Leverett School Grade 1 Joyful Learning For Young Children 

Look at what we are learning about in writing.  Ask your child what tips they are learning to make their writing come to life.  We are writing small moment true stories.

Writers at work….

After each writing time we have Author’s Chair.  A few writers come up to share their writing and take questions and comments from the class.  It is a beautiful sharing time that is both community building and confidence building for these young writers.  They learn so much from each other and I always admire their bravery!

Here is our new bulletin board showing what we are learning about with the changing seasons.  The kids worked together this week to create the pictures and writing.

Harvest Festival is tomorrow.  Hope to see you there!  As a reminder, I will be out the next two weeks on a family medical leave.  Sherri and Deb will be in charge in first grade.  They will do a wonderful job with the children.  Any questions, please be in touch with them.  Looking forward to seeing you at conferences on November 1 and 2.

Look at this chicken laying her eggs that showed up during out morning building time.

We were so lucky to have former LES teacher, Dorothy Croswell, come to school this week with her Curious Giraffe show.  She sang beautiful meaningful songs with the children and a good time was had by all of us.  

We finished our study of insects and have moved on to a study of the changing seasons.  To kick of this unit we all went outside to observe a tree outside our classroom window.  We noticed the changes happening to it and drew what we saw.  We will go back to this tree in three months and do the same activity, noticing how its changed over time.

Thank you for coming in this week for Open House!  Meeting families is always one of my favorite days of the year.  Thanks for taking the time to come get a look at your child’s day at school.  I hope you enjoyed your visit.