Look What’s Happening in Room 102!

I was recently in Washington D.C. for a computer conference (June 27- July 1).  It was called NECC (National Education Computer Conference) and now it is ISTE( The International Society For Technology in Education.
This was my first time at an ISTE/NECC conference and I was at times amazed and overwhelmed.  It was the biggest and [...]

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I want to congratulate all my first graders for a fabulous year.  We had a great year learning about technology and blogging.  We had over 2,000 visitors to our blog from over 50 countries. We learned how to use voicethread and Tux Paint.   Next year we will continue to learn more about technology and blogging.  [...]

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Yesterday was our last day of first grade. In the morning we played board games with our friends. In the afternoon we had an Ice Cream Sundae party. Thanks to all the parents who came and helped us. Also, a big thanks to everyone who contributed sundae toppings.  I had the best [...]

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We’ve been practicing our reading fluency by doing a Reader’s Theater. This is our first try at this. It was a challenge for us to learn how to follow along so we would know when we had to speak. We worked on using expression in our voices, too. Congratulations to everyone. [...]

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Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 21st.
Grade One would like to wish all our dads Happy Father’s Day. Listen to our Voicethread and find out about all the fun activities we like to do with our dads.

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Grade One has been busy designing book covers for some unfamiliar stories. I read aloud Abuella by Arthur Dorros the other day. The pictures are by Elissa Kleven. I had the cover of the book blocked with a piece of construction paper so that the children could design their own book cover. [...]

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Grade One brainstormed favorite things about our year with a partner. I collected the papers and typed all the responses on an appleworks document. Then I copied and pasted them to a website called wordle. The words that appear larger were more frequently listed as favorite things about grade one.

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Yesterday we went to the University of Montreal for a Sports Day.  We took a bus there.  Mocha, our monitor, met us outside of the building.  First we went to swim.  The pool was very big.  We had to listen to the rules and then  some kids took a swimming test.  If they passed the [...]

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Grade One loves to read and have stories read aloud to them by their teacher. Here are some of our favorite stories. Have you read any of them?


Make a Smilebox slideshow

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