom Newsletter Week of 10/7

Reading:
We love poetry!
Every week I make sure the kids can appreciate rhythm in a poem. We are still learning, but having SO much fun with it. I also let the students be the leaders by the end of the week, while I assist. They think it's the coolest thing, ever to get to lead the lessons. We practiced short /e/ sounds this week, and reviewed 6 high frequency words.

Math:
We FINALLY finished Chapter 3! Wahoo! Now we are on to Chapter 4, where we will learn all about subtraction strategies. (New homework packet being sent home, today!)

Writing:
We practiced Small Moments more, and zoomed in on the most special part of our stories, to add more details or "sprinkles" of information.

Science/Social Studies:
We have been celebrating Hispanic Heritage all month long, so this week we learned all about CUBA. We learned about the island, folklore, and even different cultural traditions such as "salsa" dancing. Your child can do the basic step, ask them to show you!

Extra, Extra, Read All About It!-If you ever have ANY questions or concerns, and would ever like a phone or face to face conference, please let me know...I really value communication and making sure all of my parents are well informed
-Picture Day Thursday,October 20th
-Field trip Monday, November 7th to Chili's--send permission slips back

Mosaics & Poetry

We learned about Aztecs today, like where they are from, and some of their traditions. Some of their traditions include making "mosaics," to celebrate their faith, or feelings. We made mosaic harvest ores of corn!

Finished Product:

We also celebrated artistic poetry, by creating a bird, and learning a poem about a bird.

A Poem I LOVE!

I have already printed this out, and hung it up! It's the best.

-Mrs. Ramirez

We Love Poetry!

Fun with Poetry in our Class!