Beautification Day

Dear First Graders,

    What better way to wind up a week before our break then with a birthday celebration and Earth Day celebration! 

 Enjoy the week off!  When we get back, we will be receiving our Chick Eggs!!!!

Bear Hugs!

Birds of Prey

Dear First Graders,

    What a great assembly we had today!  We learned all about Birds of Prey and got to see some too. Here are a few pictures:

Bear Hugs,

Spring Fever!

Dear First Graders,

     Spring is here and we are in full bloom! We have worked really hard on positive talk and being able to identify what makes us special! I continue to be amazed at what a wonderful class we have and I want you to be able to see the ways you are great.

    We enjoyed a great book about feelings from our mystery reader! In My Heart By Joe Witek

 
 I'm working really hard on printing out a hard copy of our Simple Machine Slide Show we made for Mr. Smith's 4th grade class. Here are some pictures from our presentation...

Bear Hugs,

Dear Friends,

      We have had a busy week!  Here are some recaps:

Our mystery reader shared a Mo Willems' book most of us had not read before!

We have been practicing reading short and long vowel words. Our focus has been on the bully e and how it usually makes the vowel scream it's name!

Today, we joined Mrs. Maurantonio's class to learn about our human body! Tell mom and dad about all the cool facts we learned. 

Bear Hugs!

Monday, Monday

Dear First Graders,

     It sounded like everyone enjoyed the weather during our three day weekend! We started our week celebrating our friends 7th birthday!

  Calling all mystery readers! Time is running out to come share a favorite picture book with our class! Email me to schedule a day and time.

    Shoe tying.... our new, nightly homework for those of us that do not know how to tie our shoes! Please practice with your child (there are great on line tutorials and books- Cora got princess tie your shoe book last summer and the book taught her!).  If your child is unable to tie their own shoes, I highly recommend shoes that do not need to be tied. 

Bear Hugs!

Happy Spring

Dear First Graders,

     We ended our four day week on a high note! Here we are enjoying two stories read to us by our mystery reader!

  Mrs. Rose and I continue to be amazed at your listening and computer skills. Most of us were able to finish our slides for the presentation we will be presenting... our simple machine game show for Mr. Smith's fourth grade class on Friday!  (Parents, I will take pictures and send home your child's work so you can see what they created). 

   On a personal note, I have shared the good news with our class that my family is in the process of buying a house right behind Birchwood Elementary. We are very excited to join the Nisky community. We are busy packing up our current house and moving into my parents house as we wait to close!  

Happy Spring!

Enjoy your three day weekend!

Bear Hugs!

Mini Learning Fair

Dear First Graders,

It was so nice for me to see your projects again and for your friends to see your hard work.  You did a great job presenting to our class.  Here are some action shots:

On a side note, calling all mystery readers!!  We have no one scheduled after tomorrow so please let me know if you are interested.

Bear Hugs!