Butterfly Lifecycle in Noodles

Hannah and Melanie's thoughts:

We did a Lifecycle in noodles. It was called a painted lady butterfly. The Lifecycle goes like this first is a egg. Next is a larvae. Third is a chrysalis with a .fourth is a BUTTERFLY!!! Then it goes over and over again.and that's the Lifecycle of a painted lady butterfly!

Kaitlyn and Macy thought:
A painted lady goes throw complete metamorphosis. All butterflies need to go in an a complete
cycle. Larvae gets fat and turns in to a pupae. A pupae is a chrysalis. It's kind of hard to explan a butterfly life cycle.

Łiterature Based Projects

Eeshal and Quintin
We made a lot of puppets. Our project was about recycling.It was a lot. I got tired but it was still fun.I made a sign that said go green.We also made a box it was fun and it was all fun and we
were learning too.

I made a tree do not cut it down. It is getting harder all the time but it is still fun.I love recycling.It is fun.

Pop Up Cards ... Cool!

What did Jake think?
I thought that it was awesome to make pop up cards for Ms.Sorbel for teacher appreciation week
And my pop up card had a heart for the pop up and it also it said you are amazing on the bottom.

Mackenzie's take on it?
On The pop up I Had written amazing . I put little yellow strips on the front of the pop up card to make it prity so we will like it. I had never ever made a pop up before! I thot it was new and very ,very cool to be new to do to me.The hull class made one they made one to.some ether people are going to blog as well and they are going to tell you about thers to !

Landforms the Creative Clay Way

Today we made Landforms and Bodies of Water out of Modeling Clay. WOW! Talk about loads of fun!!! I think the concepts will "stick" with them ... HEE!

Here's what McKenna thought about the project.

We learned different types of Iand forms. We had fun!!!!! We learned that volcanos were mounts!!!! We learned rivers led to the oceans. Islands are on the ocean! It was so much fun!!!!!

We're Poets and We Know It!

Here's what Quintin thought:


I thought it was a lot to do. I thought it was werd that we traced it all. And it was kind of fun at least the less ones. But some were better then others. My favert poem is the Texas poem.

Texas Symbols Research Box ...

I made a Texas box.I made Texas stuff out of

Workin' Hard at the ABC/Word Study Station!

Brianna: Hello everybody! Oh ya know we did it together! Oh and I thought of it! And we solved our big problem... It's not that much of a problem back to you Adam... Well sorry! Ok finally back to me now! Adam! did do au I did aw...BUT we swiched cause I wanted to do more work and I was excited to do graded work! REALLY!


Adam: we did our awesome Magnet spelling Words!
Brianna it was NOT a problem! We flipped m and other letters to make new letters! Bri it is NOT funny! The end!

Read The Most From Coast to Coast ...

Akunna:
I made a Read The Most From Coast to Coast poster with Eeshal.Do you know what that is ?
Well its when the whole United States try's to take the most AR tests!And we try to beat last years record do you want to know what the record is ok it's 3,581 ,992.Thats a lot isn't that ! It was fun making it.

Diving Into the Table of Contents ...

What did Alex think?


How about Kaitlyn?
Today I got to make a tabel of contents on a book. The book did not have a tabel of
conten's . My teacher askt me to make one. So I did. Some of my friends did one to.
It was cool and Osum. The book was calld African Elephants. We all did the same book I like to
do that. It was cool.

Mackenzie's take on the whole thing?
Today i made a table of contents it was fun and amazing .When you do a table of contents you have to think of some chapters for the book .some books are hard and easy and in the MIDDLE!
Normally In a nonfiction books have a table of contents and it tells what the number of the chapter. Do you like to read becose I do!




Hannah thought ...?

My Name In Fractions

Eeshal:

I had fun doing fractions .Fractions are fun.I know fraction likes 1 out of 2.I made my name coloful. I have 6 letters in my name.

Father of Our Country ... Red Hot Cherry Trees ...

Today we learned about George Washington and his contributions to our country. What better way to tie in a craft? Make the cherry tree that he chopped down with Red Hots and construction paper, add a silhouette of Washington himself with lined paper on it, and have students recall the facts they learned! Too fun!

Zoe's take on Washington ....

