A few weeks ago when we were studying the life cycle of frogs, the students read Frog and Toad from Reading A-Z . After reading the book sev...

The students have been working very hard at taking care of their garden. Their onion and potato plants are growing quickly. Last week we vis...

As a part of our study on frogs, we visited Kidzone to learn interesting facts about frogs. After reading, the students created a diagram o...

Each week the students write using The Write From the Beginning Program. The program teaches the students to write using Thinking Maps. Over...

This week we have been reading The Little Engine That Could. Yesterday the students created story element charts to describe the characters,...

Are you a frog? No! We discussed how students and frogs are similar and how they are different. They then wrote what they learned about frog...

As a part of our study on life cycles, we discussed how most butterflies are symmetrical - their wings look the same on both side. To help t...

To assess their understanding of area, I had the students create two seperate squares or rectangles using paper color tiles. The students th...

Last Friday we had our annual Field Day. Thank you to Coach Bentley and the other specialists for organizing such a fun day for the students...

Last Thursday we had our grade level Spring Egg Hunt. Due to the weather, we improvised and had our egg hunt in the cafeteria. The students ...

We held our second annual Earth Day Book Swap last Thursday. We held it a day early due to Field Day. Students in each grade brought books t...

Last week we continued our study of life cycles by comparing the life cycles of bunnies, butterflies, earthworms, silkworms, and chicks. Aft...

Don't forget! The Earth Day Book Swap is this Thursday from 8:00AM-12:00PM in the first grade common area. Students may bring in as many...

The students have been blogging away! They have written over 250 posts so far. Their latest blog entries are about additive patterns. When ...

Today we had an early Earth Day lesson with our literacy strategist, Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed teaches our first graders all about gardening thro...

Today the students traced their shoe on one inch graphing paper. They then counted how much area in squares their shoes covered. Because the...

Last week as we learned about additive patterns, we talked about how there are patterns everywhere in life. We talked about how patterns can...

Last week and this week we have been learning about the garden habitat and life cycles. As a part of our study, we have had an earthworm hab...