Hello all! I didn't want to post last week because most of our work was TOP SECRET!! I hope all of the mom's out there enjoyed the Mother's Day projects/activities that we did. Did any of the students sing the Mother's Day songs we have been working on?
We are doing all sorts of activities this week! Monday will be Bubble Day, Tuesday will be Circus Day (the kids will be allowed to dress crazy on Tuesday!), Wednesday will be Popcorn Day, Thursday will be Ice Cream Day, and Friday will be Beach Day. Most of our activities will be centered around the theme of the day.
We will also be continuing our space unit. We will be taking a look at Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. We will also be learning about rockets and astronauts.
Have a great week!
Monday, May 14, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Photos etc...
A busy week is upon us! We were scheduled to have and Earth Day program on Monday but due to the power outage, the program has been rescheduled for next week. Track and Field day is slated for Friday, weather permitting. The last month of school is officially here, and we are celebrating by Blasting Off to 2nd Grade and studying space. We began with an introduction to the planets today and we will learn about the sun tomorrow and Mercury on Thursday.
Our class photographers have been busy taking pictures, so I wanted to share some of them with you!
Our class photographers have been busy taking pictures, so I wanted to share some of them with you!
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| Here is the sign in our hallway I used to introduce our new unit. |
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| We love our study buddies. |
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| Two buds at snack break. |
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| Reading in the relaxation station. |
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| We made hats to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Suess. |
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| Teamwork! |
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| All smiles in 1st grade! |
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| Getting our groove on during a brain break. |
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| More brain break dancing. |
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Welcome Spring!
Sorry for the delay in posting. My family has been extremely busy for the last few weeks, and I have done everything in my power to stay current in our classroom. Unfortunately the blog was the first thing to lag behind a bit.
We are back in full swing with a five day week this week. Some of us are a little tired already! Hopefully we can all pull through for a few more days! :)
Our story this week is Owl and the Moon by Arnold Lobel. It is a fictional piece and we are using it as a springboard to talking about friendship. Our elementary school has starting a garden of kindness in the cafeteria. The students and staff will be writing kind things that others in the school have done for them on flowers, bugs, butterflies, etc. and posting them on a bulletin board that was created by Mrs. Hanson. If you are in the building you will have to stop by and take a look!
We are working on the long i sound this week as well as drawing conclusions when we read.
In math we are starting fractions and continuting to work on money.
We are getting VERY low on a few supplies in class, namely Kleenex and glue sticks. Please try to send a box of Kleenex and a package of glue sticks to school as soon as possible.
Have a great week!
We are back in full swing with a five day week this week. Some of us are a little tired already! Hopefully we can all pull through for a few more days! :)
Our story this week is Owl and the Moon by Arnold Lobel. It is a fictional piece and we are using it as a springboard to talking about friendship. Our elementary school has starting a garden of kindness in the cafeteria. The students and staff will be writing kind things that others in the school have done for them on flowers, bugs, butterflies, etc. and posting them on a bulletin board that was created by Mrs. Hanson. If you are in the building you will have to stop by and take a look!
We are working on the long i sound this week as well as drawing conclusions when we read.
In math we are starting fractions and continuting to work on money.
We are getting VERY low on a few supplies in class, namely Kleenex and glue sticks. Please try to send a box of Kleenex and a package of glue sticks to school as soon as possible.
Have a great week!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Welcome March!!
I appologize for not posting to the blog last week. The short week the week before really threw us off and we spent the majority of the week catching up. We took our unit test in reading. You will be seeing those coming home within the next few days. We also took a unit test in math. Mrs. Elgin came in and talked to us about dental heath and we did a lot of Dr. Suess reading in order to celebrate his birthday. You may have heard that we had green eggs and ham for our afternoon snack on Friday. We graphed whether or not the class enjoyed them and we all voted with a smiley face!!
This week we are continuing to work on spelling, and we will be taking a cloze story test and a sentence dictation test on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In phonics we are continuing our word chunk study and this week we are working on now (-ow), ten (-en), and trade (-ade).
We are working on some geometry this week. We sorted shapes and talked about attributes today. We will also be reading a book about triangles, identifying shapes, and constructing polygons.
Our story in reading this week will be The Seven Sillies. Our vocabulary words for the week will be four, many, so, over, and all. We will be talking about the long e sound spelled e and ee. We will also begin talking about adjectives and continue talking about inflectional endings (-ing).
We took a break from centers to focus on Dr. Suess, so we will be back in full swing with those this week as well.