I made Washington father's cherry tree. the cherries were red hots the other thing are made out of paper.His nick name is father of our country . His head is on a quarter and a 1 dollar bill.he married a women named Martha. She is very wealthy.

Play-Doh Fractions

I Learned fractions and we did a play-doh thing and I did a fraction with play-doh and the fraction I did 1out of 8 and the reason It was a triangle was because it was suppose to be a pizza pie. that is why it is a triangle. It is so so so so so so so much FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to try agin because it was not the same size. There is a pitcher it looks fun doesnt it. Because it is by the way my name is Hannah. I really really liked this fraction thing.

Brush, Brush, Brush Your Teeth!

Thanks to Pinterest, of course, I found this cute hands on activity to show the power of brushing your teeth. I soaked hard boiled eggs all night long in coke and explained that this is a lot like their teeth. We brainstormed how we could get all that gunk off our teeth and the importance of it. Students then tried to brush the coke off the "teeth".

I think it was a success as I saw many disgusted faces and I heard lots of, "I am SO brushing my teeth tonight!"

Mackenzie's view of the experiment:

I learned that if you don't brush your teeth you can get a cavudy and you have to go to the dentis and have it fill it in. And I thought it was fun and excsiting. I thought it was awesome and the Best thing ever.I thought it was fun. I thought it was best thing!

Woo Hoo, 100 Days Smarter! Happy 100th Day of School!

It was a fun day in first grade today! Students rotated to different rooms for a different 100 day themed activity. They LOVED going to the different rooms and experiencing a different teacher! It was fun having the different students throughout the day but I was SO happy to get MY kiddos back! Best group around I tell ya!

Brandon's 100 Day re-cap:

Today is the 100th day of school! We went to Ms powers first. We made a old persn when we were 100. And we rote what are life wood be like.

Kids and Cops ... Officer Barnes!

Today Officer Barnes came to our class to share some safety tips about helmets.

Addison Shares With Us:
Today Officer Barnes came to are class and talked about some of these things...
Where your helmet when you are ridding your bike,shooter and other things. He also talked about ridding close to the grass in case a car comes then you can go up on it so you can be safe!

Our Awesome Achievers!

Today some of our awesome achievers came into the classroom showing off their certificates for completing Addition and Subtraction in under 2 minutes and 30 seconds!

Jake:
It was cool I got 1 on addition and 1 on subtraction and I got a chocolate and caramel smelly sticker I finished one in 2 minutes and 15 seconds and the other was 2 minutes and 5 seconds
I love math!

Spelling Sidewalk Graffiti

Matthew was LOVING practicing his spelling words outside on the sidewalk today with chalk! Just doing something so small like this is so powerful. The kids are so motivated and can't wait to hear the next word! We wrote on our desks in EXPO markers last month for practice. Hmmm...? What could be next?


In Matthew's Words:
Hi world this is Matthew. I was using chock outside today.
We're writing word's out there. It was so much fun we have learned a lot of thing at
School. we learned the word firm and bird.

Sincerely Matthew

It's Raining in First Grade!

Today the students got to make it rain! They were so amazed to learn a great deal about rain while also having fun! I found this awesome idea on Pinterest, of course! That's where I get most of my cool lessons. And look how easy it was to create. Fill a plastic cup with some water, then add some shaving cream "clouds" on top. We explained to the students that when clouds get full of water (during condensation) that they must let it rain to release the water (as precipitation). We added blue food coloring to the "clouds" and let it drop through the "clouds" to symbolize rainfall.

Akunna the Weather Girl Reports:
I saw some COOl things today! I never knew that when to much water got to heavy into clouds that it turns into precipitation. That's so cool! You won't believe what I got to make ... I got to make it rain in a cup! But it went down very SLOW!

Story Time is Sharing Time! A "Family" Event

We were fortunate to have Adam's mother and ADORABLE little sister, Emily, visit us yesterday. They came to read one of their families' favorite books, "If... " by Sarah Perry. The book helped spark great imaginations in the students and they were excited to have a visitor read aloud to them. We are SO lucky to have such involved students and parents! Maybe YOU can be our next guest reader?

Adam's retake:
If... Is funny. my mom read it. it is Cool. I felt good inside. The end

Making a Book For The Class

Kaitlyn's excitement about this book was too much to not let her blog about it:

Today I made a book. It is about my cat. I'm almost done. It was cool doing it.
My frinds helped me with my book.
I'm going to finsh at my hous.
My mom will help me.

