Holiday Celebration

Mystery Reader ~ Ms. Deacon

Hour of Code

The class has successfully completed the Hour of Code along with 60+ million students worldwide. Every student had the opportunity to learn computer science. It helps nurture problem solving skills, logic and creativity. Each student has been awarded this certificate for spending one hour learning about computer science and coding.  If your child would like to continue to do some coding, here is the Shaker Lane Computer Lab website.

Math ~ Nonstandard Measuring

We learned about nonstandard measuring in math.  We used pennies, cubes and paperclips to measure different things.  We learned the measuring tools need to be touching, no spaces, straight and start at the beginning.

                        

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Sound Unit

This week we started our Sound and Light unit. Students learned that sound is caused by vibrations. We did and experiment  involving tuning forks and water and ping pong balls on strings.  They are loving the hands on experiments!

snow

The Snow Is Here!!

Please remember to send your child with a coat, hat, and mittens everyday,
as all children will be going out for recess. Children may play in the snow
at lunch recess only. If your child plans on playing in the snow they must
have snow pants, boots, hat, and mittens (all in a sturdy bag).  If your
child wears boots to school, please pack another pair of shoes in their
backpack or a sturdy, labeled bag. It is also recommended that you put an
extra pair of socks in your child’s backpack.  :)

First Grade snow days will be on Wednesday & Friday.

Your child only needs to bring snow pants on the above days, if they wish.  
They may also keep an extra pair of snow pants at school as long as they
are in a sturdy bag. In order to play in the snow there needs to be at least
a few inches (3 or more) of snow.  Decisions are made on a daily basis,
weather permitting.

                                 Thank you,

                                           

                                 The First Grade Team

always thinking!

Using snacks to make math equations!

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Halloween

Halloween Centers

Halloween Fun!

In reading centers, we had to be detectives to figure out the Halloween riddles!!!  Oh What FUN!!!

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Spelling Words ~ Week of Oct. 29 - Nov. 2

Spooky Spelling Word review
bat
web
pot
bug
wig
hat

Sight words
funny
find
look
what
they
when

Spell check: Friday, November 2

Reading Centers

We worked hard today in our reading centers!!  We worked with nouns, did word work with our spelling words and answered questions about the story we read!  

Halloween

 Halloween 2018  

We are very excited to celebrate Halloween on Wednesday, October 31. We are planning many fun and exciting events for the day. Please read the following information.

Costumes

Please DO NOT send your child to school in their Halloween Costume. Send the costume in a brown paper bag labeled with their NAME. This is very important to ensure that all pieces of the costumes return home after the school activities.

Do not send in any toy weapons that may accompany your child’s costume. This is a Shaker Lane policy.

There will be parent volunteers in the classroom to help your children change into their costume.

Parade

The Shaker Lane Halloween Parade will take place at 2:00. The children will parade around the outside of the building. All are welcome at the parade. You may want to arrive a few minutes early as parking can be tight.  We hope to see you there!

Party

Our party will take place after the parade and community meeting! (Unfortunately, the community meeting & party are for students & room parents only, due to space limitations).

Thank you so much for all of your help to make our Halloween activities run smoothly.

Hope to see you at the parade!!

~ The First Grade Team  

Spirit Day

To cheer on our Red Sox we will have Red Sox Spirit Day tomorrow 10/23.  Students are invited to wear their favorite Red Sox gear or any red, white and blue attire.

Please know that while we are a Boston sports team, we encourage our students to celebrate their favorite team.  We are an inclusive school that celebrates each child.

week of October 22 ~ October 26

Spelling Words: Lesson 5

up bug mud nut hug tub

High Frequency Sight Words : Lesson 5

friend full good hold many pull

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Math Groups

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THANK YOU!!

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! 

 Such a GENEROUS donation of books from families!!!  We were so lucky to get so many new books for our class.  They were put into our class library and the kids are already reading them!! Thank You Again :)

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Mystery Reader

We had our first Mystery Reader!!!  The kiddos love trying to figure out who the reader is and love hearing the stories!!

Community Meeting

STEM Challenge

On Friday, we became 1st grade engineers!! We worked together to do our first STEM challenge. We worked in small groups to see who could make the longest paper chain. There was TEAM work, creativity, great communication and FUN! Thank you to Mrs. MacGregor for coming in and working with us.

Mystery Reader

Calling all Mystery Readers!!!!! I would like to invite any parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives, or other special people to surprise your child by being a “Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom. Students LOVE having their family, friends, and relatives visit our classroom to share in our learning by reading a favorite children's book to our class.

When ~ Fridays at 9:00

Where ~ Mrs. Bullock's Room 112

You can sign up on the link on the right side under Mystery Reader Sign-Up.

Wemberly Worried

On Thursday, students went to the gym to watch the First Grade Teachers perform a reader's theater, Wemberly Worried. 

First Day of School!!!

WOW!!!  What a great day :)   Our first day was a fun filled day learning about 1st grade.  We read a story about Pete the Cat Rocking My School Shoes!  We went on a tour looking for Pete while getting to know where places are.  We also got to water color Pete!!!  The kids had a fantastic time doing this!

We played some name games and get to know you games.  We talked about our emotions on the first day of school.  We even got to graph how we were feeling!

We ROCKED the 1st Day of First Grade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!