Ready for Memorial Day

Our USA flag fans are ready for a hot Memorial Day weekend

This week found everyone exploring 3-D blocks, manipulating them to make other shapes, and counting the flat surfaces and vertices to differentiate their properties. We had some very artistic drawings in 3-D of real life objects and ended the week with taking the Geometry test. Next week we will work with symmetry and fractions.

What imagination!

Drawing objects to look dimensional was impressive!

 In science we continued to learn about the earth's rotation being the reason for the regularly occurring pattern of day and night. We made a sun, earth, and moon to show how the moon revolves around the earth, and the earth revolves around the sun. 

Look at our models!

Using the paper punch was the best part!

We went on to learn about the pattern of the seasons, how the earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun determines the season in different parts of the world. We explored the changes in weather, plant life, and animal behavior that correspond with each season and created some informative posters showing what we learned.

Let me tell you about the seasons!

Winter, spring, summer, fall

I love the confidence that the kids are showing in class as they volunteer to perform, sing, or share their skills. Here we have 3 girls who asked to sing the song in our Puff the Magic Dragon book. They did a lovely job! We had 2 friends read the conversational script in the I'll Read To You, You Read To Me collection. We have another group ready to perform a Reader's Theater play on Tuesday. Everyone will have a chance to do a play in the next couple of weeks. It is so exciting that everyone is off and reading!

Our singing performers!

Good practicing!

In the ABC word work center this week, the kids were amazed at the castle they made entirely out of sight words. What a great way to practice these tricky words while following the tracing lines of a castle beneath their paper.

A castle of words

Fun flair tip markers to use too

Speaking of words, we may be sending home some of the words on the 150 first grade high frequency list. Homework packets have officially ended, but working on these tricky words will be a great help as will take-home reading pages that include answering questions on short paragraphs.

We have a lot of end of year dates coming up. The first is Field Day on Friday, June 8th. 
Our class T-shirt color is yellow, and I will be sending home a note detailing what items they may wish to have on that day (water, sunscreen, etc.). The evening of June 14th is the Celebration of learning which will include displays of children's work from all the grades. There is an optional opportunity for first graders to sing a couple of the songs they have learned in music, in the cafeteria that evening. More information will come from Ms. McGrath, the music teacher.

Wishing safe travels, fun family time, and especially remembering those who gave their lives in service for our country on this Memorial Day.

                                   See you Tuesday,

Have a nice weekend!

Mrs. Dagley