As part of our morning calendar activities we are still counting the days that we are in school. Today was the 145th day of school. Each day we take turns representing this number with place value pictures. We draw pictures of money that adds up to this number, too. This daily practice helps the students [...]
Entries from April 29, 2009
My Weekend
April 28, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
First graders write in their journals. Sometimes we write about things we did outside of school. These entries were written by students. This is their original work. These students can write independently using the sounds their know to spell words. They can also use the resources in the classroom to help them spell, such as [...]
Tags: writing
Our First Book Review on Shelfari
April 22, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Catherine was the first student in our class to choose her favorite book to put on our Shelfari Book shelf. To read her review go to our Shelfari book shelf on the left sidebar and then click on the book The Diary of a Worm. Then click on “my copy”. Catherine gave it 5 stars. [...]
Roy the Zebra
April 7, 2009 · 11 Comments · Uncategorized
Dear Boys and Girls, I found another website called “Roy the Zebra” that I think you might enjoy. it is a reading website with stories about a zebra named Roy. You can read them by yourself or with your Mom or Dad. Click here to go to the website. You can watch/listen to me read [...]
Between the Lions Website
April 6, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Hello First Graders, My foot is doing better. I am taking good care of myself. I want to share a cool reading website I found with you. I think you will like it. Watch my video and you will see what you can do. This is my first try at doing a screencast. A screencast [...]
Hello from Home
April 2, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
I am at home taking care of my ankle which I sprained last week at school. I am thinking of all my wonderful first graders and hope you are doing your best for Ms. Ramsay. Since I can’t add anything to our blog from my students I will see if I can think of things [...]
