Christmas Fun!!!!!

Boy we were busy today!!! Students brainstormed nouns that were as red as Rudolph’s nose and made Rudolph puppets! We even created a yummy Rudolph snack. They also used pattern blocks to build Christmas themed designs and built Christmas tree sight words. The class conducted a candy can experiment with cold and hot water as well as vinegar. All of our candy canes lost their red stripes and ended up dissolving. It was neat to observe the changes. Finally, students brainstormed ideas to help assist Santa if he ever gets stuck in a chimney.

Yummy Rudolph Snack!

Rudolph's nose is as red as......

Building Christmas Tree Sight Words

Christmas themed pattern block art

If Santa was stuck in my chimney.......

Candy Cane Experiment

The hot water actually started to melt and bend the candy cane.

Come "Chill" With Us!!!

Check out our fun winter themed classroom door.  My first graders did a great job making their penguin crafts to add to the snow scene.

Pizza and Bowling Field Trip

First grade headed to Happy Joe’s and Lee’s Lanes on Monday, December 11th for our very first field trip of the year. Each student made their own pizza and went bowling. I saw quite a few spares and strikes and was pretty impressed with their blowing skills. The pizzas turned out great and were super yummy. To end the field trip, students enjoyed some ice cream before loading the bus to head home. Everyone was so well behaved and had a fantastic time!!!!

Math sure made us hungry today. We used pretzel sticks and marshmallows to represent tens and ones as we practiced modeling two digit numbers.

What Is Soil?

My first graders “dug” right in this week as talked about SOIL. It is one of Earth’s very important natural resources. We learned about the different layers of soil and what soil is made of. Each student made a tasty soil snack today with marshmallows, different types of cereal, and M & M’s to represent the soil layers. Oh.... let’s not forget about the gummy worms to top it off=)

Landforms and Bodies of Water

We have been busy in science learning about the landforms and bodies of water that cover Earth's surface.  My first graders learned a few fun hand motions to represent four different types of landforms and also used playdoh to mold and shape mountains, hills, valleys, and plains.  The class made a flip up foldable to match landform illustrations to their descriptions. Each student also created and labeled a layering craft of all the different types of landforms we have been studying.

As we learned about the different types of bodies of water that cover's Earth's surface, students wrote facts about each type of body of water on a foldable.  We finished up our unit with an informational video on Discovery Ed and each student made landform and water posters.