Congratulations Baylee! You are our Citizenship Award winner this week!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Sign Language and Reading
On Tuesdays, Mrs. Montgomery visits. She spends a few minutes teaching us some sign language and then she listens to every child read. She is a retired first grade teacher volunteering her time with us. She is GREAT!!!!!
Friday, September 18, 2009
SECOND 6 WEEKS BEGINS
Monday begins our second six weeks together. We will begin counting grades. Spelling tests begin this week. Remember conduct is a grade that will count towards Honor Roll.
Progress Reports for the first six weeks will be sent home on Thursday.
Progress Reports for the first six weeks will be sent home on Thursday.
APPLE WEEK!
Next week is APPLE WEEK! We will test several types of apples, try out different apple products, and take a seed apart. Watch for our pictures and writings on these fun activities!
Citizenship Award - 9/18/09
Congratulations Marqeast! You are our Citizenship Award winner this week!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
OUR CLASS DAY ROUTINES
EVER WONDER WHAT YOUR CHILD DOES AT SCHOOL ALL DAY LONG? WONDER NO MORE. HERE ARE SOME OF OUR DAILY ROUTINES!
SIGN IN TIME: Our first routine of the day is signing in just like moms and dads sign in or clock in at work.
JOURNALS: We write in our journals every day. We also have Learning Log journals to write what we have learned about in science and social studies. We write to Mom or Dad every week in our Parent Journals. We LOVE to read your letters back to us!
CALENDAR: Math lessons involve the entire class practicing counting patterns, writing the date, reading graphs, counting money, telling time, memorizing math facts, and problem solving. Remember to practice those math facts at home. We have so much to cover in class that we are not able to completely memorize them at school.
MORNING MESSAGE: Every day we "fix" and read a letter from Mrs. R. She NEVER remembers to capitalize the first word in the sentence. She NEVER uses punctuation, and she ALWAYS leaves out letters in the middle of words! We practice our phonics and grammar this way! Sometimes we bring our "white boards" and markers to practice writing words.
SNACK: Yum! Fruit and juice are good for us!
WORKSTATIONS: These different work areas give us a time to move around the classroom and play learning games. We can go to the reading workstation, the listening or writing ones, or we can make words at the Apple Center and the ABC center. Our computers, puzzles, math games and word Bingo games are also fun to do!
COMPUTER: We go to computer once a week. We practice math and reading skills for 30 minutes, and then we learn new computer skills for 30 minutes. Right now, we are working on creating a word processing document. We can change the font, the color, and the size of the type. Learning to save a file will be next.
GOING PLACES: No more kindergarten bubbles for us. When we walk in the hall, we proudly display our First Grade Signs!
PE AND RECESS: Of course these favorite times of the day! Even Mrs. R. likes getting outside!
SIGN IN TIME: Our first routine of the day is signing in just like moms and dads sign in or clock in at work. 
JOURNALS: We write in our journals every day. We also have Learning Log journals to write what we have learned about in science and social studies. We write to Mom or Dad every week in our Parent Journals. We LOVE to read your letters back to us! SEATWORK: Every day we complete several activities on our own - no help from Mrs. R. During this time, Mrs. R. meets with small groups of three or four to read.
CALENDAR: Math lessons involve the entire class practicing counting patterns, writing the date, reading graphs, counting money, telling time, memorizing math facts, and problem solving. Remember to practice those math facts at home. We have so much to cover in class that we are not able to completely memorize them at school.
MORNING MESSAGE: Every day we "fix" and read a letter from Mrs. R. She NEVER remembers to capitalize the first word in the sentence. She NEVER uses punctuation, and she ALWAYS leaves out letters in the middle of words! We practice our phonics and grammar this way! Sometimes we bring our "white boards" and markers to practice writing words.This is our MEETING PLACE to learn science, social studies, discuss problems and find solutions, read books together, and share. Sitting together on the carpet close to Mrs. R. helps us focus our attention on the most important things to learn.
SNACK: Yum! Fruit and juice are good for us! WORKSTATIONS: These different work areas give us a time to move around the classroom and play learning games. We can go to the reading workstation, the listening or writing ones, or we can make words at the Apple Center and the ABC center. Our computers, puzzles, math games and word Bingo games are also fun to do!
COMPUTER: We go to computer once a week. We practice math and reading skills for 30 minutes, and then we learn new computer skills for 30 minutes. Right now, we are working on creating a word processing document. We can change the font, the color, and the size of the type. Learning to save a file will be next. 
GOING PLACES: No more kindergarten bubbles for us. When we walk in the hall, we proudly display our First Grade Signs!
PE AND RECESS: Of course these favorite times of the day! Even Mrs. R. likes getting outside!
CITIZENSHIP AWARD WINNERS!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO MAKALA AND MORGAN!! They are our first Citizenship Award Winners. Each week, we will announce a new winner. Citizenship Award winners have more than just good conduct grades. They make our world a better place with actions like picking up trash or helping out a friend in need. We can count on our Good Citizens to work well with others, show respect to authority, and learn about our country. Good Citizens are role models who always do their best at everything. Our class is filled with Good Citizens just waiting to be recognized. Watch for future winners!!!!
FLU AND STOMACH VIRUS
The flu and the stomach virus are at Graham. I wish they would go home! We've had several out this week with one or the other. We are washing our hands often, remembering to not touch the walls, and covering our mouths to sneeze and cough. I am a LYSOL freak and I spray twice a day. Still, we have missed these friends this week: Chance, Marqeast, Lacy, Brady (who wasn't sick, but had a little surgery), and Rodney. Hopefully, we will all be well and back at school on Monday.
REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11TH
Look at us wearing our RED, 
WHITE, and BLUE in memory of those who lost their lives on 9/11/01 and in honor of all of the heroes. On Friday we told the story of what happened on that day, and we read a book written by First Graders. THANKS tto all for participating. EVERYONE wore red, white, or blue! WHAT A GREAT CLASS!
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