Just a reminder that the end of the quarter is this week. I will be sending home report cards next week. We will have a 1/2 day of school on the 22nd and no school on the 23rd due to parent teacher conferences. If you didn't get a note from me telling you that I would like you to schedule a conference, you don't need to worry about signing up . If you would still like to talk to me though you can fill out the form that is on the school website and return it to school.
Have a great week!
This week we are continuing to work on spelling, and we will be taking a cloze story test and a sentence dictation test on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In phonics we are continuing our word chunk study and this week we are working on now (-ow), ten (-en), and trade (-ade).
We are working on some geometry this week. We sorted shapes and talked about attributes today. We will also be reading a book about triangles, identifying shapes, and constructing polygons.
Our story in reading this week will be The Seven Sillies. Our vocabulary words for the week will be four, many, so, over, and all. We will be talking about the long e sound spelled e and ee. We will also begin talking about adjectives and continue talking about inflectional endings (-ing).
We took a break from centers to focus on Dr. Suess, so we will be back in full swing with those this week as well.
Just a reminder that the end of the quarter is this week. I will be sending home report cards next week. We will have a 1/2 day of school on the 22nd and no school on the 23rd due to parent teacher conferences. If you didn't get a note from me telling you that I would like you to schedule a conference, you don't need to worry about signing up . If you would still like to talk to me though you can fill out the form that is on the school website and return it to school.
Have a great week!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Hola!
As you may have heard, we are learning a few Spanish phrases in first grade. We are also learning how to count (we have made it to 30) and everyday in calendar we say "Today is...", "Yesterday was...", and "Tomorrow will be..." in both English and Spanish. We also sing the days of the week using sign language!
Well, we survived thecrazy, loud, last classroom party of the year! The kids had a fun time. We had a mystery to solve and I believe we have some budding detectives in our bunch! The Sweetheart Snatcher stole our conversation hearts (why he would want them I'm really not sure - Yuck!) and we were sent on a wild goose chase all over the school trying to find them. Rest assured that these first graders were not about to give up, and they found our candy in the gym. As we were reading our clues we were predicting and inferring about where we thought the candy would be. After we found the candy we wrote a short story about our adventures. Those stories are hanging on the front doors of the school right now for the world to see! :)
This week we will be working on a poem about seeds. We will be working on the -eed, -ave, -elt, and -ike word chunks.
In math we will be reviewing "What's My Rule?" problems, counting coins, telling time using digital and analog notations, and learning about our MRB's (My Reference Book).
Our reading story for the week will be a nonfiction Time for Kids piece called Ring! Ring! Ring! We are going to be reviewing the ay/ai sounds, cause and effect, making inferences, and inflectional endings -s and -es.
Instead of centers this week we will be learning about penguins. We will be reading lots of books and making some projects.
Hasta la proxima! (Until the next time)
Mrs. Cahoon
Well, we survived the
This week we will be working on a poem about seeds. We will be working on the -eed, -ave, -elt, and -ike word chunks.
In math we will be reviewing "What's My Rule?" problems, counting coins, telling time using digital and analog notations, and learning about our MRB's (My Reference Book).
Our reading story for the week will be a nonfiction Time for Kids piece called Ring! Ring! Ring! We are going to be reviewing the ay/ai sounds, cause and effect, making inferences, and inflectional endings -s and -es.
Instead of centers this week we will be learning about penguins. We will be reading lots of books and making some projects.
Hasta la proxima! (Until the next time)
Mrs. Cahoon
Monday, February 6, 2012
Is it really February already????
It is so hard for me to believe that it is already February (especially since it feels like spring outside!). As I was looking ahead last week I couldn't believe that I was already writing you a note about valentine boxes!! Crazy how time flies!!
Next Tuesday will be our last "official" class party. Please help your student decorate their valentine box and bring it to school by the end of the week. Also, please make sure they fill out a valentine for everyone on our class list. Thank you for your help at home!! The following people have signed up to bring items for our party on the 14th:
Treats: Sarah DeHaven, Tammy Nedland, and Amy Baker
Drinks: April Martin
Napkins and Paper Plates: Emily Statdfield
Cups: Kris Lobdell
Thanks in advance for helping to make our last party a success!
I am compiling the information from the testing that was finished up last week and I hope to have the list of the benchmarks that still need to be passed to you by the end of the week.
