Monday Update

Thank you so much to all the dads (and the grandfather and moms!) who were able to make our special Father's Day event this morning.   Your children were so proud of their powerpoints and loved sharing their work with you.

It is very hard to believe we only have 4 1/2 days left of 1st grade.  This has been a wonderful year for Mrs. Morissey and I... we feel blessed by all the terrific parents and parent volunteeers and above all by our hard-working and well-behaved class.   It has been an absolute joy to teach this group.

We are continuing to learn as much as we can before first grade is over!   

In math we will be busy practicing telling time.  Today we estimated the activities that would take about a minute, about an hour, and about a day.    Later this week we will work on calendars and make a summer calendar for the months of July and August for students to take home.

Your children are also very motivated writers. We read a book called "Library Mouse" that inspired all of us to write, write, write! Today after writing time was over, several students asked me if they could write during their lunch! Talk about music to a teacher's ears.

  

We will have our Beach Read In this Friday from 9:15-9:45.   Students make bring beach wear and some of their favorite books!     We will also be having our first grade party on that day.

We started an art project today (giant ice cream cones) that we will be adding the finishing touches to tomorrow.  Here are some pictures of them in progress.

Monday Update

First graders are getting ready for all the fun activities we have in-store for the month of June.

Here is a picture of us making sharpie tie-dye shirts with sharpies and rubbing alcohol.   Thank you so much for Mr. and Mrs. Adam for buying the shirts and helping out with this.  Thank you also to Mrs. Mantooth for assisting as well.

It was a beautiful sunny day and we worked outside.

I will take the shirts home to put them in the dryer and set the colors.   Students will get them back on Field Day so that they can wear them that day and then take them home.

We are ending the year with a math unit on telling time. Speaking of which, time is flying by this month.   Here's a glimpse of what is going on.....

Ask your child about the grass and wheat they are growing.  We made another scientific observation today.

We are also busy getting ready for the Father's Day Event next Monday from 9:30-10:30.

If you are in the building, you will see a lot of Mrs. Morissey and I. In addition to my Mondays, I am teaching our class this Thursday and next Thursday.   I will also be teaching Tues., the 19th in the morning.

Friday the 15th is a big day... in addition to Field Day, se hope to see all of our wonderful volunteers for the volunteer latte cart on Friday the 15th.    Our class is making something special for our volunteers as well! 

Happy June!

 Our field trip is tomorrow!   Let's hope the sun is shining.
Thank you to our chaperones who will meet in the classroom to go over the details.
 ...Mrs. Mueller, Mrs. Dimitriou, Mr. Fornia, Mr. Adam, Mrs. Reed, Ms. Griffin, Mrs. Pinski, Mrs. Gupta, Ms. Kaminishi, Ms. Tran, Mrs. Thomsen.

We will be putting the kids on the bus along with the teachers.   

Parents can follow the bus, carpool, or meet us at the beach. We'll re-hook you up with your groups there.
Looking forward to a WET and wonderful day at the beach!

Thank you to the parents meeting us at the beach:  Ms. Santana, Ms. Darab, and Mrs. Wasdin.

Wow!  We are so lucky and thankful to have so many volunteers!!!

Students should have boots for wading in the wet sand and the water.  Bring jackets in case of rain.

We plan on arriving at 10AM and having our snack right away.
At 11:15 we will have lunch.
We will load the bus at 1pm.

Inspired by our trip tomorrow, we created chalk pastel beachscapes and added a starfish or other sea-life to our picture.

We continue to watch our grass and wheat seed grow!   We are keeping a science notebook and making great observations.   Here is what we noticed:

"My grass is half brown.  The top part is green and the bottom part is half dark brown"  (Christian)

"It is growing.  The grass is green"   (Kellie)

"I observed that my grass is 8 inches tall"   (Noah)

"I noticed that my wheat had a lot of white roots"   (Henry)

"My grass grew 8 inches"  (Azylyn)

"My wheat seed is growing a stem"  (Zoe)

We are also getting to be experts with money!   Today we practiced making a dollar in a variety of ways.

Things to Remember:

Sandburg BBQ this Friday

Volunteer "Thanks - a- latte" on June 15th

Father's Day event June 18th

1st grade End of year party on June 22

This is the week of lasts. . . last home work packet, last spelling test. . . last book shopping. . . last week of regular volunteer jobs, unless you'd like to still come in at your regular time and volunteer in any way that is needed as we pack and prepare for the end of our school year!

Have a wonderful week!