We had a very busy day today! We finished our research projects about an important Chinese place or fact and created a google map of this information. Did you know that you can create google maps for many reasons? We added our information to a map of China and chose a picture that best illustrated what we were telling about. You can check out our google map here:
Miss Terrien's Class Google Map
If you click on the "pins" the information will pop up with the picture and tell you who wrote it.
We celebrated our school-wide awesome behavior with a Dr. Suess movie viewing. We also designed and decorated our very own Chinese fans.
On Thursday, we tested our knowledge of China with a fun Jeopardy game! I'm happy to report that both teams finished with many points and ROCKED the Final Jeopardy question! We were so impressed with how much we learned. If you would like to test your own knowledge of China or play a round with your first grader over vacation, use the link below:
China Jeopardy Game
Have a wonderful vacation!
Friday, February 22, 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Go Fish!
Wow! The performance of Go Fish was absolutely SO much fun! Thank you so much to all of you for your support and for attending our program. The first graders had a wonderful time and did a fabulous job! I was so proud of them! Check out these photos and videos from the performance.
A reminder notice about the conference time you signed up for is in your child's folder tonight. Please make sure to remove it and put it in your calendar. Your child's report card will be sent home on Friday in their home-school folder.
Have a wonderful vacation! I'm looking foward to seeing everyone at conferences.
Use these links to access the videos:
A reminder notice about the conference time you signed up for is in your child's folder tonight. Please make sure to remove it and put it in your calendar. Your child's report card will be sent home on Friday in their home-school folder.
Have a wonderful vacation! I'm looking foward to seeing everyone at conferences.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Musical Day
We had an extremely busy and musical day today! First, we had a performance by Wayne from Maine about the importance of reading nutrition labels. We had so much fun dancing to songs about vegetables, cheese, and reading the label(s)! Check out these awesome dance moves:
After that, we got ready rapidly to travel to the high school for rehearsal for our musical Go Fish tonight. The show is so fun and the first graders are really looking forward to it!
Did you know that many other educators in our district have blogs? You can check out what's going on district-wide on the district blog at:
www.csdspotlight.org
You can check out our district wellness blog at:
http://blogs.csdvt.org/wellness/
And look for information about music at:
http://ppsmusicwithmsmutz.blogspot.com/
After that, we got ready rapidly to travel to the high school for rehearsal for our musical Go Fish tonight. The show is so fun and the first graders are really looking forward to it!
Did you know that many other educators in our district have blogs? You can check out what's going on district-wide on the district blog at:
www.csdspotlight.org
You can check out our district wellness blog at:
http://blogs.csdvt.org/wellness/
And look for information about music at:
http://ppsmusicwithmsmutz.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Go Fish!
Our annual PPS musical is tomorrow night! Wednesday, February 20th at 6:30pm at the Colchester High School. You should arrive by 5:45pm and bring your child to meet me in the cafeteria if they would like their face painted. If they don't, you can arrive at 6:00pm.
If you would rather paint your child's face at home- that's fine! Please make sure your first grader is wearing sneakers as well. When the performance is over, you may pick your child up in the cafeteria.
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow evening and a fun performance!
If you would rather paint your child's face at home- that's fine! Please make sure your first grader is wearing sneakers as well. When the performance is over, you may pick your child up in the cafeteria.
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow evening and a fun performance!
Monday, February 18, 2013
Final Countdown...
...until vacation! We are really looking forward to the many activities we have planned for next week. We shared some of them this morning during Morning Meeting.
Our skill in SWR this week is "Magic E". We learned that Magic E has the superpower to jump backwards over one letter and make a vowel say it's name! Help your first grader notice Magic E whenever you can and remind them that reading a whole word at once is the best way to do that- we can't sound out Magic E so it's important that we start reading words and not individual letters. Our red words of the week are from and and. From is tricky because some of us want to spell is f-o-r-m and others of us want to spell is f-r-u-m. We will be working hard this week to get those letters straight! Our WOW word this week is rapid- very quick, or speedy.
