Read Across America Kick Off

Today we had our kick off assembly of Read Across America.  This year's theme is Mother Goose Rhymes. Matter of fact, we were visited by the lady herself in an assembly.  Check out the pictures below:

 Our Stage was set to kick off this fantastic week.

Mother Goose and Gurtie the Goose

our very own Old King Cole

She told the students to look for her in the sky when you see the geese flying over head.  Since geese have short legs hers will be the ones that look like this.

Each day next week the students will be involved in some sort of reading activity:

Monday: they will have to unscramble the nursery rhyme left in the class by Mother Goose

Tuesday: A  guest reader will come to read to us

Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday.  I will let the kids tell you about that when it happens

Thursday: PJ and stuffed animal day.  Come to school with your favorite stuffed animal (must fit into a book bag) and wear your pjs as a whole school will read around the mulberry bush in the school cafeteria.  

Friday: the FINALE.  It is our hope that the Principal that lives in the shoe will come bring along some of her nursery rhyme friends.

Please have your child read 1 book per day and write the title of the book on the paper book.  Cut out the book and send it to school.  We are going to hang up each book read by the students and see if we can circle the school with books.  I have more book papers if needed.

100 days of 1st grade

Today was full of lots of excitement.  We first started with arts and crafts.

 Then we rotated into several 100 themed stations.  What can you make with 100 red solo cups?

How  about 100 gumballs in a gumball machine

100 scoops for anyone?

100 pattern block designs

100 hunt and seek kisses

How many words can you make out of the words one hundred?

 100 cups fall down

    100 day snack

Groundhog shadows

On Tuesday the groundhog not not see his shadow but we did in Dr. Mueller's class.  This STEM challenge was... Can you make a shadow for the groundhog.  The students worked with a partner to design their groundhog. Check out how we did.

Later in the week we got with our reading partners and used our talking speech bubble sticks to read our just right books.  Using the speech bubble talking sticks allows the reader slow down their reading to fully focus on what else is on the page not just the words on the page.  It also aids in comprehension of the story.

In science we had a mini research on the largest Arctic animal... the Polar Bear.  The students learned many facts about them, did a directed draw activity for our hallway bulletin board and also a polar bear writing fact sheet that we brought home. Check out our Polar Bear chalk drawings. I have said it before and I will say it again; we have some very talented artist in Room 10.

We also put our learning of opinions writing into a formal letter.  We learned how to write an effective beginning sentence followed by 3 reasons, and then a concluding sentence that made me so impressed we proudly displayed them outside our classroom for all to read.  

Just a reminder, starting Tuesday your child can bring in their Valentine's Day cards.

Also the 100th day is coming.  Check out the last post to find directions for this special day in Dr. Mueller's class.

Earn 2 golden tickets..... come in Monday morning and whisper to me the final score of the Super Bowl.