We are learning about making healthy food and exercise choices. Today we played a game to select healthy foods and activities for our rocket ship fuel . . . and we successfully made it all the way to Planet Power! It wasn’t easy finding the right combination. We had to remove some foods that we’d already selected because we had too many calories, and we had to keep the right balance of food groups. If you’d like to play it at home, here is a link to click: Blast Off Game.
Did you make some healthy food choices today?
Miss Illinois visited our school on Friday. She taught us that it is our character on the inside that counts! We learned about the six pillars of strong character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship.
During our Langage Arts time, we have been reading stories about dogs and cats. We have add
ed some new poems to our poetry notebooks about pets, too. Using word cards, we built sentences about looking for a lost dog or cat. On Friday, we celebrated with a day of Pretend Pets in our classroom. Students in Room 12 brought a stuffed animal to be their Pretend Pet at school for a fun day of learning! We had a wide assortment of pets: dogs, cats, jaguar, bear, dolphin, and even a Yoda pet! It was a memorable day.
ed some new poems to our poetry notebooks about pets, too. Using word cards, we built sentences about looking for a lost dog or cat. On Friday, we celebrated with a day of Pretend Pets in our classroom. Students in Room 12 brought a stuffed animal to be their Pretend Pet at school for a fun day of learning! We had a wide assortment of pets: dogs, cats, jaguar, bear, dolphin, and even a Yoda pet! It was a memorable day. Our classroom newsletter, The Learning Letter, is available on this site. Just click on the page along the right edge of this blog entitled, Newsletters. Our current and past classroom newsletters are available to read or print. Simply go to Newsletters and double click on the newsletter that you want. It should enlarge so that you can read it or print it. This is a nice way for out-of-town relatives to see what first grade is learning and doing. You can also print a color copy of the newsletter if your child is featured. Please let me know if this Newsletter page isn’t cooperating so that I can get it running properly. I hope you enjoy our news!
Our school year has officially begun! During our first week, we read about the Gingerbread Man and chased him around the school. We found him in the cafeteria, the music room, the classroom restroom, and even in some student desks! We read many versions of this story: The Gingerbread Boy, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Girl, and even stories where the main character is an apple pie or an ice cube being chased. We are learning new routines and are practicing familiar school rules. Our class rules are:
1. Be quiet when someone is talking.
2. Listen.
3. Follow directions.
4. Be kind.
We are working hard to put these rules into action for a happy classroom and a positive learning environment.
Welcome to Mrs. Strafford’s First Grade Blog!
This is where you can find out what we are doing in our classroom. I would also like to use this blog to post our newsletter, add educational links, and photographs of our students working hard once we get in the swing of things! For now, check some of the pages listed on the right hand side. Most of the pages are written to provide parents with information about our first grade curriculum. The page titled “Educational Links to Explore” is designed for students to click on internet sites that are kid friendly.
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Mrs. Strafford