In math we learned the attributes of polygons and discussed what makes defining attributes and non-defining attributes of shapes. For example, every square in the world has 4 sides, 4 corners, and sides that are equal. These are a square's defining attributes or how we know it's a square. If it is red, yellow, big or small those are non-defining attributes because not ALL squares are those things. We spent time creating polygons with straws and twity-ties and made some awesome creations! Check our your first graders hard at work:
We have been working on Comparing and Contrasting in reading and compared the Chinese story of Lon Po Po to the traditional story, Little Red Riding Hood. We used a venn diagram to compare and contrast these stories and then responded to the stories in our reader's notebooks. Many of us preferred the Chinese version because it had some very clever girls in it.
In writing we are working to wrap-up our realistic fiction stories. The first graders have done a great job remembering that good realistic fiction stories have characters, a setting, a problem and a solution. I know they are anxious to share theirs with you.
We explored the Yellow and Yangtze rivers by boat today in China! We learned about some of the economic and environmental issues the Chinese are dealing with with their rivers. It was so fun!
The trimester ended on Friday. Please look for your child's report card in their folder on Friday.
Our skill in SWR this week is "Magic E". We learned that Magic E has the superpower to jump backwards over one letter and make a vowel say it's name! Help your first grader notice Magic E whenever you can and remind them that reading a whole word at once is the best way to do that- we can't sound out Magic E so it's important that we start reading words and not individual letters. Our red words of the week are from and and. From is tricky because some of us want to spell is f-o-r-m and others of us want to spell is f-r-u-m. We will be working hard this week to get those letters straight! Our WOW word this week is rapid- very quick, or speedy.
In math we learned the attributes of polygons and discussed what makes defining attributes and non-defining attributes of shapes. For example, every square in the world has 4 sides, 4 corners, and sides that are equal. These are a square's defining attributes or how we know it's a square. If it is red, yellow, big or small those are non-defining attributes because not ALL squares are those things. We spent time creating polygons with straws and twity-ties and made some awesome creations! Check our your first graders hard at work:
a triangle
a rhombus and a rectangle
a shape in a shape!
And a demonstration how a rectangle can change into a...
hexagon!
Our largest polygon of the day!
In writing we are working to wrap-up our realistic fiction stories. The first graders have done a great job remembering that good realistic fiction stories have characters, a setting, a problem and a solution. I know they are anxious to share theirs with you.
We explored the Yellow and Yangtze rivers by boat today in China! We learned about some of the economic and environmental issues the Chinese are dealing with with their rivers. It was so fun!
The trimester ended on Friday. Please look for your child's report card in their folder on Friday.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Happy Valentine's Day
Wow, we had a day filled with love in Room 3 today! These first grade students are some of the kindest, sweetest children I have had the pleasure to work with.
We took our SWR test first thing this morning so we didn't need to worry about it any more. The first graders did a fabulous job tapping out their words when necessary and checking their writing for any mistakes.
We read another book about Giant Pandas that we didn't have a chance to get to yesterday. We learned even more about these amazing creatures. Our favorite thing that we learned though, was that pandas are not actually bears even though many people call them "panda bears" because they look like bears. Some zoologists believe that pandas are actually related to raccoons. We learned about an animal called the Lesser Panda which REALLY looks like a raccoon!
We spent time decorating our Valentine collection boxes and making cards for our family and friends. We cut out paper hearts to decorate them and also decorated with stickers.
We had so much fun at our party. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event so much fun for all of us!
We took our SWR test first thing this morning so we didn't need to worry about it any more. The first graders did a fabulous job tapping out their words when necessary and checking their writing for any mistakes.
We read another book about Giant Pandas that we didn't have a chance to get to yesterday. We learned even more about these amazing creatures. Our favorite thing that we learned though, was that pandas are not actually bears even though many people call them "panda bears" because they look like bears. Some zoologists believe that pandas are actually related to raccoons. We learned about an animal called the Lesser Panda which REALLY looks like a raccoon!
We spent time decorating our Valentine collection boxes and making cards for our family and friends. We cut out paper hearts to decorate them and also decorated with stickers.
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