December...Christmas, Crafts and Parties

We had a Polar Express party because our behavior jar was full.  We read the Polar Express, watched the movie, boarded our pretend train with our tickets, had hot chocolate and cookies.  We even had a special delivery from the North Pole.  It was cold when it arrived and inside were bells for each student, with their name and a special message.  All this made for a fun morning.

For our Christmas party we had a yummy breakfast and watched The Grinch.

We attended a sing-a-long.

We made ornaments.

And we opened some awesome books.

December....brought Sparkle the Elf.

She came from the North Pole.

Here are the students with her after we met her.

She brought us donuts for our Christmas party.

Sparkle moved every night.  She would visit the North Pole and tell Santa how the kids were acting.  She would return to a new spot every morning.  One morning she was taking a marshmallow bath, she hung from lights and got caught in many places.  The students enjoyed searching for her every morning.

In November we went on a field trip to the Portland Public Library and the Nashville Children's Theater.  I had forgotten to post these sooner.

At the library participating in "There was an Old Lady".

We saw "Your a Good Man Charlie Brown".

Getting ready for the play.

Thanksgiving Play

Over the River

Speakers

The Whole Group

I am so proud of my first grade class.  They did an amazing job on their Thanksgiving Play.  I am so happy and thankful to have them as my class.  You guys are amazing!

October was a busy month and they aren't slowing down...

Tie Dye Day

Wacky Tacky Day

Inflatable Fun (Ashton)

Sweep the Pumpkin (Alivia)

Movie and Popcorn

Hay Ride

Face Painting

Me and Mrs. Shockley (the kids made us get our faces painted)

Freeze Dance

Basketball toss (Mackenzie)

Pumpkin Bowling (Lily)

Yum!

Vampire Teeth

Over Under Pumpkin Relay

Red Day

Sneak Peak at some October Happenings...

Red Ribbon week is also spirit week.

Stay tuned for tie dye day, mix up day, red day and purple day.......

Our door.

Video from our Reader's Theater

September Happenings...

Their first projects!  I gave them an animal and they did research on it.

I was very proud of them.

Acting silly.

What a surprise....a bunny came for a visit.  We talked about bunnies that morning in a non-fiction and fiction book.  We also did a venn diagram to correspond with the real and fake bunny.

I love music in my classroom.  It is a constant from transitions, to singing while we work, and more.  Here they are singing while they are working hard.

  This week we are starting our Goldilocks and The Three Bears unit.  I have many fun activities planned for each day this week.  I hope the students are going to enjoy it.  I had a great time planning this lesson.  We will be reading the story, studying sizes, what happens first, then, and last, we will be focusing on characters, setting, and props used for the story and we are even going to make some fun masks and learn a fun song.  You will see their progress through the week as papers and projects come home.

We are also starting Topic 1 in our eVision math series this week, numbers to 12.  The students will get to experience going to math stations each day this week.  We did a little mini course on math stations Friday and they seemed to enjoy it.  

This week I will also be sending home a photo release form so you can see your child's picture on the blog.  I hope to take video of things we are doing in the classroom too. Stay tuned and join/follow my blog to stay updated.

Happy Monday!