More fun with insects!
Learning and writing about the ways insects can be helpful or harmful.

Seeing the world through a bug's eyes! The firsties were adorable with the bug goggles on!

Lady bug life cycle accordion books... so cute!

Just a few pictures of our "park day" at Elrod.

Mr. Horn"bee" getting ready to go first into the dunk tank...

Miss Hilley waiting to be dunked.


My very own dunk tank costume, I didn't stay dry for very long!

Here's a fun game to work on time skills (and the firsties love it!)

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec1.html

First Grade Entomologists!
Observing meal worms and recording their findings.

Beautiful butterfly symmetry art!

Take a peek at what we've been up to in 1-H!

Creating beautiful rock art!

Seth taught us how to make origami clams during choice time!

Working on writing with silly animal sentences.

The bunny ate the school.

The fox is jogging in a shower.

Sorting sand, gravel and pebble sized rocks in our geology unit.

Observing and recording vials of sand that settled over night.

Happy Mother's Day to all of our Moms, Aunts, and Grandmas! Thank you for all that you do :)

Pictures from our explorations with our two BIG G's this week.... Geology and Geometry!

Making straw polygons:

Observing, exploring, rubbing, and sorting rocks:

Have a wonderful spring break!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

In math we sorted and graphed lucky charms!

During our Daily 3 time we wrote about what we would do if we found a pot of gold.

At the end of the day we enjoyed green and gold cupcakes- thank you Dawson! :)

Glacier National Park Winter Field Trip

New Pictures!

100th Day of School Fun....

100 Marshmallow and Toothpick Towers

100 Piece Puzzles

Reading 100 Books

Firsties working on their Paul Klee inspired artwork.

Long -u/Silent -e Spelling Words
huge, June, rule, tube, use, cube, cute, flute, rude, mule, she, came

Sight Words
came, know, out, she, there

Make sure to check out this great site for fun ways to practice spelling"
http://www.spellingcity.com


Here's what we were up to last week...


Exploring area, volume, perimeter, length, and width with mitten math !
Making First Grade Soup with Miss Nancy:

We're back!

It's been a while since the last post but it'll be back to weekly updates again!

This week's long -o/ silent -e spelling words:
home hope rose woke those bone hose joke rode stone bring our

Pictures from our nutrition lesson: (they were blooming into flowers! )


Last week we read Somewhere Today; A Book of Peace, and created our own first grader version. Here is a sample of what the kiddos created:

so sweet :)