December 2, 2019

Hello Families!
Welcome to December!  I cannot believe these students have been first graders for nearly 4 months now!  This year is flying by.  Let's enjoy this month and all the treasures it brings!

Specials

Monday - STEM

Tuesday - Technology

Wednesday - Library

Thursday -  Music

Friday - PE

Mark your calendar:

Upcoming Events & Reminders

December 5 - Our class takes MAP Reading in the morning

December 5- PTA Meeting -6:30 Library

December 11 - Our class takes MAP Math in the morning

December 19 - Wellington Winter Music Program 1:30 pm

December 20- Last Day of School Before Winter Break

January 6- First Day Back from Winter Break

Weekly Objectives

I can read, write, and identify words with long i (silent e).

I can compare and contrast the adventures and experiences in stories.

I can write an opinion and give reasons to support it.

I can use present tense verbs in a sentence.

I can count forward and backward to add or subtract.
I can correctly write numbers from 1-120.

I can write my letters neatly.

Spelling Words

green
grow
pretty
should
together
water

Sight Words

like
spike
ride
hide
bike
mine

No new pictures :( I'm sorry! I'll upload some more later in the week and send an update.
Have a spectacular start to your December!

November 25, 2019

Hello Families!
I apologize for missing the blog last week!  

We have LOTS of fun pictures to catch up on so be sure to read all the way through this week!

Specials

Monday - PE

Tuesday - Art

NO SCHOOL Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Week of December 2 - 6

Monday - STEM

Tuesday - Technology

Wednesday - Library

Thursday -  Music

Friday - PE

Field trip! Quenton with an owl

Owen with the owl.

 exploring..........................

exploring the turtle shell.

 Snake!!! 

Not my favorite!

A Rainy walk to the pond to see habitats of animals.

Exploring the house at McConnell's springs.

Our class at the Living Arts and Science Center.

future astronauts?

sailors!

 Practice steering the boat!

Dea exploring the cave habitats!

Our little explorers.

Desert habitats

Future scientist?

 Preston exploring the blubber that keeps the penguins 

Making our shadow bats at the Living Arts and Science Center.

Enjoying the video 

Upcoming Events & Reminders

November 27-29- No School - Thanksgiving Break

December 5 - Our class takes MAP Reading in the morning

December 5- PTA Meeting -6:30 Library

December 11 - Our class takes MAP Math in the morning

December 19 - Wellington Winter Music Program 1:30 pm

December 20- Last Day of School Before Winter Break

January 6- First Day Back from Winter Break

Weekly Objectives

I can read, write, and identify words with long i (silent e).

I can compare and contrast the adventures and experiences in stories.

I can introduce a topic in my writing.

I can add details about my topic.

I can write a simple sentence.

I can use and identify frequently past tense verbs in a sentence.

I can count to 120 starting on any number smaller than 120.
I can read and write numbers and represent a group of objects with a written number.

I can write my letters neatly.

Spelling Words

Week of December 2nd

like

spike

ride

hide

bike

mine

Sight Words

Week of December 2nd

green

grow

pretty

should

together

water

Our class is THANKFUL!

Makayla as our guest reader.  She bought Pick class read aloud with her live points and wanted to read her story to the class :)

Kiddos listening intently!

Connecting our reading to our writing task!  What do you eat for breakfast?

Stretching the word plate!

  Learning about silent E words!

Mrs. Long's class rocks :)
Love to your sweet families - enjoy the Thanksgiving season with family and friends!

November 4, 2019

Specials

Monday - Library

Tuesday - NO SCHOOL!

Wednesday - Music

Thursday -  FIELD TRIP! Wear Wellington Shirt and tennis shoes**

Friday - Art

Morning Tub creations!

Room on the Broom :)

Book Character Parade time!

Liam wouldn't put his book away he was so excited!

Book character parade!

Book character parade!

Spelling Words

whip

whale

catch

match

chin

graph

Sight Words

around

by

many

place

Fancy Nancy!

Liam making his door hanger for the tooth fairy to come visit!

Door hangers for the tooth fairy!

Making our monster bags!

Creating a name puzzle from the story Chrysanthemum 

Door hanger for Elin.

Upcoming Events & Reminders

November 5 - Election Day (No School)

November 8 -1st 9 Weeks Awards

November 21 - Thanksgiving lunch for First Grade

November 27, 28, 29 - No School Thanksgiving Holiday

December 19 - Wellington Winter Music Program 1:30pm

We made black boxes to show how we need to let sunlight in to see!

Exploring our Black boxes!

Weekly Objectives

I can read, write, and identify words with ch, tch, wh, and ph.

I can identify and describe details and the central idea of a text.

I can introduce a topic in my writing.

I can add details about my topic.

I can write a simple sentence.

I can identify and use irregular plural nouns.

I can add two numbers by counting on.

I can tell how to make different parts of a surface lighter or darker.

I can write my letters neatly.

Look who Hutton and I found at the Pumpkin lighting last week!