Library Field Trip

Money!!

We've been diving into money these past few weeks, and boy are we motivated!

Here are some tips to help at home.

1.) First graders are really good at telling you what coins they have, but struggle with counting up the money amount. Help with this transition by asking them to sort the coins tell you how much each coin is worth, then add up the total cents.
2.) Hands-on practice at home.
3.) Do quick a quick game of coin grab. They grab a handful of coins and have to count out the amount.

Easter Fun

Bunny Foot Measuring

Non Standard Measurement

Recording Sheets

Building our Easter Baskets

Curious George Bunch

And.....The First Grade Classes/Library Received our Grant!!!!!!!

Short Week

Welcome back! We are going to really power through our four day week. Starting off with a new spelling list, learning about money and time, and starting our Animal Projects. We are so excited to start our spring activities.

1.) School carnival this Friday. Remember, Miss Hughs and I will be running the duck pond ; )
2.) We will be working with pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Also, we will start looking at time in half-hour increments.
3.) Remember, homework is due back the Wednesday after it was sent home. I like to give a full week to get it done because of sports, church, and family time.
4.) Congrats to our Bobcat Award winner, Tayvin! What a great job you've done this ENTIRE year with being a nice friend to all.

5.) AND congrats to all of our No Tardies award winners!

Update 3.31.14

Fourth Quarter is here! We are well on our way to becoming amazing 2nd graders. I hope all is well at home and that the kiddos are still enjoying heading to school each morning. We are hoping for cooperative weather this week, but for today, please keep sending those warm clothing items. We do our best to keep them out of puddles and such, but water happens ; )

Check out the new spelling words to the right. Our class has been doing a wonderful job on our tests! I am so pleased with the growth I've seen so far. Keep up the studying at home!

The carnival is April 11th. We are collecting Cat/Griz items for our basket. The money from the carnival helps us buy essential items for classrooms. If you have any questions about money allocations, the PTA has done a nice break down of where the money will be going. Thanks for your support!

Update 3.25.14

I woke up out of a dead sleep and realized that I FORGOT to post new spelling words. Yikes! Report Cards must really be getting to my brain ; )

A few notes this week:

1. The weather is still being wishy washy, so send layers of clothing to accommodate this Montana weather.
2. The school carnival is on April 11th. A flyer will be going home in the Wednesday folders. Miss Hughs and I are doing a booth together this year to raise money for PTA. The first grade baskets this year will be Griz/Cat themed. You know who I root for!! Go Griz!
3. Report cards will be going home early next week. Remember a score of 3 is the end of the year goal. 2's mean they are on the journey to getting there!
4. Thank you for the lovely donation of disinfecting wipes. I, as well as many others in the class, are doing much better this week.
5. Keep in touch! I'm getting a little sentimental about the year ending and sending these kiddos onto 2nd grade. We still have room for volunteers to do crafts, activities, or an academic club in class. I have a few on my mind right now, so be expecting some emails.

Thanks again for all that you do!

Update 4.18.14

Wow! We've a had a really strange start to our week! If your kiddos haven't mentioned something already, a deer jumped the fence during morning walk and, unfortunately, hurt itself. We sent the kiddos inside for morning walk so Mr. English could coordinate a pick up of the animal. THEN at afternoon recess, a herding dog of some breed was on the playground. Thank goodness for Mr. English; he saved us twice today!

We just finished up with our Quarter 3 math assessments and all we have left are a few reading assessments. I am so amazed at some of the progress we've made this quarter. That being said, I'm anticipating a lot of growth spurts soon. Remember: A lot of sleep, water and food for these growing kiddos. Some of them are already up to my shoulder blades!!

Here are some pictures from our most recent learning moments:

10+, 10-, 1+, 1-

Race to 120!

Race to 120!

Music with Mrs. McKinsey

Playground fun

St. Patrick's Day Luck Charm sort

Homemade shaving cream cloud and rainbow picture