It was just brought to my attention this morning that there will be a Board of Education - Curriculum/Technology Committee meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, February 7th) at 6:15 pm. The things listed on the agenda are:
1. Consider academic and vocational programming options
2. Role of technology and technology director
3. Consider impact of programming on student learning, staffing and finances
4. Prepare options for full board consideration
5. Set next meeting date
This appears to me to be a very important meeting with some information that could have a huge impact on our school district. If at all possible, please try to attend this meeting and make your voices heard!!
This week we will continue to work on our new spelling program. We will be saying goodbye to our sight work activities and start to focus on word chunks. The chunks that we will be talking about this week are -in, -ew, and -ay. Onsets (the letters up to the first vowel in a word or syllable) and rimes(from the first vowel to the end of the word or syllable) are words we will be using for the rest of the year.
We are starting a new unit in math. We will be talking about fact families and addition and subtraction facts for most of the week. Our gumball math tests will be on Tuesday and Thursday.
Our story this week is called The Knee-High Man. It is a play. I am sure that the kids will be excited to have their own parts to read! Our vocabulary words for the week are: carry, done, been, far, clean. We will also be working on making inferences and inflectional endings (-er and -est).
We will be learning about penguins this week. Be prepared to learn some intersting penguin facts. We will also be watching March of the Penquins on Friday to round out our week of penguin fun. :)
Next week we will be doing several fun activities, one of which will be Contraction Surgery. In order to be fully prepared as surgeons we will need some supplies. I am looking for someone to donate some surgical masks and gloves. If you know of anyone in the medical field and can get 22 masks and sets of gloves we would really appreciate it. Otherwise I know that they sell both at Walmart. Thanks in advance!!
Finally, please feel free to leave comments. I would love to hear from you!!
Have a great week!
Next Tuesday will be our last "official" class party. Please help your student decorate their valentine box and bring it to school by the end of the week. Also, please make sure they fill out a valentine for everyone on our class list. Thank you for your help at home!! The following people have signed up to bring items for our party on the 14th:
Treats: Sarah DeHaven, Tammy Nedland, and Amy Baker
Drinks: April Martin
Napkins and Paper Plates: Emily Statdfield
Cups: Kris Lobdell
Thanks in advance for helping to make our last party a success!
I am compiling the information from the testing that was finished up last week and I hope to have the list of the benchmarks that still need to be passed to you by the end of the week.
It was just brought to my attention this morning that there will be a Board of Education - Curriculum/Technology Committee meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, February 7th) at 6:15 pm. The things listed on the agenda are:
1. Consider academic and vocational programming options
2. Role of technology and technology director
3. Consider impact of programming on student learning, staffing and finances
4. Prepare options for full board consideration
5. Set next meeting date
This appears to me to be a very important meeting with some information that could have a huge impact on our school district. If at all possible, please try to attend this meeting and make your voices heard!!
This week we will continue to work on our new spelling program. We will be saying goodbye to our sight work activities and start to focus on word chunks. The chunks that we will be talking about this week are -in, -ew, and -ay. Onsets (the letters up to the first vowel in a word or syllable) and rimes(from the first vowel to the end of the word or syllable) are words we will be using for the rest of the year.
We are starting a new unit in math. We will be talking about fact families and addition and subtraction facts for most of the week. Our gumball math tests will be on Tuesday and Thursday.
Our story this week is called The Knee-High Man. It is a play. I am sure that the kids will be excited to have their own parts to read! Our vocabulary words for the week are: carry, done, been, far, clean. We will also be working on making inferences and inflectional endings (-er and -est).
We will be learning about penguins this week. Be prepared to learn some intersting penguin facts. We will also be watching March of the Penquins on Friday to round out our week of penguin fun. :)
Next week we will be doing several fun activities, one of which will be Contraction Surgery. In order to be fully prepared as surgeons we will need some supplies. I am looking for someone to donate some surgical masks and gloves. If you know of anyone in the medical field and can get 22 masks and sets of gloves we would really appreciate it. Otherwise I know that they sell both at Walmart. Thanks in advance!!
Finally, please feel free to leave comments. I would love to hear from you!!
Have a great week!
Monday, January 30, 2012
It's 100 days of school.....
Sing the title to It's a Small World and it will stick with you I promise! :) It is so hard to believe that we are already at the 100th day of school. The kids are really enjoying our 100 day activities. Wait until you see our portraits at 100 years old!!
We are starting our last week of our sight word activities. We will be working on word chunks starting next week. Please continue to practice reading and spelling those word cards at home as you will be seeing those words on our upcoming spelling tests.
