Previous Exhibition Boards

Today in the note I sent home I said I would post pictures of excellent exhibition boards from my previous classes to help give a visual to parents of what I am looking for. Remember these are first grade students- they had a requirements of 10 facts. We have a requirement of 3 facts.

Matthew put together a great board about Cedar Point. He wrote out the facts he learned about the Theme Park and included pictures he explained to the class.

Makayla put together an excellent board about New York. She cut out and colored her pictures. She was able to explain all the pictures on her board. She decorated the board herself. The only thing I would ask is for students not to type out their facts, but to write them out by hand.

Jalen made an amazing poster about Chicago. He cut out and glued his pictures. He wrote out his facts by hand. His facts went with each picture on his board so he was able to explain all his pictures.

This is Jeremiah's super presentation about Michael Jordan. He cut out and glued his own pictures. Wrote out his facts and even brought in a basketball net as part of his board.

Jude's board about John Cena was wonderful. He wrote out all his facts, and was able to explain the pictures he glued to his board! He even wore his wrestling belt for his presentation!

One more from Matthew! Again, he has pictures that go with his facts. His facts are written out by hand.

• As I stated in the note today, PLEASE let me know if there is anything you need to help your student complete his or her board.

• The students above did most of the work on their boards and I can tell spent more than one night working on it. 

• If you have any questions or are confused by anything I've stated, please let me know asap. I want to help your student feel confident and successful during their first exhibition!

Picture Day Reminder

Sorry for the late reminder but Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 30th is our school's picture day. Students who are ordering pictures may wear free dress. Bring your best smile!

We Are Thankful!

Today we made a predictable chart to tell what we are thankful for!

Weather

As the weather is steadily getting colder, I have noticed that not all the students are equipped for recess and dismissal. Please make sure that your student has a hat, scarf, gloves and a heavy coat to wear to school. Please make sure that the young ladies are wearing thicker tights.

Thank you!

Counting By Tens

Today we practiced counting by 10's. Check out the videos of what we learned!

Shining Light

Congratulations to Justin! He was the shining light this week because he follows directions and is a good friend. He was really excited because his sister, Kaitlin, won Shining Light in Ms. Mirjah's first grade class also! Congrats to the Judkins Family!

Reading with 5th Grade & The First Snow!

Today Mrs. Martin's 5th Grade reading class came to visit. They brought their favorite books to read to us. It was such a treat to spend time with the big kids! They did a great job reading to us!

The students were so excited to see the first snow of the season that we took a few minutes out of our day to watch the snowflakes fall! 

Using a Pan Balance

Today the students were able to use the pan balances to explore with weight. They worked as a team to balance a turtle toy and clay. 

Cute Video of YOUR Kids!

I was so impressed today how well the students were working I had to record it! This was taken during independent phonics work time.

Probability

This week in math we began discussing probability. We used the terms certain, posable, and impossible to describe events. Today we played a game with a buddy where we dropped sticks. We recorded of the colors that showed were the same or different. 

Shining Light & Free Dress Day Information

This upcoming Friday, November 18th is a Free Dress for $1.00 for students who turn in a completed and on-time Milestone #2.  Consider having your student turn it in early so I can go over his or her facts and let you know if any changes are needed. Three students already turned in their milestone #2 early!!! Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Congrats to Kailey! She was our Shining Light last week. She was chosen because she was helping our her peers with out even being asked! Way to be a great helper! Keep it up!

Day Off!

I hope everyone is enjoying the day off today and playing many games of Monster Squeeze! Just letting everyone know guided reading book bags are not coming home this week because I am benchmarking your students. That means I am giving a reading test to determine their current reading level. Let me know if you have any questions!

Learning Chinese!

Today we had a visit from Wayne State's Confucius Classroom! We learned a bit about Chinese culture and a few Chinese words. We also practiced counting from 0-10 in Chinese. We learned a ton and has so much fun!

Listen and watch us count in Chinese!

Mystery Reader and Shining Light

Mr. Prince was the Mystery Reader this past Wednesday! He read, The Hungry Caterpillar, to all the kindergarten and first grade students! Thanks for visiting us!

Jordyn was the Shining Light this week. She's been working extra hard and has been really focused on her learning! Great Job Jordyn!

A Message From Ms. K's Technology Class

It’s NOT Just Play!

Dear Kindergarten & 1st grade family and friends-

If you talk to your students you might hear that they play games in my class.  This is only PARTIALLY true!!

While students are playing online games, they are also learning about the Internet.  While playing these games they have also learned: how to close a window, double click, use previous page arrow, and start a memory search in the address bar.  On top of all of that they are also learning how to use fine motor skills using the internal mouse; which really helps all of their teachers during MAP testing.

We've learned about the arrow keys, space bar, delete, and enter/return key, volume up/down, and mute.  They know how to make capital and lower case letters using the caps lock.

They are also exercising decision making (by choosing the game they play on the website)- they are learning a variety core academic skills such as; following directions, letters, shapes, rules, matching, memory games, chronological order, science, social studies, reading, and other cool things!!

Pbskids.org is the site they have been using and next week they will start using BBC kids





Here is a link to Ms. K's Blog: http://upatech.pbworks.com/w/page/29163702/HOME

November Lunch/ Breakfast Menu

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AMPT Schedule Change

On Monday, November 7th our AMPT schedule will change. Remember on gym days students need gym shoes.

Monday: Art
Tuesday: Gym
Wednesday: Technology
Thursday: Art
Friday: Gym

Here are a few other upcoming dates:
Tuesday, November 8th: No School for Professional Development
Thursday, November 17th: Milestone #2 Three Facts About Exhibition Topic Due. (I will send home a form for this next Wednesday)