Lately

Here is a few students in our class having lunch in our room on the day of the Holiday Program. Thank you for coming!! Weren't they great?!


Mr. Durham, another teacher at Hyalite, brough in "Tik," his bearded lizard to share with our class. It was great to use Tik in our discussion of how living things have different body parts that help them survive in their habitats.

Holiday Items Needed

Hi! I hope your December is going more slowly than mine! I can't believe it's already time for the Holiday Program! Remember, Tuesday's performances (10:00 and 1:15) are identical, so I would love to see you at whichever works for you!

Our class is in need of some items for our gingerbread unit and for our holiday party. I will post the sign-up sheets on my whiteboard so you could sign up on Tuesday when you're here, or feel free to stop in when you're picking your child up from school too. If you aren't able to come but want to donate, just leave a comment here or send me an email at gia.laforge@bsd7.org . Thank you for your help!

Culture and Diversity Project

If you haven't had a chance to return the paper that tells how and when your family got to the United States, please send it in right away! I would like every student to feel included as we study geography and culture through a look at our backgrounds. Thank you!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This week was some major indoor recess! Please drive safely if you are traveling and have a very happy Thanksgiving!!!

Ice Cream Day

A couple of weeks ago, our class had a whole day filled with ice cream stories and activities. We read a story called Miss Jill's Ice Cream shop and acted it out. Then we read a book about how ice cream is made, cut it apart, and put the pages back in order for sequencing. We also read the directions for how to make ice cream and made it! They were thrilled!
Here is one student after eating her ice cream.


These two loved the ice cream so much that they copied the recipe.

This is how students planned how to purchase their sundaes.

We had so much fun!

Parent Teacher Conferences

Wow, I can't believe it is already report card time! I am truly looking forward to talking to all of you! See you this week!

Pumpkin Week

Here is a picture of a members of our class holding their pumpkins after we lined them up from biggest to smallest. Our biggest pumpkin weighed 15.5 pounds and our smallest weighed 2.5 pounds. We had soooooo much fun!!! We will still be doing more pumpkin activities this week as we finish up our living organisms unit and study a little more in depth about seeds. Thank you for your support!!

On Friday, all of first grade will be doing a whole day about ice cream that comes from the story in our anthology, "Miss Jill's Ice Cream Shop." We will be be sequencing a recipe, making ice cream, creating mini-books, retelling the story by acting it out, and using play money to plan for and buy our ice cream toppings. I could use a couple of volunteers this Friday afternoon after lunch to help with the math portion. Please email me or call me if you are available. I only need two or three volunteers, so please let me know ahead of time. The ice cream unit is a good introduction for a gingerbread unit we do in December.

Your kids are awesome!!!