Open House and Jump Rope for Heart

Thursday, March 7th was Open House at Florence Hill Elementary. We had a Dr. Seuss theme in our classroom. In the hallway on one board we displayed our sock writing from the book Fox in Socks. We read Cat in the Hat and students wondered about "What if the Cat in the Hat came to my house" they took a "puzzled/deep thought" picture and then wrote about it in a "thinking bubble." Below the two bulletin boards they wrote "I do not like green eggs and ham but I do like _________" and drew a picture of their favorite food taken from the book, Green Eggs and Ham. We read many book written by Dr. Seuss and graphed which book was our favorite. After collecting our data......One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish was the class favorite with eleven. Above the boards each student created their own kite and created nouns, adjectives, and verbs on their kite. As you entered our room their were truffula trees like those seen in The Lorax. Inside the classroom students had work displayed on their desk from writing samples to a science foldable about the sun and moon. There was also a slideshow of pictures taken throughout the year running. It was a great night!

Truffula trees and some kites near door.

Overall look at the work in the hallway

"What if the Cat in the Hat came to my house?"

"I do not like green eggs and ham but I do like _______"

Favorite Dr. Seuss Book Graph

Sock Writing

 

Last Thursday, March 21st was Jump Rope for Heart day! We all wore red to show our support of the American Heart Association. Here are a few pictures of the students getting their towel area with snack and drink ready before we started and some jumping action shots.

 

 

  This Tuesday, March 26th is spring picture day!

Also, Thursday is Egg Hunt at 2:45. Please send 12 plastic candy filled (no chocolate, please) eggs to school by Tuesday so I can prepare everything before Thursday's egg hunt. Send an egg basket or bag with your child on Thursday to hunt their eggs with.     Thank you!

                                   

Friday is a holiday--No school! Happy Easter to you and your family!

 

 

100th Day!

Friday, February 8, 2013 we celebrated the 100th day of first grade! Students were met when they arrived with a festive entry into the classroom, 100th day pencil, sticker, crown and glasses to accompany their white shirt with 100 things on it! Students also enjoyed making their 100 day snack by counting out 10 groups of 10 different snack items to make 100th day "trail mix." Students also had their picture made with "100th day in first grade" picture frame....those pictures will appear in a special end of the year gift for each student :)

 

 

 

Just a reminder....Students need to continue reading the books in their book bags (these books are on their level and specific to your student). Please ask follow up questions when they are done reading to check for comprehension and you can have your child read to you on a timer to check for fluency (how fluid your child is reading the story...our goal by the end of first grade is 60 words per minute). Also, your student can get on spellingcity.com ("MHay1" is the username) to practice word wall words and word family words.

 



Tuesday, February 12th is Spaghetti dinner and Silent Auction before the PTA meeting at 7pm in the cafeteria. Fourth grade will perform once the PTA meeting is over.

Valentine's Day Party is this Thursday February 14th at 2:45pm in the classroom. Please send your child's valentines for each student in the class on Thursday. Thank you!

New Year's and Snowmen

We wrote about our New Year Resolutions and goals for 2013.

We also read Snowman books, wrote about Snowmen, discussed nouns, and adjectives.

Please continue to bring in your coins, spare change, and dollars for "Pasta for Pennies" that benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Polar Express Day, Sing Along and Winter Party

December 17th was Polar Express Day. We enjoyed our "train ride" to the North Pole in our pajamas (walking like a train making choo choo sound to the library) and heard the story, Polar Express read. Then we traveled to the cafeteria for some delicious cookies and hot chocolate (see picture below). **Your child should have come home with our Polar Express pictures (in our pajamas in front of the Christmas tree in the cafeteria) in a frame from me for Christmas.

 December 18th we enjoyed sing along with the entire school in the cafeteria. We sang lots of wonderful Christmas songs. First grade was responsible for singing "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" so that is why we are wearing antlers and red noses. It was very FUN!




Later that afternoon we had our Winter Party full of wonderful food, fun and Christmas music.

I look forward to seeing your child again on Wednesday, January 2nd. Happy New Year!

Reindeer and Holiday Cards

We have been busy working the past few weeks from Thanksgiving...I think it was all of the delicious food! :) Last week we researched and learned about reindeer or caribou as they are called. We have some reindeer writing displayed in the hallway.

We also have received some holiday cards from around the world. Cards have been received from Kansas, Alabama, California, North Carolina, Idaho and Florida!!! We have plotted them on our map and talked about their location and compared it to where Texas is on the map. It has been fun to check and see if we've received any mail in our mailbox. Check out the pictures below.

 

This week in math we started talking about coins. We are identifying the coins and their value. So, if you want to work on practice at home with coins that would be GREAT!

Upcoming Events
*Tomorrow we have an afternoon pride rally (2PM) and it is college shirt, hat, or sock day!
*Saturday is pancakes with Santa at Applebees!
*Monday is polar express day (wear pajamas and slippers but please send tennis shoes for recess).
*Tuesday is our winter party at 2:45 in the classroom.
* Dec. 19th-Jan. 1st is Winter Break-- please be on the lookout for an enrichment packet coming home with your child for the two week break. I encourage your child to work on the packet and READ over the break to reinforce skills learned at school. I wish you and your family a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Check back next week for Polar Express Day and Winter Party Pictures!