Lilly The Leprechaun Strikes Again!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from first grade!!!  Who on Earth destroyed our classroom last night????  I have a pretty good guess!  Lilly The Leprechaun strikes again!  As students arrived this morning, they were greeted with a huge mess and a special note which sent us on a hunt for gold.  A big thank you to my kiddos for helping clean up the mess.

Lilly threw bee bucks all over the room.

She sprinkled green glitter on our morning work.

She left us this special note that sent us on a gold hunt.

Here are Lilly's tiny green foot prints.

Lilly's says Hi!

She flipped over our chairs!!!!

Here are our rainbow pot of gold crafts.

Learning About Matter

This week in science we learned about MATTER.  My students now know that there are 3 types of matter. All students drew a picture and wrote 2 characteristics of a solid, liquid, and gas.  We conducted a "sink or float" experiment with a variety of solids.  It was fun to see if our predictions were correct.  We discussed that MATTER can change if it is heated up or cooled down.  On Friday, we conducted another experiment which demonstrated that if you cool a liquid down it will change into a solid.  This yummy experiment was a hit.  Check out our lemonade popsicles!!!!!!!

Solid or Liquid?

Caleb and Nevada enjoying their lemonade popsicles.

Data Sheet

Boston showing off his "solid"

Ryleigh, Hunter, and Makayla displaying of MATTER posters.

Adjectives

This week we have been learning about adjectives in first grade!  My kiddos now know that adjectives describe nouns and make our writing more interesting to read=)  Our grammar lessons sure made us hungry this week.  We used adjectives to describe popcorn and lollipops.  Students also made adjective selfies! To end the week, my students used their artistic abilities and drew their very own Cat In The Hat!  They used adjectives to describe the Cat In the Hat's nose, hat, whiskers, bowtie, and fur. Check out all of their hard work.

Celebrating Dr. Seuss

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!!! Do you know Dr. Seuss would have been 112 years old this year?  Each day this week, my students dressed up and did a fun activity to go along with the Dr. Seuss book we were reading that day.  It has been a busy and fun week celebrating such a wonderful author.

On Monday we read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and students wore red and blue.

On Tuesday, we read Fox On Socks and students wore silly socks to school.  They even got to take their shoes off in the classroom=)

On Wednesday, we read Wacky Wednesday and students wore mix and match clothes.

On Thursday, we read If I Ran A Zoo and students wore animal print!  It was a pretty WILD day! lol

Check out all of that animal print!

On Friday, we read Green Eggs and Ham and students wore the color green.

Native Americans

Check out our Native American projects.  Students worked in small groups and came up with facts about Native American boys and girls as well as the different types of home they lived in across North America.

Long House

Pueblo

Tepee

Native American Boy

Native American Girl

Y = Long e

Check out our YUMMY and TASTY CANDY!!!!  This week in spelling and phonics we are learning that sometimes the Y can make the long e sound.  Students made yummy candy mints today and wrote their spelling words with Y.  I wrapped them up in clear plastic wrap and we displayed our delicious work in the hallway.

Animal Teams

This week we read a story titled ANIMAL TEAMS.  Students learned about how animals work together as a team to help each other in the wild.  After reading the story with a partner, students choose their favorite animal team and illustrated a picture.  They also wrote about how each animal helped the one other.

Holden and Bradley - Clown Fish and Sea Anemone 

Nathan and Hailey - Goby Fish and Blind Shrimp

Ryleigh and Deacon - Clown Fish and Sea Anemone

Nevada and Caleb - Cleaner Fish and Large Fish

Boston and Alex - Giraffe and Bird

Ashton and Lexi - Clown Fish and Sea Anemone

Taylor - Caterpillar and Ants

Brynna and Hailie - Zebra and Wildebeest

Hunter and Cade - Bird and Large Animal

Evan and Seth - Clown Fish and Sea Anemone

Happy President's Day

My first graders have been learning facts about two very important presidents this week.  As a class, we have been reading books about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and following up with class discussion.  Did you know that Lincoln kept very important papers in his tall black hat so he wouldn't forget about them?  Well, my kiddos thought that was pretty interesting and wrote about what they would keep in their hats and why it is so important to them.

We also learned that George Washington's face is on the one dollar bill and the quarter.  Abraham Lincoln's face is on the penny and the five dollar bill.  Students finished the sentence IF I WERE PRESIDENT, I WOULD..........