First Two Weeks Of School

We have been busy this week learning our routines and making friends.  We have learned how to make words using play-doh, our white boards, writing on backs, using bingo dabbers, markers, and by writing on our desks with a whiteboard marker.  The students were very surprised to learn that it takes your brain 5-40 times of writing a word to learn it.  We practiced our words over and over to put them in our brains.

Will practiced making his name to get used to making words with play-doh.

Ellie made the word we with her play-doh.

We also learned how to sit and read a book by ourselves.  We learned that there are three ways to read a book:
1.  read the words
2. read the pictures
3. retell     



It is really important to have your child read for at least 10 minutes each night.  We talked about practicing for basketball and how you do not become a better player unless you practice- reading is the same thing.  We have to read to become better readers.

Major on the first day!

Makayla on the first day.

Deborah reading to herself.

Summer reading to herself.

We had a really great two weeks of school!  I can tell that this is a class full of amazing kids! Here is what they say they have learned so far:


Jada- I love to read!

Emme-I like to learn math in first grade!

Anika-I made  a new friend named Audrey.

Ryan- I like reading

Will-  I love Fun Friday!  (They get free time on Fridays after we clean our desks.)

Vincent- I like reading and math.

Austin- I made a new friend named Abigail.

Ellie- I made a new friend named Lilly.

Ava-  I love to read and I got a principal tag!

Jack- My favorite thing is handwriting.  I changed my mind :).

Jason- I like playing with Major, my new best friend.

Daniel- I love to read and learn math.

Kal- I like recess the best.

Summer-  We went the library and got two books.  (library day is on Wednesday)

Deborah- I made a new friend, Ava.

Makayla- I learned about how to count backwards.

Major- I like to play with Vincent, Jack, and Jason.

Abigail- I loved going to the library.

Audrey- I like reading with a friend.

Leah- I like to run in gym.  


We will be having a great year!   Love, Mrs. Frater's Class

Welcome to First Grade!

Welcome to our classroom blog!  This is something new I am going to try this year.  As a class we will update it every week.  Eventually I would like the class to take over the updating by using our laptops or ipads!  Here you will find details on what we have learned and what we are doing in our classroom!  I will also link to whatever app or computer game we are using that week here.

Landon (1 years old)

Will and Landon

The boys!

Nolan 2 1/2 years old

Nolan and I

I am really excited to welcome all of your families to our room.  Together we are going to have a great year.  This will be my 9th year of teaching.  I have taught K, 1, and 2.  My husband, Will, and I live in St. Michael.  We have two busy little boys. Landon is 1 and Nolan will be 3 in October.  We also have a dog and 2 cats.  We love to travel, spend time as a family, camp, garden, read, and my new found interest is photography.   I really love to learn and I hope your child leaves my room with that feeling as well.