Reading Buddies

Gracias to the EHS Spanish IV class for sharing their Spanish storybooks with all of the first graders on Friday morning. Students enjoyed listening to the creative stories the high schoolers wrote and illustrated.

How to carve a pumpkin....

Braylon did a great job labeling the parts of his pumpkin. Did you know pumpkins have skin and ribs just like us???? 

The class also used the key words First, Next, Then, and Last to sequence and explain the steps when carving a pumpkin.

Meet Miss Take

Today “Miss Take” helped us learn that it’s okay to make mistakes and that we actually learn when we mess up and try again. We read a book titled “The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes”. The main character,Beatrice, used her GROWTH MINDSET and learned that she didn’t have to be perfect all of the time. It is important that we remember that if we change our WORDS we can change our MINDS!

While Mrs. Holland Is Away.....

We had a guest teacher for the first time this year! I was gone this morning and decided to leave this writing activity for my students to complete during morning work time. They came up with some great predications about what I was up too. I wish I had time this morning to do some shopping and stop by the arcade but that wasn’t the case😂. The class did a great job while I was gone and earned all 8 sprinkles on the donut. We will be having breakfast together as a class tomorrow morning to celebrate their good behavior.

Shave and Spell

We are having a fun morning writing our short i spelling words in shaving cream!

Thank You!

A big thank you to Amanda Davisson for donating $ to our class so I could purchase a scholastic book for each student this month. If anyone is interested in sponsoring our class next month, please let me know. It’s only $1 per student. The kids get so excited when the big scholastic book box arrives in the mail. 

I would also like to thank the parents that purchased a book from the book fair and donated to our classroom library. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Creepy Carrots

This is such a fun book. I sure hope these creepy carrots don’t try and scare my first graders because they have some pretty good ideas on how to stop them.

Plants

This week in science we have been learning about plant needs, the parts of a plant, and a plant life cycle. It has been a busy week with lots of crafts. My students did a great job following directions and had a fun time tie-dying coffee filters for their flowers. We also created our own pumpkin patch in the hallway with our pumpkin lifecycle crafts.

Fire Safety Week

It is fire safety week at Erie Elementary. My students were excited to see the firefighters this morning as we learned about what to do if there is a fire in our house. In the classroom, we read books about firefighters and learned a really fun song about calling 911. Students also brainstormed adjectives to describe firefighters, completed a “should” and “shouldn’t” sort, and did a write the room activity.

Click here to listen to our 911 rap song!

Double Time!!!!

We are busy learning our double facts in math! Practice, practice, practice!!! Students made Double Dudes, double bracelets, lady bugs with their favorite doubles fact, and we learned an awesome rap song! Check out the link below. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8jOzhiACB68

In science we have been learning about the butterfly and frog life cycles. We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and even wrapped Natalie up like a chrysalis. Students used key words like first, next, then, and last to sequence the life cycles.

Congratulations to all of my super readers for the month of September. They all received a reading certificate, challenge sticker, and a special treat for all of their hard work!

Sentence Buddies

Do you know how to write a sentence? WE DO!!!! Students made sentence buddies and learned a fun song to help them remember to put a capital letter in the beginning and punctuation at the end of the sentences that we write!

Adjectives

We are continuing to focus on adjectives in grammar. My students are learning about adding details to a sentences by using adjectives to describe a noun. Last we we colored lollipops and brainstormed adjectives to describe what our 🍭 looked like and how they tasted. Students also used adjectives to describe themselves and made an "About Me" craft.