Art Appreciation!

Today we looked at the painting by Alma Thomas.

We learned that Alma created this painted to show how she saw the sky and space exploration.

She used symbolism in her paintings.

What do you see?

Thank you Mrs. Short for bringing art into our classroom!

Starry Night and the Astronauts 

Here are some more of her paintings: 

             

Fairy Tale Unit! The Frog Prince

We are staring our Fairy Tale Unit today!

Check out the characteristics of fairy tales we learned today.  

 Can you find them all in The Frog Prince?  We did!

We think the coolest one is that things happen in 3's and 7's!

Check out our Audio Boo Recordings!

Check out our new "Projects" Page on our Blog!  

On it you will find some new projects we will be trying in our classroom.

This week we wrote some poetry for the first time and recorded the poems using a new technology for recording and publishing.  It is an App and website called "Audio Boo".

Check out your child's project and listen to their writing....you can even post their amazing work to your Facebook or Twitter page!

End of the Day Jar...Question of the Day!

End of the Day Jar...Question of the Day!

April 23, 2014

What did you do that was kind today?

First grader responses:

Isabel:  "I let Rachel go in front of my to get All By Myself work."

Lily: "I let some else play with me at recess."

Grayden: "I shared by banana bread with my brother, cause I LOVE banana bread!"

Emma: "I let someone else go first to read."

Aiden: "I help my team at recess playing soccer."

Keegan: "I let a friend sit my me at lunch."

Rachel: "I let Lily go in front of me for Writer's Workshop."

Avery: "I helped Katelyn get out the lunch cart because it was bunched in."

Regina: "I used kind words with Mrs. Strasser."

Gavin R. "I  passed to someone and Jake scored."

Katelyn: "When Carly's flip flop came off, I said Are you OK?"

Gavin B.: "I helped Aiden's team in soccer."

You have very thoughtful students!

Stay tuned for more!