Creativity is Intelligence Having Fun ~Albert Einstein

Our week was filled with lots of hands on fun!
During math, students did an activity called "Spill the Beans" to grow number sense of larger numbers.  In my family, we EAT beans, so we used manipulatives instead.  Students spilled the manipulatives, used tens frames to represent how many groups of tens were present, and recorded the number.  

Stations were a hit as students reinforced concepts of print, sight words, and sequencing skills.

  

Expressing knowledge of national symbols, students created models out of Play-doh and Model Magic.  

The American Flag

The Bald Eagle

The Statue of Liberty

The Washington Monument

The Liberty Bell

 Our Friday was made complete by a couple of guest readers after lunch.

What a super week!

We Are a Bucket Filling Classroom!

What a great week! We started off with ice cream sundaes as our first "bucket filler" celebration on Monday.  As a first grade community, our goal is to create a learning environment that values positive relationships and kind interactions.  We created the anchor chart (below) that describes what a bucket filling classroom looks, sounds, and feels like.  Behavior is reinforced throughout the day by adding warm fuzzies to the classroom bucket when positive interactions occur.  Once full, we celebrate!

 

Who loves America?  We do!  This week we began a unit on national symbols.  

Crafting a bald eagle body by tracing our shoes and hands.

 

Counting and creating numbers!

 

Hard at work at stations!

 

Developing a love of reading...

 

I enjoy getting to know students during free time.  They have such good hearts and curious minds!  Can't wait to see what next week brings!