100th Day Fun!

 

Next Friday is the 100th day in 1st grade! To celebrate we will have a 100's museum with Miss William's class on Thursday. Students are being asked to bring in a collection of 100 items to display. On Friday, our celebration will include dressing up like we are 100 years old, creating self portraits of us at 100 and enjoying a 100th Day treat! I am excited for another fun week in room 4!

 

 

Next week, we will spend our mornings studying the book, The Crayon Box that talked. We will be completing several comprehension activities involving this book, as well as life skill topics such as cooperation, tolerance and equality.

Meet Miss Adamson

Introducing, Miss Adamson! You have probably heard your child talking about our new student teacher, Felicia Adamson. Miss Adamson will be with us through the month of March, she will then head down the hall to complete the reading portion of her license with Ms. Whitmen. Miss Adamson is a Bloomington girl, born & raised. She enjoys cooking and shopping! She hopes to someday have a class of her own, possibly in Oregon. I am so excited to have her join us in room 4!

PJ Day Fun!

 

Just a few snapshots from our PJ Day Winter Celebration! Thank you so much for your contributions! We had a great time!

Happy New Year, Penguins, Report Cards & More

First off, Happy New Year! 2013 is looking to be a great year in Room 4! I will start by answering the question on every first graders mind this morning:

Yes, we are going to have a party! Woo hoo!

 After some careful consideration I think I have figured out a great solution to our snow-day party cancellation problem.
This week we are studying penguins. We will integrate literacy, math, geography, and science for some penguin fun. I was thinking it would be a fun treat to end the week with our party, but now with a penguin twist. Instead of watching, The Polar Express, we will watch a fun penguin movie, possibly Happy Feet or any other penguin movie the kids can vote on. I think this is a great way to integrate our current theme and keep our winter celebration. I will be asking the parents who originally offered to bring treats if they are still able to do so. We will keep it simple with popcorn & drinks. Thank you so much!
Report cards: I am currently finishing up entering grades for term 2. It is my belief that report cards will be sent home on Friday. I will let you know if that has changed.

Thank you all again for your continued support. It was so great seeing all those happy faces coming in this morning. I am looking forward to a great 2nd semester!