Posted by Alissa | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on January 17, 2020
Welcome back to First Grade News! The kids are happily back at school and ready to learn in 2020.
One of the first things we did when we returned from our break was finish up our study of American Symbols. These wonderful creations, teaching what we learned about our favorite American Symbol, are hanging on the bulletin board outside our classroom.
We have now immersed ourselves in non fiction texts. We are learning how to write teaching books about topics we are an expert on.
In science we are learning about animal adaptations, and the “superpowers” animals have to help them survive in their habitat. In this activity, we learned about different kinds of bird beaks and why birds have different beaks to help them get food.
Today we had John Porcino visit our classroom. He is here at LES through the STARS Grant, and will be doing a Storytelling Residency with all classes. He will be teaching us how to be storytellers, using folktales from all around the world. On our first day with him today, he taught us how to tell the world’s shortest story: a joke! The kids loved it! Your child should be coming home today with a good joke to tell at the dinner table. 🙂
Our expert block builders of the week came up with quite a design!
Today we also read books about Martin Luther King, Jr. and watched part of his “I Have A Dream” speech on Pebble Go. Ask your child to show it to you. Then we traced our shoes and wrote on them ways we can “walk in his footsteps” by working for freedom and justice in our own lives. We will tape them on the floor in our classroom as a reminder of this great man. More photos later when our “Justice Walk” is complete!
Have a great weekend!
