1st Grade Science

We have been learning so much about science in 1st grade!

 Plants:  Today we read a book called, Tops and Bottoms, and learned how some plants have edible roots while others have edible leaves, stems, or flowers.

In art, we painted our own diagram of plants above and below ground.

We also started our unit on grasses.   We planted some seeds, came up with questions, and made some predictions about our seeds.

Animals:   Here are some samples of our nonfictions writing about animals:

by Mandy

Students are also learning about their marine animals in anticipation of our field trip on June 5th.

Thank you for turning in permission slips, money, and chaperone forms.

Math:  Morissey Market continues to be a big success and it is fun to see the 1st graders counting money, making trades, and saving up to buy things.   Today we also made a  June calendar.

Upcoming Events: 

King County Library System visits our school to tell about their summer reading program next Monday, June 4th.   

The all school BBQ is Friday, June 8th.

Father's Day, Beach Trip, and Baseball Reading

 Today we looked at the blueprints for our new school and created our own blue 'prints' by printing with cardboard on blue paper.

 Our plants continue to grow!   We continue to learn so much about plants.

The Baseball All Star reading event was a HUGE success! The kids were very motivated and it shows by the number of total "runs" turned in! Miss Agnew and Mrs. Morissey will be planning a baseball celebration this Thursday for both classes to enjoy!

Save the Date for our Father's Day Celebration:   

Monday, June 18th from 9:30-10:30.

Your children will be showing you some presentations and the last of their artwork for the year.

Today we started working on a special goodbye for our wonderful secretary, Kate.   Her last day is next Thursday, May 31st.

We are beginning our BEACH AND TIDE POOL UNIT.   Students will study a tide pool animal and create a final product to show what they learned.   A beach ranger will come and teach our class about tide pool animals on Thursday, May 31st.   We will also be going on a field trip to the Edmonds Beach for low tide on Tuesday, June 5th.    Information about all these fun events will be sent home ths week.

Hi Parents,
Today we glazed our cups.  Here they are.....

 Our plants continue to grow......

 

Next Monday is our Mother's Day Tea.   We will be presenting our art and some powerpoint presentations we have been working on.    The tea starts at 2:30.  We hope all the moms (or other special people) can be there.

In math, we are continuing to work on comparing numbers.... our class seems to grasp this concept very well.  

Our wonderful art docents have been busy with some beautiful projects (including another wonderful clay piece!)

Book reports are displayed in our room; what a great group of projects!   I will try to snap a picture of them for next week's update.

Have a wonderful week.