Classroom Elves!

We've been having fun while Timothy, our classroom Elf, is visiting from the North Pole to keep an eye on the children for Santa while they are at school. They have loved coming in each day and finding where Timothy has decided to post up for the day. On Friday when we arrived, we found our whole room had been "Elfed" by Timothy and some of his friends! Timothy was trying to look innocent while he colored a picture...of an Elf!

   

Christmas Musical

The first graders at Hilltop Elementary performed a Christmas Musical this week for the parents. Mrs. Dooley had them well prepared and they put on a great performance! The dance moves and singing were wonderful. It doesn't get much cuter than this! Also, our own Lily had a solo and made our class very proud!

Thanksgiving Celebration

We were so excited to have our parents invited to eat Thanksgiving dinner this year with the kids. After lunch, we had the parents come back to our room for a Readers' Theatre presentation called the ABC's of the first Thanksgiving. The kids did a great job and looked adorable in their Native American vests and headdresses

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Edible Landforms

I blew the kids' minds when I told them that to end our unit on landforms we would be not only building landforms with food, but we would also get to eat them! Check out a few of the photos of the landforms the boys and girls made out of graham crackers, colored icing, Hershey kisses, Rolos, and brown sugar. We had a blast making these and Kaden even claimed that it was the best day of school ever! 

 

Read Write the Room

Our first graders love anything that gets them up and moving, so one of our favorite activities is the Read Write the Room lesson. When studying the difference between common and proper nouns, the students had to go on a search around the room for nouns and write them down on a recording sheet deciphering between whether they were common or proper. Not only did the kids do a great job telling the difference, but they had a lot of fun doing it! They looked so cute and important with their little clipboards!

Field Trip to the Perry Fair

We spent our Friday before Fall Break exploring all that the local Perry Fair had to offer. The students had a wonderful time seeing all of the animals and educational exhibits at the fair. They got to see a cow being milked, chickens being hatched, pig races, and of course got to see a few animals at the petting zoo. It was hot, tiring day, but we had a blast! 

Fun with Math Centers

If you come in our first grade class on any given day, you are likely to see the children working together in groups. I believe group work allows students to learn from each other, learn communication skills, and learn about the importance of teamwork. Here are a few photos from the beginning of the year of the kids exploring math manipulatives and getting to know one another a little better in small groups. 

Johnny Appleseed Day

          Studying Folk Heroes is a major standard for first grade. On Johnny Appleseed's Birthday, we took the celebration to a new level by dressing like the folk hero and parading through the halls. The students had so much fun with their outfits which included plaid shirts, wearing pots on their heads, and carrying satchels. Check our our class decked out in their Johnny Appleseed gear!

Trey looked like a little guy right out of the 1800s with his Johnny Appleseed outfit!

Field Day Fun!

Today was one of the kids' favorite days of the year... field day! Okay, it's one of my favorites too! We had the best time playing all of the games and relays at our Survivor Themed day. Tug of War and the Water Balloon Toss were the class favorites, but the kids enjoyed them all. They were great sports the entire day and had so much fun! 

Field Trip to the Zoo!

First graders at Silver City are lucky enough to spend their big field trip of the year at the Atlanta Zoo.  Check out a few pictures from our fun (and tiring!) day at the zoo. We had a blast! Can't you tell??? Oh, and we loved our tie dye shirts made by two of our awesome room moms!