Some Second Week Activities

We have been first graders for 7 days, and it feels that we have done so much already! We have played group games outside on the field, opened sections of the classroom library and begun to read "Good Fit" books. We have begun stations exploring math tools and games, used puzzles, markers, crayons, and paint. We have begun Readers' Workshop, Writers' Workshop, word study, and math routines with counting and the calendar. We have also begun a big portrait painting project called "The Colors of Us," which you will see more of in future posts as it comes together. Below you will see some photos from this week.
*Please make sure to send in signed blog permission slips so that I am able to post photos of all students and some of the great shots of our whole class together!
A note for the weeks to come: Our dismissal at the end of the day can be lengthy and students are often hungry at the end of the day. This week I let bus students sit and eat an afternoon snack while waiting to be dismissed, if they had left over snack. The pick-up and ACE students leave so quickly that they do not get a chance to eat during dismissal but most bus riders do have some time. Most students have been taking this opportunity to have an afternoon snack, so please consider packing a little bit extra in snack bags for this afternoon snack. Thank you!
Have a wonderful weekend!>

Two birthday boys holding our class Birthday Bag!

We have begun learning to care for our books and decorated our own unique book boxes to store the books we are reading.

These students are drawing and writing something for the student of the day

These girls are using a template to draw geometric shapes

I love this photo because you can see some students in the front at a math pattern block station, and some students in the background at a painting station with me!We are starting a portrait painting project called "The Colors of Us"Painting backgrounds for "The Colors of Us"Here students are building and patterning with pattern blocks!