2-25-13/ 3-1-13 in our classroom

Spelling Words Theme 7 Week 3


1. food

2. moon

3. room

4. soon

5. too

6. zoo

7. balloon

8. moose

9. might

10. light

Main Story: (To be tested on Friday)- If You Give a Pig a Pancake

Target Skills: Vowel oo, ew, ue, ou, u, u_e (/oo/); Fantasy and Realism

Vocabulary skill: House Words


We also started working on Report Writing on Monday.  This is a lengthy process that will take up at least the next 2 months.  This week we are creating a notebook for reference during the report process called a Non-fiction Conventions Notebook.  Inside the students will find explanations as well as examples for the following:

• Labels
• Photographs
• Captions
• Comparisons
• Cutaways
• Maps
• Types of Print
• Close-Ups
• Table of Contents
• Index
• Glossary

The class will all create a report first on the same topic which I have chosen Penguins
 (I will be walking them thru this step by step).  After we complete the class reports (which will be another reference for them when they are writing their own report) students will be given an animal which I have checked out the book to aide them and have to write the report completely independently using all the above resources given to them.
Their report will consist of the following (all completed independently you will be completely impressed how well they complete this when give the challenge).

• Illustrated cover with illustrations labeled with the animal as well as the author (themselves)
• Table of Contents with appropriate page numbers
• 6 pages of information
• What it looks like?
• What it eats?
• Where it lives?
• How it moves?
• What it Can Do?
• Interesting Facts.
• (Each of the above pages needs at least 4 facts per page on the page topic)
• Diagram of animal labeled
• 2 pages of independently take notes on the above pages.

Monthly Cafeteria Behavior Challenge

Guess What!  Not only did our class win a reward for having the most cosmic cash last month.... but we also just found out we WON (tied with Ms. Plish's Class) for having the most points last month in the cafeteria for the monthly behavior challenge.

Wow following class/school rules and using our manners really has it's benefits!

Yum!

And the winner for 1st Grade is....

Ms. McDonnell's Class for the most COSMIC CASH for the months of December/January!

The reward from Principal Wells is a Movie on Friday 2-15 @ 1:45 in the cafeteria for each grade level class winner!  Nice job guys!  Keep up the great behavior.  Reminder COSMIC CASH can be earned anywhere in the school except in the classroom.... so it's important to always be showing your best behavior!

The 100th Day of School 2-4-13

Students were asked to make something at home to represent the 100th Day of School for them.... here's what they shared with our class...

 100 Spots on her giraffe

 100 buttons on his hat

 The number 100 with 100 words written on it

 Silly glasses in the shape of 100

 100 stickers on his hat

 100 ribbons in her hair

 100 days written with 100 elbow macaroni pieces

 100 pennies on his tie

 100 beads on her necklace

 100 buttons on his shirt in the shape of a dinosaur

 100 shapes on his shirt and 100 beads on his hat too

100 pennies on fishing wire