Gifts

This year for Christmas gifts, I gave each student 3 books, and a few other little things. It felt so good to see the kids SO excited about books, asking me over and over if they were allowed to read the books yet. One of those days where you just couldn't imagine being anywhere else, or doing any other job.

Holidays Around the World

Each teacher in 1st grade represented a country. Mrs. Ramirez represented Puerto Rico, and we learned about Three Kings Day, parrandas, and salsa dancing. I also made arroz con dulce (similiar to a rice pudding) for the kids to try, (thanks to my Mother in Law for the yummy recipe). It was so much fun! Enjoy the pictures.

"_____ the Red Nosed Reindeer"

Wear Red for Rudolph!

Penguins/Pingüino

Today was a day that we studied penguins! We studied their habitats, their climate preference, and learned about different types of penguins. We read a few stories, and watched a short video on Brain Pop about the Emperor Penguins. After learning so much our brains hurt, we made a fun little penguin craft. After making the penguin craft-step by step, I let the kids take over the camera. I allowed 2 kids to be the camera operators, and make a video documenting what some of the kids learned. So cool. This is the first video they've made...so please excuse the shakiness. Practice makes perfect! :)

Classroom Newsletter Week of 12/2

We had an adventurous week (to say the least) getting back into the rhythm of things. We had to re-learn certain rules, and practice behavior during our “dailies.” Other than that, we have had a pretty fun week.

Reading:

-We worked on the /ar/ sound in words like arm, farm, art

-We worked on author’s purpose this week

-We read  a story about Mark, and him being in a play

Math:

-We worked on Chapter 7 (grouping numbers)

Writing:

-We finished our last small moment

-We wrote a sweet letter to Santa

Announcements:

-Our Countdown to Christmas starts Tuesday– check your child’s calendar for what each day is

-Open Media Mondays @ 5:30

Am I More Than...or Less Than...?

Since we are learning about more than and less than numbers, I had the kids stick a post-it on their forehead, and they couldn't see the number on it. They had to ask their classmates if their number was more than a certain number, or less than another number, etc. It was hilarious- but the kids did pretty good asking great questions!