Teamwork!

We are starting a unit in math all about polygons and geometry. This is a short unit, only two weeks or so, but so fun!!!


In this game, students have to give each other directions without looking to try to make each other's design. These two are just starting a new game, while the two girls above did so well with their directions that their designs matched exactly!


This week we have been learning the names of the continents, and we split up into boys versus girls to see who could name all of the continents. The boys automatically got into a huddle to make sure the girls couldn't hear! Final score? It was a tie with congratulations all around! We have SUCH a nice class! (Can I keep them?) :)

Read Across America

We definitely had fun reading to stuffed animals on the Friday before spring break! I have never had a class that could read for such a long stretch of time without getting antsy before! They read for 25 minutes straight before gym class and another 20 minutes after gym and were still excited to read to their reading buddies in the afternoon! Sometimes I have to remind myself that they really are the same kids who came at the beginning of the year! Once again, that's just one more reason I love teaching first grade. There is so much growth in every area, especially reading. Thanks for your continued work and support at home!

Welcome Back!

I am looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! I hope you had a nice week!

Kids Teaching Kids

The pictures above are of two students who were working on spelling. One of them is being the teacher while the other one writes short vowel and long vowel words...(and "said" because that's tricky.) I am always so happy when I see students so willing to help others. Research also proves that the best way to remember something is to teach it to someone else!

We just took a test today for our Earth and Sky unit, and I was impressed! First graders understand a lot more than I ever did at their age about the cause of day and night and the seasons.

In math, we are continuing addition and subtraction practice...more to come in the newsletter but this is something that would be good to reinforce at home.

Can you believe it's less than two weeks until spring break?!?!?! Wow!