Otter Tags/Thanksgiving Feast

The week before break we had a lot going at school!  We had a our otter tag ceremony on Friday.  Below are some pictures of some of the children that received one.  I have also included pictures from our feast that we had in the hallway to celebrate Thanksgiving.  We learned about the Mayflower and how Pilgrims lived long ago.

Jack got a tag for music!

Jada got the tag for gym!

Ellie and Austin got the Awesome Artist Tag!

We celebrated Thanksgiving with a feast in the hallway!

At conferences a few questions came up about homework.  I just wanted to let you know that all we have for first grade homework is the making words sheet each week and about once a week a math sheet.  These should come back to school.  We will work on putting the sheets in the "bring right back to school" side of the folder this week.  As for the activity bags, do what your family has time for.  They are for fun and the kids are excited about them.  If you need to keep it a couple of extra days, that is fine too.  Thank you for all of your support at home.  As you can see, it is making a big difference.

I need your help this week.  We are learning about maps and globes.  I thought it would be really cool if you could comment below and attach a link (if you are able) or just give us the name of someplace that your family is connected to.  We will take a virtual field trip each day to these places.  Here's my example:  My husband grew up near a town in England called Berwick upon Tweed.  We will use google earth to fly there so even if you give me a name of a city, we can use that application to see it.  I am attaching a website that we will look at with pictures of his city.  Berwick upon Tweed.  Please indicate the connection between your family and this place in your comment.  The kids will love it!

This week when we went to the computer lab we went on PBS Reading Between the Lions.  Mrs. Lewin came and taught us another app on the ipad as well.  We used the app: Puppet Show.   We will use it this week to recreate the "Little Red Hen" with our 4th grade buddies!  I will try to post a couple of the videos.  Have a great week!

It's November!!!!

Happy Friday!  Today we had Mrs. Lewin come in and read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and then the class got to make cookies on our ipads!  The app is called cookie maker and it is FREE!  It was really fun for the kids.  Here is the link: Cookie Maker App

  This week has been a busy one!  We had a police officer come to our school on Monday and teach us about safety for Halloween.  Mason got to try out the handcuffs!  

 We had our Fall Holiday Party.  It was really fun to see everyone in their costumes.

 
           
We finished our rock unit yesterday.  Thank you for sending so many beautiful rocks.  Lilly and her family made rock candy after watching it in a rock movie at school.  Lilly brought hers in to share and her mom, Megan, gave us the link:  Rock Candy Video.   If you have time, give it a try!

Ava has been busy practicing her words with her window crayons.  If you are looking for a fun gift for your child that will help them practice their words, this is a great idea.  They are with the regular crayons at Target/Wal-Mart.  They wipe right off!  Here is a picture that Ava's family sent me:







We only have 2 weeks until Thanksgiving break and conferences.  Please have your child come with to conferences if you are able.  It is really fun to share the great things we have done and it helps them to hear what they need to work on.  In math we will continue to work on subtraction.  Make up word problems as a family and challenge each other!


Abigail is starring in a play "The Little Mermaid".  If you and your family would like to watch Abigail perform, here is the link:  The Little Mermaid Play