Kindness In The Classroom

In our classroom, we like to promote the students to show kindness to one another at all times. To promote great behavior and teaching math, we give each student ten-frames to collect their stickers. A sticker is given to students that are outstanding in the classroom by showing kindness and sharing with their peers. Stickers are also given for outstanding and over the top classwork. Our students strive to always do more than they have to do. Way to go First Graders!

Curtis' take on the event:

I am kind to others. I helped Alex get a new ten frame. I had 2+6 on my ten frame. I was like Martin Luther King Jr. When hebcouldn't find his tenframe, I had two tenframes. So I gave him 1 of my ten frames, and 8 of my stikers. And that's the way to be Kindness In The...CLASSROOM! GO KINDNESS IN THE CLASSROOM! YAY! Curtis will be there when...YOU NEED HELP! HOORAY!

Alex's take on the event:
HAPPY!:) Wen Curtis gav me the a new Tenframe! I felt HAPPY to!

Money, Money, Money!!!!

Comparing the coins was fun today! We made flip books to describe the features of each coin! Check out the awesome flip book that Cadence did! She always rocks assignments I give her!!!!

Here's Cadence's thoughts:
You now what I did a good job on this. Did you see those coins? I now all the coins. And in the in side I have the collars/ cent/ and the president . The coins we are learning about are penny's Nickel' Dime's and Quarter's and that was a fun job.

Fillin' the Piggy Bank in First Grade

Students were each given a domino. The 2 numbers on the domino would be the amount in their
Piggy Bank. The BIG dominos had to be broken out for these super thinkers! Jake got a 9/7 domino. That meant he could use it as 97 cents or flip it and use it to make 79 cents. He NEVER lets me down ... of course he chose the more challenging 97 cents! Awesome work as always, Jake!

Jake's Say on Money:
Counting money is just like adding. I like to count money. A quarter is worth 25 cents. A dime is worth 10 cents. A nickel is worth 5 cents. And a penny is worth 1 cent. I love money!

Target Math Thoughts From Our Perspectives

Macy's thoughts about Target Math:

I love math like it makes me smart my whole class and me does two target math in one day!when I do it by my self I felt like a 2nd grader!the more I do it the more I get smarter.

Adam's "Aha" Moment!

Adam came to me so excited about his "Short Cut" he found while filling out his hundreds chart! I never get tired of their excitement for learning!!!!

Here's how Adam sees it:
Hi it is me. I figoured it out I went Down. go down at the end of 1 and Put 1. go down at the end of 2 and put 2.

TRANSLATED... Adam came running up saying, "Wow, I figured it out! I see a 5 here and then all I have to do is put a five all the way down! Then I can do the same with the 4's, the 3's...!!!!

Acrostic Poems ... First Names!

It was so cute watching Gracie think of things for her Acrostic Poem! What a little sweetheart!

Grace's Response:
I like it because I wrote this good gril reads a lot awsome can't stop huging Ms.Sorbel excellent at math.

Rockin' Poetry in First Grade ... Haiku Style

These kids absolutely amaze me! Can you believe we are writing Haiku poems in first grade? Melanie was a natural at "playing with the words" to get it to just the right number of syllables.

Melanie's take on her first experience:
I got to show my AWSOME! haiku poetry to the Vice principal.
She said that 3rd graders might not even now what a haiku poem is.
I finished it in about 3 minute it's challenging

Social Studies (Martin Luther King, Jr.) All Star

Check out Marshall's heartfelt reflection below in our "I Have A Dream"... mobile! His dream for himself, he wishes that "he could be the difference."

Marshall's Reflection:
He was nice man he wanted people to be nice he is trying to tell them to be friends he was smart he wanted teamwork

Math Journal All Star

Brianna is a shining star! Look at this great explanation of how she attacked this problem! Amazing writing for a first grader!!! Way to go!

Brianna's Explanation:
Here are the step's to do great as me! Ok...1. You circle the number 2.you underline that question so you can see the question mark 3.you HAVE to PROVE IT cause in GT you have to tell how you did it.like you tell how do you know that! That's the 3 simple steps to move like ME!