Friday, January 30, 2009

Jumping Raisins!

We learned how raisins can jump in carbonated liquid during our science experiment!

Write about how they can jump, and how they fall back down!



Tuesday, January 27, 2009

We are learning how to tell time!


Please work with your child on how to tell time at home. This is a skill we will be focusing on all week.



The Clock Poem
I'm in the clock crew and I'm okay!
I tick all night and I tick all day.
I've got two hands, I'm having a ball,
Because I've got no arms at all!
My big hand can move sixty minutes in one hour,
I'm the one with the strength and power.
My small hand isn't quite as fast.
If they were in a race, it would come last!
It takes so long just to get around (12 hours you know),
It's careful, small, and slow.
Now meet my friends that help me tick-tock,
Half past, quarter past, quarter to and o'clock.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Friday, January 23, 2009

Friday, January 16, 2009

Watch us Reading!

The Same as You and Cherry Pies and Lullabies- What are the Similarities and Differences between these two stories?




Cyera Lost a Tooth!


Sleepy the Sloth




Check out our new class pet. Ja'Miyah will be in charge of sleepy the sloth next week, as V.S.P.

Thank you Mrs. Uhrig for the wonderful gift! We love you!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Get Your Game Face On!


Parents, please plan to join us at 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, January 22nd for fabulous, fun-filled learning activities all about math and reading! We will be visiting other classrooms and playing lots of new, exciting games. These activities and games will all be tied to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. We know how to have fun and strengthen our math skills at the same time! We hope to see you here!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Same as You: Similar and Different


Write a few sentences telling how your family is similar and different to the family in the story.

Monday, January 12, 2009

S blends Continues!


We will be learning a new poem today, using s blends. See if you can find all the s blends in this poem. Post your comment, writing all the s blends. For a bonus, see if you can write a sentence telling what you learned about penguins!

Icy

I slip and I slide
On the slippery ice;
I skid and I glide-
Oh, isn’t it nice
To lie on your tummy
And slither and skim
On the slick crust of snow
Where you skid as you swim?

-Rhoda W. Bacmeister

Thank you Latham!


The staff at Latham Elementary greeted us with open arms at the Meet and Greet last week. We loved the food! Especially Ms. Wright. MMMMMMMMMMM Fried Chicken!

Math Boards!

Our school has been working very hard on math boards! Check out our class working on one of them.



Food! Pictures from us at lunch!






Watch our videos! These are our calendar songs!


Friday, January 9, 2009

Write 3 sentences telling what you learned about sloths!








We read this poem and watched a short video on sloths in the Amazon. What a great way to learn the SL blend (sleepy, slow, slender, sleet).




The Slow, Sleepy Sloth

There’s a rainforest creature you really should meet.
She’s got three toes on each of her feet.
Her name is another word for slow.
She’s the sleepiest creature I ever did know.
Slumbers all day and slumbers all night,
Asleep in the treetops, way out of sight.
Sleep tightly, sweet sloth,
And know this is true:
Sometimes we all feel exactly like you!

-Kama Einhorn








Thursday, January 8, 2009

Writing Activity


What do you like the most about first grade?

Write 3 sentences.

We have been learning about 3d shapes!

















Write about what you know about these shapes.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

January Calendar


Students should be able to answer these questions:


Pretend today is Martin Luther King Day. What will the date be?
(Date= ____-_____-____)


If today is the 5th, what day of the week will the 10th be?


How many days are in a week? What are they?


How many months are in a year? What are they?


Comparing and Contrasting Shapes



How are these shapes alike and different?

We have been learning how to compare and contrast the attributes of plane shapes such as hexagons, triangles, squares, parallelorgrams, rectangles and circles.

Watch us workout!

Monday, January 5, 2009

Winter Break

Write about your winter break! We want to hear all about it!