Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters!

Counting coins- real ones!

We are sorting, counting, and singing about coins every day as we work in our last math topic of the year. Watching 'Counting Coins' by Number Rock on Youtube to help in identifying, naming the value, and counting the coins is a favorite activity. Hope we don't go to a cashless society just yet, because learning and playing with coins has been fun! 

Who doesn't love a bowl of coins?

Math coin center

We also took our end of the year math test - congratulations everyone on great results! We worked in partners to practice: 

Practicing math

Reviewing for the math test

 Our science activities on the Earth's rotation, day and night, seasonal changes, the moon, sun, and stars has wrapped up. We made a model of the moon, earth, and sun that shows the rotation of the moon and earth and the orbit around the sun. I am very proud of them for the reading booklet they completed with partners. Each partner group read a short selection on of the above topics, discussed, and decided together which facts to highlight that told about their reading. That was sent home along with their earned Apollo 11 badge!

Cool model!

I can spin the earth and orbit the moon around it

Here goes the earth orbiting the sun!

We had two guest readers in the last couple of weeks - Mrs. Turck who read some funny read-alouds, and Mr. Turner our school Psychologist who read a chapter book about Lucy the dog to us.

Fun read-alouds!

Sight words in a castle shape

Thank you Mr. Turner!

Safety tips after reading Officer Buckle and Gloria

  Two read -alouds we recently enjoyed were The Littlest      Matryoshka, a story about  hand carved nesting dolls (I        brought in my own set!), and Officer Buckle and Gloria.

 We sent home our Jack and the Beanstalk plants this week - they grew so fast! The timing was perfect for attending the Actory Factory show with the same title.

They grew!

The beanstalk is through the castle!

Time to plant at home!

We loved the musical of Jack and the Beanstalk!

 So the pompom jar was filled, the unanimous request was to make slime...I put it off as long as possible because I've never made it and was afraid of a Big Fail! Too sticky? Too dry? (Huge mess??). Well we did make it, but first I asked one of the boy's big sisters to come down from 5th grade and help - I needed at least one expert that has done this before. It really did end up to be a fun activity!

We made red slime!

Thank you Big Sister!!

Blue goo for us!

Squish it, pull it, stretch it!

Big smiles with this activity!

Purple slime!!

 Yesterday we all cheered the high school seniors as they paraded down the hall, and then...Surprise! Some of the senior girls who once sat in this classroom with me as first graders came to our class. 

An emotional moment!

Thank you everyone who was able to come to the Celebration of Learning. The first grade space themed display looked great with their stars, astronauts, and collection of impressive writing. The mini concert they did in the cafeteria was excellent - what little performers we have!! For those unable to make it, the Poetry writing collection has been sent home, and they could give a private concert - they know the songs so well!

Have a wonderful weekend - we still have a few busy days ahead!

Mrs. Dagley