The students were priveleged today to hear from an amazing storyteller and author, Toni Simmons. Ms. Tricoli, the school's librarian, a...

A snow day did not keep us from enjoying our Valentine's Day Party...even if it was a week later than planned. The students had a great ...

Last week we read Where Does the Brown Bear Go? by Nicki Weiss to learn about adjectives. As a part of our study of adjectives the students...

Over the last several weeks we have been reading and comparing several versions of Cinderella. We read the classic version and two more mod...

This week in math we are studying measurement. In first grade we measure with nonstandard units such as lima beans, cubes, linking chains, p...

Last week we had D.E.A.R. time in our classroom, as did all classes in Grand Prairie ISD. D.E.A.R. stands for Drop Everything And Read. The ...

Over the last few weeks we have been reviewing repeating patterns and learning about a special type of patterns, additive patterns. Enjoy th...

This week we reviewed repeating patterns and learned a new kind of pattern, additive patterns. Additive patterns are patterns that grow. As ...

Today our countdown to the 100th day of school officially ended! To celebrate this special day of school, we began with our 100th day projec...

One of our favorite activities in class is to make words from a combination of set letters. When all the letters are used they make a myste...

Yesterday we had the opportunity to visit the library for a great read aloud time with Ms. Tricoli. In honor of Groundhod Day she read Grou...

During Math Tubbing time, the students practiced identifying Addition Doubles and their Doubles +1 partners using dominoes. Dominoes are a g...

As a part of their reading development, the students are expected to read with fluency and expression. A great way to help them practice ...

If you are looking for more strategies to help your child learn to read and write, visit Guided Reading and Reading Games with Roy the Zebra...

This week we read The Napping House by Audrey Wood to learn more about cause and effect. We learned that cause is why something happened an...

This week in Social Studies we read and studied about several American historical figures. One of our historical figures was the legendary...

In Social Studies we are learning more about symbols and mottoes of both The United States and Texas. A great site for you child to visit is...

Last week we read The Mitten by Jan Brett to practice retelling a story. After reading the story several times, we worked as a class to cr...

As we continue our study of larger numbers, we have been playing many math games to help us practice comparing the numbers. One of the class...

In our class we use a hundreds chart for many different math skills. Today we used an interactive hundreds chart that you can also use at ho...