Reminders

Just a few reminders for after the vacation week:
An item for our book basket for the wine tasting/Memorial fundraiser is due on Monday the 28th and the Penguin Project is due Tuesday March 1st.
I can't wait to see all of the hard work the students did come together!!
I hope you all enjoy the week :)

New School Visit

Yesterday afternoon, some of us got the opportunity to visit the new school! It was very exciting :)
Here are some pictures from our visit.

Ms. Grigway & Ms. Huebner

First Grade Classroom

Other side of First Grade Classroom

The Lovely Mrs. Burnham

Mrs. Warrino from the LABBB k-2 Classroom

Hip-Hip Hooray! It's our 100th school day!

Today was our 100th day of school which means my students are 100 days smarter :)
Their bottle projects came out great. We had a lot of fun guessing and sharing what was inside of them today during math. Throughout the week, the students will also be working on a list of 100 words they can write.

Happy 100th day of school!

CHICKS

So, I know I am a little late with this post and I do apologize.
The last few weeks--in between our snow days--we were learning about birds, specifically chicks, and their life cycle. We had the great experience of getting some eggs and being able to incubate them and have chicks hatch. It was a lot of fun and an experience the students always remember about 1st grade.

Here is the presentation Ms. P did for us:


And the chicks: Were lucky enough to hatch 4 out of 7~3 girls and 1 boy. The students named them Sara, Fluffy, Bella, and Mario :)

Gingerbread Houses

We had a great time today decorating our gingerbread houses in our pajamas and then watching Toy Story 2 on blankets.
I hope you enjoy the photos.
Have a great break and happy new year!!

Gingerbread House Building, Decorating, and Pajama Day!

Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will begin the construction of our gingerbread houses. They will then be decorated on Wednesday. We decided to add to the fun by making Wednesday a pajama day :) Please make sure your child wears sneakers/boots to school and they can change into slippers if they want to. We do have gym on Wednesday so please keep that in mind when choosing your child's jammies....they will need their sneakers for gym.
There is a full day on Thursday and the gingerbread houses will be coming home then so they have time to dry and harden a bit.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call or email me. I hope you have a great holiday and a happy start to the new year!

Book Talk

I just visited this website: ReadKiddoRead
It's a great website from the great author, James Patterson. It's for kids, parents, and educators. Be sure to check it out.

Also, here is a link to vote for some of you favorite 2010 kids' books: TheKiddoAwards

Enjoy and happy reading :)