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Week 37

Crazy to think this was our last full week...here are some highlights! We had our final Art Literacy lesson on Tuesday. The first graders learned about famous artist, Grant Wood and then used oil pastels to create their own farm landscapes. This came naturally to them, as they just completed their farm math unit! In math we started exploring fractions. We read the "Cookie Fiasco" and then the first graders did an amazing job dividing up their whole cookie into equal parts. Next time you have sandwiches, pizza or cake with your kids ask them how you can cut it so that each person will get the same amount! Our mealworms are growing! The entomologists are excited to watch the metamorphosis of their mealworm larvae!  I had the opportunity on Thursday to read with each student while Ms.Mcgrady was subbing. She did some beautiful entomologist art with the kiddos, while I got to be blown away by all of their amazing growth as readers! Word Scramble:  We have been...
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Week 36

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It was a short, but busy week! In reading this week, we compared books to fortune cookies - because inside each one there is a lesson we learn. Our goal as we read is to ask, "what does the author want us to learn?" "what is the author trying to teach us?" "how can this lesson help me?" I encourage you to practice this at home when reading with your first grader by discussing these questions and writing down the book and the lesson to share with the class :) We have had 2 amazing parent volunteers teach prevention to the first graders. The first lesson was last week and it focused on the difference between candy and medicine. This weeks focus was on fire safety and stranger danger. We talked about the importance of having these conversations because when we're prepared, we're less likely to be scared! The entomologists began their study of insects with  meal worm  larva. Each kiddo will be studying their larva while we learn about the life cy...
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Week 35

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Wow, what an exciting and busy week! In honor of National Prevent Animal Cruelty month (April), we had a visitor from the Humane Society come talk to the first graders. They learned all about what the Humane Society does and learned about dog safety. We even met one of their 4-legged employees, Maddie! Continuing with the theme of animals, on Wednesday we got to meet a Ball Python named Stella! A first grader in Ms.Pawol's class had his grandpa visit with his snake. We got to learn all about Stella, her eating habits and her growing habits - we got to see her largest molt! And as a grand finale to our animal week, on Friday we ended the week with a special visit from our Yoga teachers - Ms, Lynea, Mr. Jim and we even got to meet Manda B and Junebug from the videos! Thank you for all of the donations of recyclable  items - we truly experienced the magic of "one man's trash is another man's treasure" by using the items to create solutions to real world probl...
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