Colonial Day

As part of our Past, Present and Future Social Studies unit, we focused on the lifestyles of people that lived in the Colonial period in our country’s history. We learned that made their own clothes and toys with materials they had on hand. We wove a paper quilt, and made spinning tops, Bilbo catchers, fans and finger puppets. We also enjoyed a snack of apple cider and ginger snaps.

Weeks of November 1 – 12, 2010

In the past two weeks, we have been busy in and out of the classroom. Our efforts to raise money for the homeless were rewarded with a beautiful day for our walk around the field. We walk through the Courtyard Garden as much as possible to see what we can find and you’ll see our latest discovery below. We finished up our science unit with our own inventions and started our Social Studies unit on “Past, Present, and Future.” In Writing Workshop we prepared our “Small Moments” story for publication and in Reading Workshop we are enjoying reading a variety of books and adding new sight words to our Word Wall. We are getting lots of practice with subtraction using games on our iPads and iTouches in addition to our workbook and games from our Investigations curriculum. We have mastered addition facts to six and will move on to sums to nine.

Homeless Walk for ASPAN

Our Homeless Walk for ASPAN was a great success! We had fun carrying the banners e made during art class on the walk. The entire school came out for the walk and we raised nearly $4,000.00 for our homeless neighbors in Arlington!

Pavos!

In Spanish class we learned a song and made a turkey to help us remember the color words in Spanish.

First Publishing Party

We were excited to see so many parents at our very first Publishing Party on Friday. We enjoyed sharing our “Small Moments” stories with them. To get ready for the party we practiced reading our stories to each other.

A New Addition to our Classroom

On our way back from the Library on Friday we discovered a swallowtail caterpillar in the Courtyard Garden. He will stay with us in the classroom where wee hope he will make his chrysalis and then change into a butterfly in the spring.

Mystery Reader

Our Mystery Reader for the week read some of his childhood favorites to our First Graders. We LOVE to guess who our Mystery Reader will be each week!