Spirit Week

Today was "Twin Day."  Check out these two....I almost couldn't tell them apart!  Friday is blue and gold day.

Talking and Listening Skills

Today in Social Studies we practiced our talking and listening skills.  The kids sat in groups of 4-6 students.  One row was the listeners and one row was the talkers.  If they were a listener they had to hold up their paper ear.  If they were a talker, they had a paper mouth.  The listeners could not say a word.  They did a great job and they learned a little about their classmates.

A Fun Day in First Grade

We had so much fun today!  First I would like to give a shout out to my entire class.  We had 12 kids clip off the chart today and everyone was above "Let's Rock N' Roll."  Way to go!

We started our day with a little dancing.  I like to practice spelling words with a fun activity called "Musical Spelling."  The kids dance around the room to some fun music and when the music stops they find a desk.  I give them a spelling word and they have to write it on the paper.  Check out the pictures.  They really got into the dancing and started making a conga line.  So much fun!

Our First Weeks Together

Welcome to my blog! I am so excited for this year! We have had a great first couple of weeks together. We have been learning rules, procedures, and expectations. We are slowly getting into more of a routine.

We are learning about the Daily 5 which includes independent reading, partner reading, writing, word work, and listening to reading. This is a management system in which the kids learn to be independent workers while I meet with reading groups. We should be up and running in the next two weeks.

We celebrated two birthdays in August! Happy birthday to Darcy and Alex.

Last week we worked on a retelling activity. The kids worked together to illustrate each page of our class book. There are some great artists in room 4. The illustrations were amazing!

Our classroom theme is "Hollywood and Rockstars." Check out our famous stars of room 4!