Summer Reading and Concert

Today the kids had an end of the year assembly. The kids learned about their summer reading program called “fishing for a good book.” A blue packet is coming home today that explains the incentive to read over the summer. Watch this quick video to explain why reading over the summer is so important! click here.

The students also performed on the xylophones! Enjoy.





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Plant Party

Thanks to everyone that helped make the Plant Party a HUGE SUCCESS! Many kids tried new foods . Way to go! Have a great weekend! Mrs. Braun

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Characters

Today the class reviewed plot, and setting . Then we learned about characters. We sorted different characters: animals, people, and creatures, Then we listened to the Pout Pout Fish and identified the characters, setting, and plot.

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Pennies and Setting

Today the class continued to learn about the parts of a story. Today we learned about the setting. We had a scavenger hunt with my friend Roscoe to figure out where his setting was. Then we got a sweet treat at the end. The students then came up with their own setting. They had to answer the questions where and when for their setting.

In math the students are starting to learn about money. The class learned about the penny today. Ask them who and what is on the penny! We did a penny maze to help us identify this coin.

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Parts of the plant we eat

Today we discussed what part of the plant you eat when you eat certain fruits and vegetables. We watched this you tube to help us understand this concept. Please check your child’s backpack. Each child was assigned a certain plant for our PLANT PARTY on Friday, May 19th! Thanks for continued support. Have a great weekend!

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Greenhouses

Today the students learned what a greenhouse is and then we made our own greenhouses! ENJOY!!

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Telling time and PLOT

Today the students continued to learn time to the hour and half hour. We listened to some songs to help us with this concept!

The students also learned about the plot of a story. We listened to the story ENEMY PIE and identified the plot in the story. Ask your child the beginning, middle and end of this story!

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AWESOME ACTIVITY DAY

What an awesome day to have AWESOME ACTIVITY DAY! The kids had a great time. Enjoy the pictures and the weekend!

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Multiple meanings and 3D shapes

Today in class the students learned what a multiple meaning word is. Multiple meaning words are words that have multiple meanings but are spelled the same. We watched this video to help understand this concept . Then we drew pictures and wrote sentences for different multiple meaning words.

In math today the students learned about 3D shapes. We learned the words: dimensional, faces and vertices. We learned the different attributes for spheres, rectangular prisms, cones, and cubes.

REMINDER: Wear red tomorrow to get “ready” for pssa testing. Though first grade does not test, let’s cheer on the others!

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Michael Michael Recycle/-ge and dge words

Today the students continued to learn about taking care of the earth. We wrote about taking care of our environment and also made Michael Michael Recycle characters. We also played a game called find a friend!

The students also learned when to use -dge and -ge in their spelling words. We listened to this RAP song to help us with this concept. We then read a story called Over The Hedge, that had many -ge and -dge words in it!

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