Recently a special teacher came to visit for a lesson with us. He shared an amazing alphabet book in which letters were turned in different directions and made into pictures. Then we got to try it! We each got the first letter of our first names and made them into rockets, ice cream cones, cars, […] Read More
Practicing what we are learning about numbers in math means we do the same thing a lot. So we are always looking for new and fun ways to practice. This game is a great one for first graders. You can also find lots of other games, for math and reading and writing and more, on […] Read More
We read independently every day. Often we are so excited about our books it is hard to not turn to a friend to talk about them. So we make sure we have time to do that. At the end of our independent reading time we turn to ‘buzz’ with a friend about our books. We […] Read More
We have made patterns in so many different ways. If you look closely at these, you can see that they are growing patterns. Repeating patterns are easy for us now. Growing patterns are a new challenge. Hemos hecho los patrones de muchas maneras diferentes. Si te fijas bien en éstas, se puede ver que están […] Read More
We have figured out how to do a lot of fun things using Pixie. The best part is that we notice each other doing something new and we want to do it too. So we’re teaching each other all the things we’re learning. Hemos descubierto la manera de hacer un montón de cosas divertidas con […] Read More
During our reading and writing time each day we have a work station to do. Some work stations help us practice high frequency words, words that we read and write a lot. We have a library work station at which we can get new books to read, read magazines and the Kids Post, or read […] Read More
As we learn to read one thing that is helpful is looking at the pictures. In order to practice, we read the pictures in books without words. A big part of reading is thinking about what is happening in the story or what you are learning. We can do that through pictures. A medida que […] Read More
On another beautiful day we went outside to collect leaves. We put them in our wonder notebooks and thought about them. We shared our leaves with each other and talked about how they were the same and how they were different. Por otro hermoso día salimos a recoger hojas. Los ponemos en nuestros cuadernos de […] Read More
In our classroom we have a Wonder Table and a Wonder Window. At our Wonder Table we have shells, feathers, snake skin, and more. At the Wonder Window we can look out or at a variety of plants. Both the window and the table have books we can explore as well. En nuestra clase tenemos […] Read More
