First Day!!!

What a fantastic first day back! I have to say in my 14 years of teaching, this has been one of the best first days. What a polite and friendly group of students! We started the day off with a read aloud about first day jitters and made a special jitter juice to help make those little butterflies in our tummies disappear😊 Students also illustrated and wrote about their feelings this morning. We practiced using our “marshmallow toes” in the hallway as we toured the school, ate a yummy snack, and took a couple brain breaks with GoNoodle! The day flew by and I can’t wait for another awesome day in first grade tomorrow!

Welcome Back!!!

It's that time again!  I hope everyone had a wonderful summer break and is ready for a great year in first grade=) Thank you to all of the families who attended Unpack your Backpack on Tuesday night.  You may have noticed that Erie Elementary looks like it is under construction.  This is our new school theme for the year!  Let's help "BUILD" each other up and follow the "ROAD" to success!

Daily 5

We had some extra time for Daily 5 this morning. Students enjoyed reading to self, reading with a buddy, working on words, and listening to books on Epic! I love it when my students are excited about reading and engaged in learning!!

Fractions

We had a tasty lesson in math today as we reviewed halves and fourths using graham crackers. My kiddos also colored and labeled pizza fractions.

Bossy "AR"

These little pirates are learning all about the bossy “AR” this week in spelling and phonics! They are are a bunch of sm”AR”ty pants!!!!!

We Are “ANT”sy for 2nd Grade!

Final door decoration of the year! The kids had fun telling me what they are looking forward to next year in 2nd grade.

What Goes Up.... Must Come Down!!!

First grade did a little investigating this week as we tested the pull of gravity on different objects.

Whale Research

After reading Amazing Whales, my students did some research on their favorite whale from the text. We learned many new facts and even google searched whale sounds and listened to the different noises whales make as they communicate with one another and sing.

Biography Timeline

I am so proud of the work that my students have turned in the past couple of weeks. They completed a timeline graphic organizer about themselves and wrote an autobiography highlighting important milestones in their lives. They also researched a famous person from the past and created a biography timeline using a non-fiction text selected from the Epic library app on the iPads.