Happy Halloween!

Wow!  Assemblies, drills and Halloween, OH MY!  What a busy day it was today!  The kids were super excited for trick or treating tonight so I hope they have a great time!  Here is a bit of what we did in class today.  Keeping it fun and exciting while learning!  Thanks to First Grade Wow for the awesome Short Vowel Shenanigans Game!

First, students spun a vowel.

 

After spinning the vowel, students plugged it into the consonants to create a real or nonsense word.  So fun!



In math, we played a game where students rolled two die, added the numbers and removed their candy corn from the sum.

If students rolled the same number twice, they missed their turn.  So, as we got fewer and fewer candy corns the game got harder!  Of course, at the end, they got to eat their candy corn!

A Little from Today and Reminders for Tomorrow!

Happy Tuesday Everyone!  Hopefully, if you're reading this you are a parent who received a notice in your child's agenda about our blog!  Welcome!
Today in our math class we were busily preparing for tomorrow's test.  Students rotated in groups to different centers to get them ready for what's on the test tomorrow.  They always do such a great job moving around the room and working quietly (for the most part!) when we've done this in the past.  Here's a peek at what we did today...

Students played a game with their partner where they spun a spinner to create tens and ones.  The other partner built the number on their place value mat.



Then both students wrote the number. 

Students chose a two digit number and wrote it at the top of their candy corn.  Then showed two different ways to make that number.  Super cute!

We played a tens concentration game.  Students matched tens sticks to the correct number.

And of course, who can forget facts practice...

 

*Parents, if you are looking for more ways to help your child prepare for tomorrow's test, here are some ideas...*

• Have your child practice their basic facts (addition and subtraction to 20) by writing down facts they know
• Ask them to write a two digit number and write another way to represent (show) it
• Give them a two digit number and ask how many tens and ones (35= 3 tens, 5 ones)
• Write a number sentence (example: 14= 7+10), ask if it is true or false

Have a great evening!

 

 



Friday Fun

If you couldn't make it to our classroom celebrations on Friday, here is a little peek at what you missed!

First, we read There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves....

After that, we made scarecrows using the prompt , The scarecrow says...  Here are some examples of just how cute they turned out!

 

Finished products...

 

 

In the afternoon we had our annual classroom fall festivals! Whew! That was a lot of fun! A HUGE THANK YOU to ALL the adults that were here to lend a hand!  In case you missed it, this year our first grade class decorated bats, cats, and spiders!  They also got some totally cute Halloween themed bracelets.  The bracelets and crafts came from one of my favorite places, Hobby Lobby!

 

First Post!

Hi Everyone!  This is my very first post on the blog.  This blog was created to keep parents and students connected to what is going on in our first grade classroom!  More to come...