Open House TONIGHT

I hope to see you at Open House tonight!  Meet in the cafeteria at 6:00!
Miss Gilbert

Science Investigations and Math Stations

We did two more Science Investigations!
For our Sight Investigation we drew what we thought Oreo Cookies looked like.  Then we got Oreo Cookies and looked at them.  Then we looked at them with a hand lens....a REAL SCIENCE TOOL like REAL SCIENTISTS!  Did you know Oreos have shapes, patterns and letters on them? Check it out next time you eat one! Here are some pictures of our investigation:

We also did a Hearing Investigation!  There were 5 containers that had mystery items in them.  We had to shake them and make our predictions about what was inside.  There were bells, paper clips, rice, pennies and cotton.  Here are some pictures of that investigation:

We also started stations in Math Groups.  Here are pictures of the things Miss Gilbert's group is doing. Ms. Fischer will share hers soon!

We sort Math Facts!

Roll and Color.  We are learning to look at dice and "just know" how many dots we see without counting them.  This will help when we practice the addition strategy of counting on.  We DO NOT use our fingers when adding!!!

Sorting numbers to 10!  

Ways to Make Five!  We are learning our facts to 5 fluently!  

Wow, that was a lot of pictures!  I hope to see you all Wednesday night at Open House.  We have so much to show you!  

Miss Gilbert
Oh, by the way....Monday is DAY 20.  I wonder what that means;-)

Our First Science Investigation

We completed our first science investigation!  It was all about our sense of TASTE!
We made predictions about which item would taste sour, salty, bitter, and sweet.
Here is a picture of our investigation half-way through!

Then we got to check our predictions by tasting the items!  The chocolate REALLY tricked us!  It was unsweet chocolate so it tasted bitter!
Here is a little video of our investigation.

We will be conducting investigations with the rest of our senses this week.

Here is a picture of our Tear Paper Names that I finally got up!  I think they turned out very colorful and cute!

Miss Gilbert

Donor's Choose

Our class had a project funded through Donor's Choose!  (Starbuck's was our donor.  A $279 donation....they must know I love coffee and that I am a gold member.)  The supplies were delivered last Thursday.  We will be working on our Thank You's this week.

Popular science author Gail Gibbons introduces students to the fascinating lives of the world’s most intriguing animals…from the biggest whales to the tiniest spiders. Set includes all 5 kits shown, each with 4 copies of the book, plus a read-along CD that narrates the story word for word.

I have created 2 more projects.  BOTH have been awarded matching grants from amazing teaching resource companies, which means we are half way to earning more supplies for our classroom.  Click the links below to check them out!  Please share with anyone or any businesses you think would be interested in donating to our projects!

Teaching with Ten Frames

Roll the Dice Math Stations

Miss Gilbert

10th Day of School

Wow, we have been in first grade for TEN whole days.  We have been very, very busy.  Day 10 was especially busy for us.  Two friends had birthdays, we had a practice fire drill during reading group, we experienced our first trip to the treasure box, we used our Science Books for the first time and there was a special package delivered to us.  It was SO heavy, Mr. Bronson and Ms. Stratton had to carry it all the way from the office to our carpet for Miss Gilbert.
Here is our picture with our special delivery.

The package said  "To: Ms. Gilbert's Monkeys" and was covered in 0's and Z's.  After making lots of predictions about what was in it and who sent it, we FINALLY opened it.

It was from ZERO THE HERO!  Zero the Hero is a superhero who LOVES the number 10.  He sent us a letter, a balloon, a "zero treat", a cape and his special helper.
Here are some pictures of us enjoying our yummy zero treats.

Zero the Hero doesn't just bring us treats, he helps us learn about the number 10.  We found lots of way to make the number 10 at Morning Math Meeting.

The next time Zero the Hero visits  (his letter said he would visit again) someone gets to wear the cape and be the helper at Morning Math Meeting.  When do you think he will visit again?  Leave a sticky on the wall with your prediction.



Miss Gilbert

First Week Fun

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All of my little monkeys seemed to have a great first week of school.  Were they as tired as I was?
We spent the week learning our routines and procedures, reading lots of jungle animal and back to school books, working on the story of 4, practicing fire drills and even made a science sticker scene.  It looks like we might get to practice our severe weather drill on Monday thanks to Isaac.  Beware, the first grade hallway floods!
The students are doing a great job bringing their folders and backpacks to school everyday.  The binders will start coming home after Labor Day.  Since our special area schedule changes weekly and we have playtime every day, it is important that students wear sneakers to school daily.  Helping your child learn how to tie their shoes will save us a LOT of time throughout the day;-).
Siloh visited our classroom on Saturday.  He saw all of the fun things we did and really wants to be a first grader!  Here is a picture of him at the Reading Area.

After a couple of hours he need a nap!

I will take lots more pictures of our activities next week to share with you.  If you start "following" our blog, you get a notification when new things are posted.  Click the blue "Join this site" button to the left.
Have a great weekend.  See you on Monday!

First Day FUN!!!

What a fantastic first day!  I had so much fun and hope the students did too!  I wonder if they are as tired as I am!
Here are some pictures for you to enjoy.
After reading the story First Day Jitters we had Jitter Juice to help our first day jitters go away!  Everyone liked it!  We even graphed and tallied our results! First graders, tell you parents about the surprise at the end of the story!

First Day of School Pictures

Thank you parents for allowing me to spend the next 180 school days teaching your children.  I could not do my job without you!  And thank you, thank you, thank you for all of the supplies you sent in.  In my 9 years of teaching I have never had so many supplies sent in on the first day of school!

I can't wait to see you all tomorrow for Day 2!  It is going to be as wonderful as the first!

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