Star Students In September

We are so proud of all these students.... They have been following our REACH pledge this month by:

Respecting others
Excelling at everything
Accepting resonsibility
Cooperating with others
Having a positive attitude






They each got a fancy Star Student necklace, and got to go up to the front office to be congratulated by our vice principal Ms. West, who also gave them a prize!

Way to go Star Students in September!!

Weekly Homework - Week #7

This weeks skills words are high frequency and rhyming words.

1. come
2. down
3. away
4. no
5. will
6. at
7. cat
8. ran
9. an
10. man

Homework goes home today, and is due back next Friday. Have a SUPER weekend!

The Game of Double Compare

Here we are, playing the game of Double Compare. In this game, partners turn over 2 "dot" cards. Together the partners decide which pair of cards shows the larger total. They find these totals by either counting all dots, counting on, or using number combinations. Look at us hard at work! :)

Weekly Homework - Week #6

This weeks words are high frequency and rhyming words. Homework goes home today as usual, and is due back next Friday.

1. up
2. but
3. go
4. where
5. here
6. pig
7. dig
8. jig
9. fin
10. win

Have a great weekend!

Calendar Math

Each morning, since the first day of school, we have been practicing our "Calendar Math" time. During this time we talk about: the calendar, patterns, the weather, tally marks, graphing lost teeth, odd & even numbers, name and value of each coin, how to count coins, place value, and telling time.
This is a very important learning time we do first thing in the morning. Starting this week, we have allowed 1 student each day to "conduct" our morning meeting (with the teacher sitting right beside them). This is a great opportunity for each child to practice speaking in front of people, and they LOVE to feel like the teacher in front of their peers. When calendar math time is over, we let the student who conducted that day share something from home for a few minutes (like a stuffed animal or book etc...) then take questions or comments from their peers.

So far this week Destiny and Elona have done calendar math, and today it was Alex's turn. Here's what calendar math time looked like today...

Here is Alex "CHAMPING" before he starts.
Before we start ANY activity, we always "CHAMP" , which means we ask the class:
What is our Conversations allowed to be right now?
What do you do if you need Help?
What is our Activity right now?
What is our Movement allowed to be?
How will we know if you are Participating?

Alex is asking the class what is the name of this coin and how much is it worth...

Since it is the 22nd day of school, Alex picked Takara to come up with a way to make 22 cents using coins. The class is following along with her finger as we count 4 nickels and 2 pennies together...

Alex is leading the class in counting by quarters... "25, 50, 75, 1 dollar..."

He is asking which column in our place value chart we should put today's straw into...

He just went over the parts of the clock, what time it is, and now he is writing down the time the digital way...

Since Alex is now done with calendar math, he is sharing something he brought in from home... his build-a-bear named Brownie...

The students loved his bear and had several questions and comments for him when he was done.
Great job today Alex!
We are excited to see each and every student conduct calendar math this year! :)

Weekly Homework - Week #5

This weeks skills words are rhyming and high frequency words. The new homework goes home today and, as always, is due back next Friday. Have a great weekend!

1. get
2. what
3. we
4. will
5. are
6. cat
7. hat
8. bug
9. hug
10. rug

Find the Missing Numbers

Takara is covering up some numbers on her 100 board while the rest of her group has their eyes closed...

No peeking in this group while Destiny was covering up some numbers...

Demaria guessed that 52 was the missing number... she said she knew it was the one covered up because "it comes before 53, and it comes after 51". Great job Demaria!

Malachi was asking Luke if 56 was the missing number... he said, "It's right by the 55, and when I'm counting, then comes 56." Great work Malachi!

Jiwon guessed that the missing number was 87, she said, " I look at the row, that all starts with 8, and I look at the up & down column, and they all end with 7, so I know that it's 87". Great strategy Jiwon!

Elona guessed the right missing number by looking at the number in front of it and behind it... good job Elona!

Recently in math investigations we have been working with the 100 chart in our room. We have been practicing counting by 5's & 10's and looking for number patterns.

Our essential question all week has been:
"What numbers come before, after, and in between any given numbers?"

Today, we played a game called Missing Numbers.
One student covered up some numbers on the yellow 100 board, while their partners closed their eyes. Then the partners had to guess the missing number and explain why they guessed that. We have come up with some great math strategies for finding missing numbers today!

Reading Celebration Today

Showing off our NFL gear today!

We had a great celebration at school this morning. The mascot from the gator bowl came to visit our school as well as some football players and cheerleaders from Wolfson Highschool. They all talked to us about the importance of reading!
We know that when you read, you will succeed!

Weekly Homework - Week #4

This weeks skills words are high frequency & number words. Homework is going home today, and as always it will be due back next Friday.

1. do
2. not
3. that
4. to
5. you
6. one
7. two
8. three
9. four
10. five

Have a great weekend!

NFL Friday Tomorrow

Ms. Hunt made this poster for our door to celebrate NFL Friday tomorrow.

The jaguar paws on our poster have everyone's picture in them. We are all wearing chef hats in the pictures, since our 1st grade football chefs are cooking up healthy habits!

If your child would like to participate tomorrow, they can wear something that represents an NFL football team.
The NFL will be awarding 1 school in the Jacksonville area with a $10,000 grant for the best participation. So lets show our school spirit tomorrow by wearing something that represents the Jaguars, or any other favorite NFL team! :)

Visitor Today

A former student, who is now a big 3rd grader, came to our room to read today! It was so good to see you Dillyn and you have become such a GREAT reader, we are so proud of you!

Happy Birthday Mrs. Ledford!!

Monkey cupcakes this afternoon to celebrate!

Weekly Homework - Week #3

This weeks words are all high frequency words. We will be going over them all next week in our skills time at school and they will also be included in the weekly homework. The skills test will be next Friday.

1. big
2. have
3. it
4. is
5. in
6. little
7. made
8. about
9. when
10. what

Have a great week! :)