Busy Days

With ECO and Open House on Thursday, and Friday's Birthday Breakfast, it was a busy week! Our ECO lesson focused again on insects. We also enjoyed a great hike through the forest and spent time finding and building a "sit spot". A place to create, observe, and reflect in nature. Check out the pictures of each child in his or her sit spot!

Decomposing Numbers

First graders have been busy reviewing and practicing many math skills these early days of the school year.  We are working on building fluency with counting, number formation, and decomposing numbers to ten from a whole into two parts. Some children are building their understanding by finding and recording one or two combinations, while others are challenged to find all of the combinations. At Open House, we will share our math journals, so that you can see more. Recently, we added an example of decomposing to Seesaw. Be sure to sign up to get email notifications from Seesaw if you haven't already!

ECO

Today was our first official ECO (Educating Children Outdoors) day! With a focus on insects, the kids participated in an insect relay, observed live insects, and built insect models using items found in nature. I've also included some pictures from our visit to Harrison Field last Tuesday. Notice how we are sharing the space with a construction crew! We end each lesson by sharing one thing we are thankful for from our ECO day. Ask your child to tell you what they were thankful for!

Super Student!

First graders are building community in our classroom by taking turns as the "Super Student" for the day.  We look closely at the Super Student's name and share what we notice, then we learn some facts about the child. Finally, each classmate uses pictures and words to share what they know about the Super Student, and I compile the pages into a book. Ask your child to tell you more!

Our first week...

What a wonderful start to the year! This is a great group of kids! The past three days the children have been learning the routines and expectations of first grade, building community within our classroom, and reviewing some kindergarten skills. We will continue this work next week, and start new learning in literacy, math, and science. Today we began learning about the parts of an insect, with a focus on bees.  Ask your child to tell you more!

Superintendent Brian Ricca visits our classroom.

The new art room with Mrs. Kane