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Monday is the big performance! Please join us for beautiful autumn poetry, delightful nursery rhymes, and two entertaining pumpkin plays!
Monday, October 31st at 1:30PM.
Room 16

A Dark, Dark Wood

Listen to this fluency and expression! Cole is reading a poem called a Dark, Dark Wood that we learned in class. A perfect Halloween reading. Spooky!
Dark Dark Wood read by Cole by niemeyerc

Pumpkin Bars

Friday, we made pumpkin bars in preparation for Monday's show! Don't worry, there were lots of learning objectives embedded in the cooking. For example, we talked about the nonfiction text features of a recipe. We used math for the measurement of the ingredients. We also spelled our priority words in the batter while stirring!

More Spider Stories

As promised, here are some more of the spider stories from the BOO bags. Slowly, but surely, I am getting them recorded. Enjoy!
Scar by Jaiden by niemeyerc
Caden K's Spider Story by niemeyerc
Aspen's Spider Story by niemeyerc
Tristan's Spider Story by niemeyerc

Candy Corn Math

This week to work on building equations we did some "Candy Corn Math." Each student received a bag of candy corn. They had to think of as many ways as possible to build that number. It was interesting to watch them build and test their equations with the candy corn. As students manipulated the candy they found ways to make their number with two addends, three addends, and even four! At the end of the lesson, the kids had a sweet treat!

First Grade

We love computer time! Go down this list. Play each game and then you can go back and play your favorites. Have fun!
1. Alien Addition
2. Minus Mission
3. Rhyme Match
4. Word Machine
5. Pumpkin

Second Grade

Happy Wednesday! Work hard during your computer time today. Here is a list of activities. When you are through the list you may go back and choose a game to play. Have fun!
1. Word Sort
2. Word Builder
3. Penguins Place Value
4. Ordering Numbers
5. Ghost Blaster

Spider Soup

In writers workshop this week, second graders have been writing some spooky menus. The first graders worked together to write a recipe for spider soup. GROSS! Well, last night I happen to find enough spiders to collect the ingredients for spider soup. Today, we ate it! Their faces were priceless.

Spider Stories

The stories from the "Boo" bag spiders were WONDERFUL! Thank you for your support with this at-home writing project. Wow! The children shared their stories today. I wanted you to be able to hear all the creative ideas for this assignment. I only had time to record three of the stories. So...this is just a taste! Here are three stories and there is more to come! Enjoy!

Spooky Halloween by Sydnie by niemeyerc
Webhead by Philip by niemeyerc
Facts About Spiders by Kira by niemeyerc

Field Trip

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Leaf Art

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Doubles Snap

Adding fluently sums to 20 is an objective for the first quarter in first grade. Using the doubles facts is a great strategy to develop this objective. The doubles are easy and fun to memorize. We played a game in class to help the students memorize these facts. To play the game...all you need is a di! When you roll the di, the players have to say the double. The first one to say the double wins! For example, when a 6 is rolled the players must say 12.

Budding Botanists

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Fill Your Bucket

We read a great book: How Full is Your Bucket. It was a perfect book for teaching kindness and compassion. Please ask your child about the story. We discussed that when you are happy, your bucket is full. Kindness fills all our buckets. To make the concept more concrete, we each have a bucket. Throughout the day, kids write kind things to each other and put the writing in the buckets. If a student is feeling down, we are able to take out some kind words and fill up his or her bucket. The children are LOVING filling buckets.

Math Game with Buddies

Every other Friday we meet with our 4th grade buddies from Mrs. Hankin's classroom. Last week, we played a Native American math game. For the game you need 8 pumpkin seeds. Each of the pumpkin seeds has a drawing on one side: two seeds have a bird, two have a cow, two have a fish, and two have a turtle. Each of the animals are worth points. You get a point for rolling a bird, 2 points for every cow, 3 points for a fish, and 4 points for rolling turtle. When it is your turn, you roll all 8 seeds. You have to add the drawings you get. The person with the highest sum wins the round. The children were mentally adding up to 8 addends! They had a blast and didn't even realize how much math they were doing!

Fabulous First Graders Math Games

First Graders, Try these addition games! Once you have gone through the list, you may chose your favorite game to go back and play. Have fun!
1.Hidden Picture
2. Line Jumper
3. Mathionaire
4. Fact Practice

Spectaular Second Grade Math

Hello Second Graders! Enjoy these math games to practice place value. Go through the games in order. After you have played each one, you may go back and pick your favorite to play again.
1. Shark Numbers
2. Practice Adding
3. Greater than or Less than
4. Arrange the Numbers