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Otters Don't Bully

Today we celebrated Unity Day by wearing orange.

Making flowers using our names

We made unique flowers using our names.  We had one petal for each letter in our name, one stem piece for each syllable in our name, and one leaf for every vowel in our name.  Our names are all different, but our flowers are still beautiful in their own ways!

Singing with Mr. Tobin, round 2

One more song :-)

Singing with Mr. Tobin

Today I was able to capture some of the wonderful singing Mr. Tobin has been doing with our students! It was beautiful to hear them all sing!

Picture Day and a Surprise Visit

I was able to stop by Dothan Brook today and visit with some wonderful first graders. It was so good to see everyone and all they have been learning while I'm away.

September Newsletter

September 2014

First graders have been very busy this first month of school!

This week, we started reading groups. Each child has been assigned to a teacher and group based on their level of reading that we assessed at the beginning of the year. Groups will be reading a new book almost every time they meet and they will be doing comprehension and writing activities related to the book.  In addition, they will also be doing word work.

We continue to write in our journals as and we’re working on stretching out words to find out the sounds in words we don’t know.

In math, we have been sorting and counting a variety of objects.  We’ve also been working on a data collection book and practicing making bar graphs.  We have just started an addition unit where we are taking numbers apart and finding the different ways to come up with the same total.

In science, we are learning about plants and plant life cycles. We are conducting a seed experiment to learn what seeds need to grow. Each seed is missing one of its necessary requirements to survive; one is missing water, one is missing soil, and one is missing sunlight. We will compare these seeds to our seeds that have everything they need.

We have started our Second Step lessons and we appreciate those of you who have taken the time to work on these activities at home with your children.

Next month, we will be learning about the fall season and starting an author’s study about Kevin Henkes.

Awesome job first grade!

Mrs. Burriss, Mr. Tobin, and Ms. François