We are starting Gumball Math this week. Gumball math will be done on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The students will be given 3 minutes to complete 50 problems. Once they pass test 1 at 100% they will move on to test 2. Test 1 and test 2 are addition to 5. Test 3 and test 4 are subtraction from 5. Test 5 and test 6 are addition to 10. Test 7 and test 8 are subtraction from 10. Test 9 is addition to 18 and test 10 is subtraction from 18. Each time they pass a test they will be given a gumball to stick on their gumball machine in the hallway and a gumball to eat. Please work on those math facts at home!
Our story this week is called Yasmin's Ducks. We will be working on the long o sound, the -ed inflectional ending, and we will be reviewing cause and effect.
We will be finishing up our math unit this week and will be taking our math test on Friday.
Groundhog's Day on Thursday will bring some prediction and weather activities.
Just a reminder...Adventure club on Thursday.
Have a great week!
We are starting our last week of our sight word activities. We will be working on word chunks starting next week. Please continue to practice reading and spelling those word cards at home as you will be seeing those words on our upcoming spelling tests.
We are starting Gumball Math this week. Gumball math will be done on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The students will be given 3 minutes to complete 50 problems. Once they pass test 1 at 100% they will move on to test 2. Test 1 and test 2 are addition to 5. Test 3 and test 4 are subtraction from 5. Test 5 and test 6 are addition to 10. Test 7 and test 8 are subtraction from 10. Test 9 is addition to 18 and test 10 is subtraction from 18. Each time they pass a test they will be given a gumball to stick on their gumball machine in the hallway and a gumball to eat. Please work on those math facts at home!
Our story this week is called Yasmin's Ducks. We will be working on the long o sound, the -ed inflectional ending, and we will be reviewing cause and effect.
We will be finishing up our math unit this week and will be taking our math test on Friday.
Groundhog's Day on Thursday will bring some prediction and weather activities.
Just a reminder...Adventure club on Thursday.
Have a great week!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
It's the final countdown....
Good Tuesday morning! The phone call yesterday morning came as a very welcome surprise at my house. I was contemplating whether or not to get a sub as I was fighting off a "gift" from my youngest who had "the yuck" the week before. I am still coughing (not as much and a good ab workout) and blowing my nose (somewhat normal for my allergy self) but I am feeling human again, unlike a few days ago.
On to this week... We have been counting down to the 100th day of school, and we are VERY close. Friday was to be the day, but then yesterday happened. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the 100th day of school is now scheduled for Monday. We have a lot of fun things planned for that day, but those will have to wait until next week.
This week we are taking a unit test in reading and starting a new story called The Shopping List. We will be working on the long i sound, cause and effect, and adding inflectional endings (-s and -es) to words.
In math we will be working on number stories, turn around facts (5+4 and 4+5), and +0 and +1 fact patterns.
We are still plugging away with our introductory spelling pages, and we will introduce the week 9 sight words today.
We will continue with our centers this week. They will focus on math games and contractions.
Have a good week and stay healthy!!
On to this week... We have been counting down to the 100th day of school, and we are VERY close. Friday was to be the day, but then yesterday happened. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the 100th day of school is now scheduled for Monday. We have a lot of fun things planned for that day, but those will have to wait until next week.
This week we are taking a unit test in reading and starting a new story called The Shopping List. We will be working on the long i sound, cause and effect, and adding inflectional endings (-s and -es) to words.
In math we will be working on number stories, turn around facts (5+4 and 4+5), and +0 and +1 fact patterns.
We are still plugging away with our introductory spelling pages, and we will introduce the week 9 sight words today.
We will continue with our centers this week. They will focus on math games and contractions.
Have a good week and stay healthy!!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Good morning!
Happy Tuesday! Here is the rundown of our week:
We will start working out of our spelling book this week. We will spend the first week doing pages that get us thinking and used to using the workbook. We will dive in to the "meat" of the subject after that. You will not see these workbooks come home. You will see some parent letters come home at the end of the unit. More on that later...
We are starting sight word week 8. The lightning word sheets and the word cards will be coming home today.
In math we will be exploring area and weight. We will continue our work on greater than and less than, and I will introduce number stories that involve finding differences.
Our reading story this week is called "Let's Camp Out." It's the perfect weather for a camping story don't you think???? We will be reviewing contractions, working on vocabulary and comprehension, and talking about possessives.
We are continuing with centers this week. These are fast becoming a class favorite. Some of our centers will continue our work on contractions and will reinforce what we are doing in math. I will be working with the reading groups this week (now that we have an idea of how centers are supposed to run) and we will be working hard on increasing our fluency and comprehension skills.
Next week.....Gumball Math!!
Have a terrific week!
