Dental Health Month

Dental Health MonthThis past week first grade learned about keeping our teeth clean and healthy. Our class discussed different ways that we use our teeth and what we need to do to keep our teeth healthy. We also sorted a variety of pictures of food that are good and bad for our teeth. Each student created a giant toothbrush and wrote about the steps they follow when brushing their teeth each morning and night. We did a fun experiment including three eggs representing teeth and soaked them in Pepsi, coffee, and water for 24 hours to discover that Pepsi and coffee stain our teeth! We then used a toothbrush and toothpaste to try and clean off the stains. We were somewhat successful with removing the Pepsi stain but the coffee stain was really hard to get off. It was an interesting lesson teaching us that WATER is the best choice for our teeth! To conclude our dental health unit, we played a guess who game with all of our smiles! It was super fun trying to guess who’s teeth belong to who!

Happy Valentine's Day

What an exciting and busy day here at the Erie Elementary! Students participated in Jump Rope For Heart this morning and had an afternoon full of love and laughter at their Valentine parties. A big thank you to all of the parents who helped plan and organize our classroom party as well as donated snacks and games.

Be sure to check out the Arconic Live Eagle Cam at home. We read about Bald Eagles in small group last week and now we are hooked on the eagle cam in the classroom. We can’t wait until they lay their eggs.

Check out these awesome WINTER acrostic poems my kiddos wrote! They also did a fantastic job on the art project to go along with their poems.

Compare and Contrast

Last week first grade was busy comparing and contrasting animals from our reading story titled Animal Groups. Students worked in pairs as they wrote about how their animals were alike and different. They filled out a ven diagram and also illustrated their animal of choice. It was a great team building activity where students worked together to complete a group project! I am so proud of all their hard work.

Who Is Your “Valenswine” This Year?

We read a cute valentine book titled Will You Be My Valenswine?, made little pigs out of hearts, and wrote about our favorite “VALENSWINES”. These little piggies are so adorable.

CLOUDS

In science we have been discussing the water cycle, weather, and different types of clouds. My students enjoyed this hand on activity where they used cotton balls to design their very own cumulus cloud formation. We read books titled Little Cloud by Eric Carle and It Looked Like Spilt Milk to spark our creativy.

Happy 100th Day!!!

We made it! We are officially 100 days smarter!!!! What a fun day in first grade. We started the day off with a read aloud as we made our 100 day crowns. Each student also made a necklace with 100 beads and estimated which jar contained more than 100 items, less than 100 items, and exactly 100 items. Students got creative and used their imaginations to illustrate a picture containing the number 100. This is always one of my favorite activities. I used an aging booth app on my phone and gave my kiddos a sneak peek at what they might look like when they are 100 years old. They got a kick out of all those wrinkles and gray hair. We had fun playing a math game called Race to 100 and ended the day with our 100th day snack. Each student collected 10 of 10 food items, sorted them on their 100 mat, and then mixed their trail mix together. It was a delicious treat to end the day! Oh, how could I forget...... we all had a fun time climbing in and out of the 100th day sign covering our doorway.