Math - We continue to work in our groups and centers.  The green group is working We partners and totals up to 10.  The yellow group is working on adding a two digit number and a one digit number.  (Ex. 47+6=53)  The red group is working on story problems, deciding if the problem is addition or subtraction, and figuring out where the missing number is going to be.  (Ex. 8+7=___,   8+___=15,  or  ___+7=15)  The blue group is working on comparison bars. 

We did some graphing of heart candies on Valentine's Day.  We found out the the bags had the most purple and green candies.  The bags had the least amount of yellow and white candies.

Religion - This week we have been talking about Lent.  We talked about Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, Palm Sunday, and Easter.  We have a Lenten path that we are coloring in our classroom.  We colored some beautiful Alleluia signs - and then we "buried" them.  We will get our Alleluia's back after Jesus is risen.  :)  We think it's pretty cool that the word Lent is inside of vaLENTine!  

Next week first grade has mass. (February 22nd)  The reading parts went home today.  The parts this time are -

Greeters - Aiden, Gabriella, Guadalupe, Mason, Dylan

Introduction - David

First Reading - Aaron, Suzi

Petitions - Alex, Madison, Lillian, Elliot, Canon, Brady, Joah

Bread - Mia

Wine - Emma

Thanksgiving Prayer - Will, Lucy

Leader of the Pack Cards - Johanna

Leader of the Pack Reader - Lizzie

Song Readers  Samuel, Jake, Valeria

Reading - We continue to work in reading groups and centers.  This week our word work focus is words that are singular and plural.  We learned that many plurals end in s.  However, if a word ends in ch, sh, x, s, ss, and sometimes o - then you add -es.  We learned that when a word ends in y - you change the y, to i, and add -es.  We also learned that some plurals are irregular, such as children and feet.  

Samuel and Will sorting words into singular and plural

Last week one of our groups worked on a little play in their group.  The play was the story of The Little Red Hen.  We had the Little Red Hen, a narrator, a cat, a pig, and a dog.  Here are the characters -

Phonics - In phonics we are learning about closed syllable words.  A closed syllable is one syllable, has one vowel, the vowel is short, and it is closed in at the end of the word.

Writing - Wow!  I am blown away at some of the stories that are coming out of writer's workshop!  Many students are going from writing a word or a sentence to writing paragraphs!  The growth is amazing!  We are also working on writing on the lines and working on our handwriting.  All of this, together with the writing process, is a big deal!

Science - We learned the words fluid and viscous.  Fluid = fast and viscous = slow.  We had "drop races"  We put our liquids on a tray and then tilted them to race them.  We found out that water was our most fluid liquid - and shampoo was actually the slowest.  In our next lesson we are going to mix the liquids and see if they have "miscibility" or "buoyancy"  (Do they mix or do they float on top of each other?)

We just finished reading Charlotte's Web today.  What a great story of friendship!  We are going to take some time to watch the movie over the next couple of days.  The students voted on watching the newer version.  (Both versions are fantastic!  The newer version is from the 2000's and has actors.  The older version is from the 1970's and it's a cartoon.)  We are going to compare and contrast the book to the movie.  The next story we will be reading aloud is Flat Stanley.

A few pictures from Valentine's Day!  Thank you Mrs. Gelb for organizing the activities!

The exchange!

And - this week we welcomed back Aaron from California!  We missed him terribly and are so glad he's back!

***Reminder - We are having our Valentine exchange and celebration tomorrow, February 13th.  :)

Weekly Spelling Lists -

Phonetic List - Closed Syllable Words
trim
flat
kept
crop
pluck
clip
mask
west
chomp
rush

High-Frequency List - Trick Words - Words 91-100
long
little
very
after
words
called
just
where
most
know

Valentine's Day - We will celebrate Valentine's Day on Wednesday, February 14th.  We will make Valentine baskets at school next week.  We will exchange Valentines at the end of the day - as well as have a small celebration - a craft / activity.  The students have a class list in their mailboxes to take home to help out with writing Valentines.  They will bring home the lists tomorrow

The 100th Day!  Such a fun celebration of learning!  Everything that we did all day long centered around the number 100!  I took a lot of pictures!  Enjoy!

Alex and Brady brought in their 100th day projects today!

Some of our classmates dressed like they were 100 years old!  Adorable!

Here is the 100 inch man.  All of the students were measured by him.

Valeria and Lucy were holding the 100 inch man's hands.

The 100 banner!

Walking our way through 100 days!

One of our activities was building stations.  We built and created out of 100 items.  For example, we had 100 Lincoln Logs, 100 Legos, 100 Duplos, 100 Tinker Toys, 100 cubes, 100 blocks, 100 cups, 100 pattern blocks, 100 piece puzzles, etc.  

I love this project!  The students were given the number 100 in black die cut numbers.  They had to glue them onto white paper and create something out of the number 100.  Boy were they creative!

The students had to string 100 beads onto string to make a 100 necklace!  This took quite a while and they had a great time doing it!  They came up with a few different methods to count out 100 beads.  

We made 100th day crowns, wore 100th day glasses, and made pennants to celebrate the day!

We were going to do 100 exercises - but they ended up doing 500 exercises in gym today!  Mrs. Petrick worked them!  :)  I didn't want to tire them out any more!

We wrote a class story today - using exactly 100 words!

We counted to 100 - By tens, by fives, by twos, and by ones.

We talked about what we would do with $100.  

We ended the day by rolling dice on the SMART Board.  We had to roll and count.  We had to figure out how many rolls it would take us to count up to the number 100!  We rolled quite a few 1's - and it took us 35 rolls to get to the number 100!

What a fantastic day!

Happy 100th Day of School!

Today is officially the 100th day of school.  We are officially celebrating on Monday though.  There is too much going on today with Catholic Schools Week to fit in the 100th day celebration as well.  :)

Many students have already created their 100th day projects.  They are displayed in the hall for all to see.  They are all so creative!   If your child did not complete theirs yet they still have until Monday.

The students asked if they could do something that they did in kindergarten - and that is - to dress like they are 100 years old.  I think that's a great idea.  So, if your child would like to dress like they are 100 years old on Monday, they may do that.  They do not have to dress that way, but they certainly can.  :)

The 100th day of school is my favorite day!  I can't wait to celebrate on Monday!  

Have a great weekend!