We will start working out of our spelling book this week. We will spend the first week doing pages that get us thinking and used to using the workbook. We will dive in to the "meat" of the subject after that. You will not see these workbooks come home. You will see some parent letters come home at the end of the unit. More on that later...
We are starting sight word week 8. The lightning word sheets and the word cards will be coming home today.
In math we will be exploring area and weight. We will continue our work on greater than and less than, and I will introduce number stories that involve finding differences.
Our reading story this week is called "Let's Camp Out." It's the perfect weather for a camping story don't you think???? We will be reviewing contractions, working on vocabulary and comprehension, and talking about possessives.
We are continuing with centers this week. These are fast becoming a class favorite. Some of our centers will continue our work on contractions and will reinforce what we are doing in math. I will be working with the reading groups this week (now that we have an idea of how centers are supposed to run) and we will be working hard on increasing our fluency and comprehension skills.
Next week.....Gumball Math!!
Have a terrific week!
Monday, January 16, 2012
Ugh!!
Hello Parents!
I know that I promised to have the blog updated by Monday evening but I have run into a "little" issue at my house. My little one has strep throat and double ear infection. She is beyond miserable, and I haven't had a chance to get to school to use my plans to update you on our upcoming week (mental note to self - bring plans home on Friday... live and learn). Thanks to Grandma I will be in school tomorrow knowing that she is in the best of hands! I will update you on what is going on in our classroom while at school tomorrow (barring any unforeseen issues!!).
Thank you for your patience and understanding!!
I know that I promised to have the blog updated by Monday evening but I have run into a "little" issue at my house. My little one has strep throat and double ear infection. She is beyond miserable, and I haven't had a chance to get to school to use my plans to update you on our upcoming week (mental note to self - bring plans home on Friday... live and learn). Thanks to Grandma I will be in school tomorrow knowing that she is in the best of hands! I will update you on what is going on in our classroom while at school tomorrow (barring any unforeseen issues!!).
Thank you for your patience and understanding!!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Center Activities
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| Practicing math at the computer center. |
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| Working on sight words using our newest piece of technology! Picking the "pen" and what color to write in sometimes takes the longest. :) |
Welcome!
Our blog is officially up and running! Thank you for taking time to "check it out" and see what will be happening in our classroom this week.
The new technology that I spoke of in the last blog is up and running. We are using the interactive whiteboard as part of our center rotation. The students are LOVING it!! More on centers in a bit...
We are on sight word week 7 this week. Please continue to practice reading and spelling those words as we will be taking a spelling test on Friday.
We will be finishing up handwriting this week. Spelling will be taking it's place starting next week.
In math, we will be starting a new chapter today. We will be working on making exchanges (borrowing), place value, and greater than/less than this week.
Our reading story this week is a nonfiction piece called Snakes. We will be reading lots of stories about snakes, talking about our vocabulary words (where, why, know, under), learning about long a sounds, and reviewing contractions.
We will be finishing up the book Pippi Longstocking this week and we will celebrate by watching the movie on Friday. We will be having a discussion about how the book and the movie are the same and how they are different.
Our class has started working on centers this week. I will be working with small groups during center time. This will allow me to give those kids that need it a little extra help, and challenge those kids who need to be challenged. The students are pretty excited about it, especially since they get to use the interactive whiteboard, computers, and iPads!
Please remember that there is no school next Monday due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will be reading about Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday of this week.
Have a great week!!
The new technology that I spoke of in the last blog is up and running. We are using the interactive whiteboard as part of our center rotation. The students are LOVING it!! More on centers in a bit...
We are on sight word week 7 this week. Please continue to practice reading and spelling those words as we will be taking a spelling test on Friday.
We will be finishing up handwriting this week. Spelling will be taking it's place starting next week.
In math, we will be starting a new chapter today. We will be working on making exchanges (borrowing), place value, and greater than/less than this week.
Our reading story this week is a nonfiction piece called Snakes. We will be reading lots of stories about snakes, talking about our vocabulary words (where, why, know, under), learning about long a sounds, and reviewing contractions.
We will be finishing up the book Pippi Longstocking this week and we will celebrate by watching the movie on Friday. We will be having a discussion about how the book and the movie are the same and how they are different.
Our class has started working on centers this week. I will be working with small groups during center time. This will allow me to give those kids that need it a little extra help, and challenge those kids who need to be challenged. The students are pretty excited about it, especially since they get to use the interactive whiteboard, computers, and iPads!
Please remember that there is no school next Monday due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will be reading about Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday of this week.
Have a great week!!
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