Thankful 1st Graders

We made a salad and gave thanks! It was wonderful! Thank you to all of you who contributed to our classroom fruit salad by providing fruit, marshmallows, spoons, and bowls. The feast was a collaborative effort - just as that first Thanksgiving feast shared by the Pilgrims and the Native Americans.

Look!!! We made salad! All together! Each 1st grader helped put in the ingredients in one way or another (without TOO much of a mess!)

Feast Time! Our little Pilgrims and Native American loved the salad (some had THIRDS!) and sharing things they were thankful for. They were sweet, thoughtful, and generous with their words.

The fresh air and feasting made for restless, silly Pilgrims and Native Americans!

December 10 - 14 Spelling Words

sir

dirt

bird

burn

fur

her

quit

when

work

grew

November 12-16 Spelling Words

And now we move on to the digraphs /ch/ and /tch/:

chip

chin

inch

itch

catch

match

wish

shop

how

many

November 5-9 Spelling Words

This week we've introduced the digraph /sh/.

ship

shop

shot

wish

dish

dash

for

more

be

try

Congrats! Your kids are awesome!

I just wanted to let you in on a little bit of 1st Grade Awesomeness. 

Last Thursday and Friday I was gone from school at a 2-day training. During that time your children were taught by one of the best subs in the district. (Ask your kiddo about her. She's fantastic.) Anyway, she left a note saying that the students were spectacular in my absence! Hoorah! Give them a pat on the back and a squeeze for being respectful learners in the face of change! I couldn't be prouder.

October 29 - November 2 Spelling Words

This week we are studying the R-controlled vowel /or/.

or

for

corn

cork

fork

more

hang

ring

two

from

Look! Up in the air! It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a 1st grade PARACHUTE!!!

We are currently studying AIR and WEATHER in science.

To begin our exploration of air we made individual parachutes with napkins, string, and paperclips. We then took them outside, let them go, and made observations about how, where, and why they moved on the air.

Below are some pictures of Scientific Minds At Work: