Happy Valentine’s Day!

The Phantom strikes again!

Valentine Hearts

At City Hall to see artwork created by our class and other UES students.

Counting hearts!

The exchange!

Post Office Community Visit

Our class joined with Mrs. Koch’s first graders for a community trip to the post office. Every year I bring my class, I see and learn something new. This trip we were able to meet the Post Master. He showed us his office and answered questions about his job and the job of the postal workers. The kids saw where mail is sorted, and stood as a class on one of the huge mail scales. The kids together weighed 707 pounds.  We had a great time learning about our community helpers!

North Branch Nature Center ECO

We had an amazing day of exploring at NBNC today! Ask your child to tell you one thing they are thankful for about our adventures today!

January Update

January has been busy with assessments and report cards. We have concluded our informational writing, "All About" books, are beginning to wrap up our science unit on patterns of the night sky.  In addition, we continue our work with subtraction in math, and reading non-fiction text.  The children started a culminating project for our science unit, in which they choose one pattern of the night sky and are creating a way to share their learning through art and writing.  We will continue these projects next week!  Finally we have read several books to promote discussions about race and kindness. We certainly have some very kind, empathetic learners in our classroom!

We had a few special visits this past month, one from a local dental hygienist to tell us more about the work she does in our community, and a taiko drummer who taught us about the art of drumming.  We also participated in a great Four Winds lesson on animal skulls, and had our monthly first grade sing along.  Enjoy the following pictures from our our past month together!