7/10 Camp Canceled Due to Storms

After contacting Coach Ecker, it was determined that we should cancel the camp for today with the weather that continues to bear down on our area. Please get your run in on your own and plan for a good run with the team on Tuesday.

Exploring Air - 4/22

We began our unit of gases and weather by exploring what we could do with air and how we could prove that it really was there, even though we can't see it.  We used some common tools like feathers, straws, balloons, and bags to help prove that air was present in the classroom.  More fun and learning will be had again this week as we discover ways in which we can work and play with air.

2D Shape Pic Collage

After learning about defining attributes of shapes, we took our tablets out into the halls of school to hunt down shapes.  Once we found them, we took photos and then added the defining attributes that make all shapes like those chosen.  We will try this again next week with 3D shapes around school, once we get to know them better.

Minute to Win It! 4-15-16

We enjoyed a culmination of great events this week with a Minute to Win It celebration that honored the hard work that we put in to be so well behaved.  Color teams earned Class CLAWs in order to score points with great behavior choices for the first two weeks of the month. After all children in class participated in our own game of Marshmallow Bounce, Brayden and Jeremy represented our team very well at the assembly. It was fun to cheer on our friends in all the different games.

Just In Time for Unit 6

As we begin our final unit of study for math, we're also getting ready for our final round of MAP testing later this month. While one test is not the true measure of what your child has to offer, we know that we've made a great deal of growth all year long.  This week kicked off our study of telling time. A pre-test and post-test were administered, and you will be very pleased with the results and growth! (Just take a look in the binder this weekend)  While we are required to take standardized tests, you can believe in the growth that you see and hear each week as your child contributes new items to the Seesaw digital portfolio, each week.  Remember that our unit tests for reading and math demonstrate their abilities as a first grader, using the Common Core State Standards.

Sink or Float? - 3/18/16

Finding out more about the properties of solids, we explored forming hypotheses and testing them. The children rotated responsibilities in our study of different, familiar solids, to test whether or not the items would float. We made connections to familiar items used at swim lessons when we tested to see if Mr. Clarey's shoe would float. The fish and Mr. C were thankful that it did!

Oobleck: Is it a Solid or a Liquid??? - 3-11-16

We spent the week learning about properties of solids and then liquids, in science. We found that solids have their own specific shape, and that they can be hard, soft, rigid, flexible, pointy, rough, smooth, or other properties.  The students observed liquids with different properties, including: colored, sticky, foamy, bubbly, transparent, translucent and viscous.

Our week ended after we had read Bartholomew and the Oobleck, by Dr. Seuss. By mixing equal parts of corn starch and water, then mixing in blue and yellow to make it green, the children explored the properties of this mysterious goo.  At the conclusion, we found Oobleck to have properties of both solids and liquids.  Seven students thought Oobleck was a solid, while 10 believed it to be a liquid. Two students said it was both!  Make some at home, and decide for yourselves.