This is one of many things we did today in our classroom. ( Our teacher got home after 7:30PM exhausted)
Today we learned about artists, Vincent Van Gogh, sun flowers, spirals, heliotropes and observing things closely. Then we looked at a sunflower, got little cups of paint and Q-Tips and went to work.
Tomorow we will do [...]
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September 24, 2008
Sunflowers, Van Gogh and Our Art Project, Spirals, Heliotropism, Observation….
September 23, 2008
Alphabetically Speaking…..You’re OK
Before we went home today 1st grade had an ABC activity
They really enjoyed it immensely.
Tomorrow they’ll do another version.
And read for me their ABC strips on the morrow so we can “check” them. Some aren’t quite done yet.
I’d seen a big bag of letters at Lakeshore and thought….hummm.
So each child picked a buddy. The rules [...]
September 20, 2008
Firestation Number 2, A Walking Fieldtrip
Safety……………..what to do in a fire…….how to call 911, when…..what to do with matches…..
Questions, questions, questions???????
Just what 1st grade is trying to learn to ask. Good Questions.
These were just a few of our Questions when we went walking around the block.
What to do in a fire?
Where do we go?
What do we do with matches?
Are fireworks [...]
September 17, 2008
Constitution Day 2008
We The People
September 17, 2008. Constitution Day. Wow.
Caroline Kennedy has a really top notch interview with Scholastic on why we need to study and celebrate the Constitution.
I’m not teaching (home ill ) but luckily this is a WEEK long celebration that schools must really attend to if taking Federal monies. Anyone would want to really [...]
September 14, 2008
Oh….those ABC’s ( links we will be using in centers)
I have a site you really have to see as you discover the beauty of the ABC…
||| A ||| B ||| C ||| D ||| E ||| F ||| G ||| [...]
February 3, 2008
Barefoot, No Bearfoot BlueGrass Fiddles A Path Into Hathaway
Friday, relax. Two days to rest are soon here.
We are learning this tune right now in school. John Denver, Thank God I’m A Country Boy.
In our room on Fridays we also have morning spelling and math tests to take. Workbooks to complete.
A theme that announces it is over. A new theme to meet Monday ( [...]
January 25, 2008
WELCOME LA TIMES
Welcome
Today we cheered to find we had a nice link made from the LA Times to our student blog, WOW!
We are famous. (okay the children are 6, it feels famous!)
Thank you!
You can see the link here.
Look around. The kids say HELLO.
(Of course I had to then say, “Okay, it is very [...]
January 15, 2008
A Visit To A Favorite Aquarium, Monterey Bay
In the summer I took a birthday trip to the Monterey Aquarium in Monterey, CA. It really is one of the wonders of the world. I just wish I had my new camera. Here are a whole lot of pictures. (One day soon I hope to move back. I think of that everyday actually. This [...]
January 10, 2008
Welcoming Herman To Room 10 (and getting him new buddies, Tina and Ike)
Herman was greeted today like the long lost son returned home…..his 1st day in 1st grade.
Every child had held him by 8:00AM, by 8:15 Herman had had two tiny falls so we instituted the “ask first” rule.
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January 9, 2008
Welcome To Your New Shell Herman
On the first night at our house Herman decided to change shells. Coincidentally the kids are reading IN THEIR BASAL READER a trade story about a hermit crab looking for a new home. It is too bad I went to bed because I missed most of the action but I did notice he was in [...]
