Friday, March 28, 2014

Conquering The Playground!

The snow banks at Dothan Brook have certainly reached new heights, and the first graders are enjoying every minute of it at recess! 

Volunteers Needed Please :-)

Next week we will begin our moon unit. I'm hoping to create some paper mache spheres with the students, however this project would go much smoother if I had some parent volunteers. 

When:  Next Tuesday, April 1st 
Time: From 12:45-1:45

Please email me if you are available and willing to come in. :-) 

Career Day At DBS

This week we were invited to attend our 5th graders Biography Fair. We had so much fun walking around to the different presentations and learning from them. The first graders left in total awe of them.



Newsletter: Week of March 24

Sunday, March 23, 2014

New Intern in Our Classroom




Starting on Monday, we will be welcoming Miss Veronica Leonard to our classroom. She will be at Dothan Brook on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until mid-May. She is a senior at Dartmouth College, and aspires to be a first grade teacher. She is from Washington, DC. She has taught 1st and 2nd graders English as a second language in the Marshall Islands. Also, this past summer she interned as a preschool assistant teacher in Washington, DC.

Friday, March 21, 2014

Triangles and Quadrilaterals

This week we had a lot of fun using iPads, walking around the school, looking for different quadrilaterals and triangles. They were surprised by the number of polygons we found. Once we returned to class, we collected all of the pictures and highlighted each polygon hidden within the picture. We also enjoyed using geoboards for the first time.





Newsletter: Week of March 17

Friday, March 14, 2014

Geometry

We began learning about geometry this week, although we didn't get very far with the two snow days tucked in the middle of this week. We began looking at and identifying various shapes. Students should be able to identify the following shapes:


We also began to talk about symmetry and how shapes can be symmetrical. These are some of the creations they made this week:







Newsletters: Week of March 3 and March 10

Whoops...forgot to post last week's newsletter! Sorry about that.


Thursday, March 6, 2014

Enjoying a S'more treat today with Mr. D!




As a celebration of all the positive behaviors that happened during the month of February, Mr. D treated each classroom to s'mores today! It was a surprise treat for all. They all enjoyed the gooey goodness!