Pumpkin Time

It’s that time of year and Halloween is right around the corner. So this week, first grade will be learning all things PUMPKIN!!! We started off the week with a parts of a pumpkin craft and using our 5 senses to describe a pumpkin. We also had a yummy pumpkin snack today. There are more fun things in store for the rest of the week. Stay tuned......

Sing It Loud!!!!

We are so excited about learning the parts of the flower that we are singing it loud for all to hear!!!!

Toy Reports

Wow, my first graders have been busy writing reports about their favorite toys.  Each student brought their favorite toy to school last week and we took pictures of it, made a word web full of adjectives to describe the toy using the Popplet App on the iPads, wrote a report about the toy, and finally made a video using Adobe Spark.  Check out the links below to watch each students' video.

Charlotte
Kerin
Gunnar
Kingston
Hailey
Peyton
Isaac
Sydney
Caleb
Donivan
Reese
Brennan

Here is an example of a Popplet that Donivan made.

Check out our favorite toys!

My students wrote about so many fun and special toys.

Plants

We are busy learning about plants in science. There are so many new plant facts that we have learned. Here are a few review questions you can quiz you child on......

1. What are the 4 things all plants need?
2. What are the 4 parts of a flower? 
3. What do all plant life cycles start with? 
4. Is a pumpkin a fruit or vegetable?
5. What are the jobs of the LEAF, STEM, and ROOTS?

Brennan is working on his plant life cycle page.

Isaac did a great job on his plant book.

Donivan and Gunnar can tell you what a plant needs!

Nice plant life cycle craft Charlotte!

The class watched a Magic School Bus video about plants.

Caleb did a great job putting his plant life cycle in order.

Kingston did a great job labeling his flower!

Our little lima beans are growing in our sprout houses.

Bentley shows us the results of our STEM experiment .

Happy Fire Safety Month

What a fun day at Erie Elementary.  To celebrate Fire Prevention month, the Erie firefighters came to visit today!  They talked to grades Pre-K though 4th grade and discussed important fire safety rules and the procedures to follow in case of an emergency.  This week in the classroom, we have also been learning abut fire safety.  Students listened to a cute 911 rap song, completed a I SHOULD vs. I SHOULDN'T fire safety sort, complied a list of adjectives to describe a fire fighter, went on a fire safety word hunt, and made their very own fire helmet.

Click here to listen to the 911 Rap Song

All students went home today with bag full of goodies from the Erie Fire Department

First grade showing off their fire helmets

Isaac did a great job coloring

Sydney and Peyton unscrambled the sentence and colored

Creepy Carrots

This might just be my new favorites book. I had so much fun reading this story aloud to the class. My students each designed their very own creepy carrot and also wrote about how they would stop those creepy carrots from getting them.

Click here to listen to the story

Spookley Read Aloud

Today we read Spookley The Square Pumpkin. What a cute read aloud. As a class, we discussed the main character and setting. My students also identified the problem and solution in the story. Check out the cute Spookley craft the kids made.

Click here to listen to the story

Science Update.....

Over the past couple of weeks in science, we have been exploring animal needs, categorizing animal groups, and learning about some of their life cycles. It has been a fun science unit to teach and hopefully just as much fun for the kids to learn. Here are a few pics of our frog and butterfly life cycle projects. We also learned a couple of really fun songs. Click on the links below to check out the songs. 

Butterfly Life Cycle Song
Frog Life Cycle Song

Doubles!!!!!

This week in math we are learning our DOUBLES!!! Check out these cute DOUBLE DUDES! Students also made DOUBLE books, a memory game, and learned a really cool DOUBLES rap!!! Just a reminder that our DOUBLES quiz is Friday. 

Click to hear our Doubles Rap

                                             

Caleb is so proud of his DOUBLES book!

                                     

Kingston is playing a DOUBLES matching /memory game.

Adjectives

This week in grammar we are focusing on adjectives. My students are learning about adding details to a sentences by using adjectives to describe a noun. Earlier this week we colored lollipops and brainstormed adjectives to describe what our 🍭 looked like and how they tasted. Students also illustrated a noun in their journal and then came up with 4 adjectives to describe their noun. Finally, we used adjectives to describe ourselves and made an "About Me" craft.