Getting to know each other...

We went to the computer lab for specials. (Sarah)
It was our first day for star student. (Hampton)
We went to the front playground for the first time this year! (Helen)
We learned the Elmo the Elephant song and highlighted all the "e's" that made the short e sound. (Jacob)
We got to use offices for our math test today. (Virginia)
We got our writing journals and got to write our first entry. (Jayden)
This was our first day for our first test. (Ella and Preston)
During morning meeting we counted by ones, two's, fives, and tens. (Ella and Marie)
We had read-aloud and snack at the same time; Mrs. Ziegler read a book called "All About You". (Ford and Ella)
Mrs. Ziegler still has to change the sign on our schedule that says we will have snack with math. (Will)
Mrs. Ziegler was the star student! (Preston)
We read Goldilocks and the three bears so that we could learn about choosing books that are not too hard, not too easy, but JUST RIGHT! (Connor)
We counted to 100! (Jayden)

Question for Students: (parents please help your child respond by leaving a comment)

What is one thing you learned about Mrs. Ziegler when you interviewed her for Star Student today?

Our First Blog of the Year!

Grace lost her first tooth today during lunch! (Mrs. Ziegler)
We worked on our math scavenger hunt some more today. (Marie)
We went to the library and read magazines. (Preston)
At specials I checked out a non-fiction book. (Ella)
We wanted to do star student for the first time today but did not have the time! (Ford)
I raised my hand for questions. (Jayden)
We learned the Annie Apple song because it will help us remember the sound of the short a. (Jacob)
It was our first day to check out books! (Hampton)
We got to share our writing with each other. (Connor)
We got our SSR bags and folders today. (Virginia)
We followed a new schedule today. (Will)
I got a chapter book from the library. (Caroline)
We were the first class to check out books and we got to take home TWO! (Patrick and Ella)
We practiced the morning song some more. (Virginia)
We read "A my name is Alice" for read-aloud today. (John)
We picked out seven books for our SSR bags and got to read them. (Luke)
Mrs. Ziegler taught us how to keep the classroom library organized. (Annie)

Question for Parents:
Today we all wrote a little sentence that went like this "R" my is "Rachel" and I like "Reading." We would love for you to do the same thing. Please respond with a comment by writing "______ my is _________ and I like _______." Thank you!

Welcome to a NEW YEAR!

I am very excited to begin a new year with a brand new class of excited and anxious first graders! This is the best place to come to keep updated on all the happenings in the classroom. We will end most of our days by working together to summarize all that we have learned and experienced on this blog. So check back often and remember, WE LOVE PARENT INVOLVEMENT, so comments are always VERY welcome!

What a Wonderful Year!

The Countdown Begins...

Today we had book buddies for the last time! (David)
Just three more days until summer! (Zach)
Today for phonics and word block we played "guess my word" with our word wall words. (Izzy)..
...the word was "live" (Anne)
In art we watched a movie about Under the Sea. (Caroline)
We got our last flat Stanley back (it belongs to George) and we read all the stuff that came with him. (Jordan)
We went to learning stations this afternoon. (Jane)
Tomorrow we are going to work on writing a friendly letter to a fairytale character. (Rosalie)
In the morning meeting Wodajo and Anne told us that they lost a tooth over the weekend. (Caroline)
George passed out Idaho Potato Pins that came back with his Flat Stanley. (Paisley)
We finally got to blog! (Jamey)
We read the Three Little Pigs and we had to highlight the word wall words and color the pictures. (George)
Zach got to share his tooth tale. (Jordan)
We ate snack while we finished the Three Little Pigs activity. (Keaira)
I made a domino effect that was so cool that Mrs. Ziegler wanted me to tell her before I knocked it down so she could watch! (Xander)

We're still here!

We have been so busy sharing Flat Stanley adventures over the past couple of weeks that we haven't had time to blog. However, we shared our last Flat Stanely yesterday and are anxious to update you on what has been going on in the classroom:

We were practicing our readers theaters and gave our performance yesterday! (Adam)
In P.E. today we did our African dance. (Jordan)
We only have 8 more days of school! (Zach)
We are talking about fairytales and this week we talked the most about Cinderella. (Anne)
Instead of going to music we went to P.E. because we had to practice for our P.E. performance. (David)
Next week we will focus on the Three Little Pigs. (Izzy)
Mrs. Ziegler almost tripped over the bag of fairytales and then she broke the bag! (Xander)
Genesis was our star student this week. (Genesis)
We took our spelling test today and it had all sorts of word families in it. (Jane)
We had to take our spelling test in the hallway because all of our word family charts are still hanging on the wall. (Adam)
Rosalie will be our star student next week. (Murphy)
We took our writing test on Wedensday. (Caroline)
Some people did not have to do minute math this week because they alread know all their facts. (David)
We finished our quarter math test by doing just a little each day. (Zach)
We are reviewing old spelling and word wall words. (George)

Question for Students (please respond with a comment):

What is your favorite fairytale?

Rainforest Fun!

Today we had P.E. and we played a game of tennis. (Jordan)

Yesterday our mystery guest was Paisley's mom and she brought s'mores! (Murphy)

Today we got our progress reports sent home. (Paisley)

In P.E. we played a game called "Dead Ant." (George)

Today in writing we started the rough draft of our animals research reports. (Izzy)

This morning we shared Murphy's Flat Stanley. (Caroline)

Yesterday we shared Jordan's Flat Stanley. (David)

This morning we got to watch a video about a lady who studies creatures that live in the Rainforest. (Jane)

The animals we are researching include: the tapir, tarantula's, boa constrictors, three toed sloths, the toucan, spider monkeys, the poisonous dart frog, the green basilisk lizard, the agouti, and the howler monkey.



Question for Parents:



What is your favorite plant?