QR Code: Noun Search

On Friday, my kiddos worked with a partner and used their iPads to scan noun QR codes.  They had to decide if the noun was a person, place, or thing and sort them into groups.  All of my first graders did a great job working together.

Author's Purpose

Did you know that an author always has a purpose in mind when he or she writes a story? My first grade students have been learning about author's purpose and doing a little writing of their own this week.  This is just one example of an activity that my kiddos created to help them remember the difference between writing to persuade, entertain, and inform/explain.  After reading a story with your child, you might want to ask them what the author's purpose was just to see if they can remember the BIG 3!

Doubles Club!

Check out the first two members of the First Grade Doubles Club.  I am so proud of Mason and Jennica.  The rest of their classmates aren't far behind.  I know all of my first graders are very busy practicing their double facts at home and will be members of the club very soon!!!!  Keep up the great work boys and girls.

Don't Let The Pigeon........

Last week I read four of Mo Willems Pigeon books to my students. They absolutely fell in love with the pigeon character!  Mo Willems is an author that writes with a lot of expression which is a perfect for teaching my students about the 3 types of punctuations.  My first graders have been practicing writing statements, exclamations, and questions.  Each of my kiddos had to write one example of each type of sentence (some of them even choose exclamation sentences from the text....YEAH!) and then they got to make their very own pigeon.  We sure had fun reading, writing, and sharing our ideas with he class.

Double Time

We are busy learning our DOUBLE FACTS in math this week!  The class made Double Dudes today and practiced our DOUBLES rap song.  We made DOUBLE FACT books to help us study.  My students also started playing a pumpkin doubles game with one of their classmates.  It has been a busy but fun couple of day in first grade math!

Check out our rap song here......
https://vimeo.com/35522943

Parts of a Plant

First grade is learning about the different parts of a plant.  Students used the "Show Me" app on their iPads to draw a flower and label the parts of the plant.  They now know that the roots hold the plant in place and soak up nutrients and water from the soil, the stem is like a straw and sucks the nutrients and water to the rest of the plant, and the leaves have the important job of making the food.  Check out our labeled flowers below and the experiment that we did with celery to demonstrate how a stem is like a straw.

The red water was sucked up by the stem of the celery. 

Butterfly Life Cycle

This week in science we are continuing to learn about animal life cycles.  We focused on the life cycle of a butterfly today and read Butterfly by Gail Gibbons.  Students learned the meanings of some new vocabulary words like LARVA, PUPA, and CHRYSALIS.  We made a fun butterfly craft that helped us practice sequencing using  key words first, next, then, and last.

Chloe was such a good sport!!!  

She volunteered to be the caterpillar inside the Chrysalis!

EGG, LARVA, PUPA, BUTTERFLY

How to Make a PB and J!!!!

After this little activity the kids and I were all really hungry!!!!!  We are learning how to put things in order using key words like FIRST, NEXT, and LAST!  My kiddos did a great job sequencing the picture cards to help us write about how to make a PB and J sandwich.  Who knew learning could be so yummy!!!!!!

Frog Life Cycle

In science this week, we have been learning about animal groups and life cycles.  My first graders now know that frogs and toads are amphibians!  Each student made a frog life cycle craft to represent the different stages of a frog's life.

Cylar is super excited about his frog life cycle!

Rhyme Time

My students were busy this morning using their iPads to scan QR codes to find rhyming short a words.  They worked together as a team and did such a great job!!!