Our Week...

A Busy Week... 

     This week we had our ups and our downs, our happy times and our sad times, our productive and not so productive times.  But overall we learned together, played together, cried together and laughed together.  It's been a good week! Here is a peek at some of the things we experienced in first grade.

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Fire Prevention:

     Firemen came to the school this week and spoke to us about fire safety.  We learned to never play with matches and lighters and to always exit a burning building quickly without stopping to take anyone or anything with us.  We also learned that our families should have a meeting place in case a fire occurs at our home.  We reviewed stop, drop and roll....but best of all we got to high-five a real fireman! 

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Pumpkins!

     Autumn and pumpkins go hand in hand. So this week we read the story Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington. This story explains the growth of a pumpkin plant from seed to mature pumpkin depicted in beautiful illustrations.  We practiced sequencing the pumpkin's life and then decorated a small pumpkin to take home.   



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 The Different Properties of Blocks:

     Over the last two weeks we have been learning that different objects have properties (features) such as color, shape, size or buoyancy. This week we observed the properties of various wooden blocks and discovered that block properties help us build wonderful structures. 

(Jasmine and ARrielle created a "kingdom".)



First Grade Readers

Reading with Friends:

     After practicing a reading selection for several days the first graders had an opportunity to share their books with each other.  Buddy reading is a fun way to practice familiar text and socialize with friends.





An Apple Extravaganza!

Apple Sauce, Apple Prints and Apple Crisp!

     Apples were everywhere! Our hands were sticky, the tables were messy and paint was splattered about our classroom this week.  Wow, did we have fun with apples! We cored, peeled, tasted, read about and painted apples.

 

The smell of the apple sauce cooking made our mouths water all day long! We couldn't wait until it was done to have a taste. But we did.....and it was so good!

But wait, there's more! We also made apple crisp...and learned that sometimes our hands make the best cooking tool.

Don't forget the apple prints!

(A special thanks to Anthony's dad and The Plains for supplying us with the ingredients for our apple extravaganza!)