Poetry Writing Celebration !

We will have our writing celebration on Thursday at 2:50 in the classroom Students will share their notebooks of original pieces, as well as, recite an original poem. Our Fourth Grade buddies will also attend!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to all! The kids enjoyed some fun activities related to the holiday including leprechaun sightings!

Visiting Author Nicola Davies!

Students immersed themselves in all things Nicola Davies last week. They conducted an author study which included comparing texts, reading poetry, learning about Nicola's craft in detail, and other fun activities.  Today they were able to meet her and have special time with her in the library.  

Science experiment

Students will make observations over 48 hours to continue learning about the Water Cycle.  Today they made predictions about what would happen to water and soil inside a plastic bag.  

Meet the Teacher

Reading Workshop

Students are enjoying the various reading activities during Reading Workshop!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Writer's Workshop

Today in Writer's Workshop students used a special item from the Poetry Museum to practice using adjectives.  Students are learning that poets describe items in vivid details.  Mr. Hoffman taught the students how to use Kidspiration to take photos of the items and create a web of awesome adjectives!

Today the students began Guided Math.  They were super excited and did an awesome job. Be sure to ask them all about it.  

Keeping in Touch

Today during our IT time students individually typed on the same Google Doc that Mrs. Turner was on and responding to but instead of sitting next to them, she was doing so from Singapore. Each student had the Doc open on their iPad and they were fascinated to see each other's words appear above and below theirs. And if that wasn't enough, their teacher four time zones away was typing too, working to keep up with the barrage of questions and comments shared with her.

In the end, a single document was created with all the student questions and Mrs. Turner's responses. The print version is formatted in an organized table so the kids can read over and revisit the experience.

Here's what it looks like when 22 students and a teacher all work on the same Google Doc (in 4x speed)

Poetry Museum

Students will begin a Poetry Writing Unit. They are bringing in objects to help inspire their writing.   

Hello Parents!

My name is Erika O'Hearn  and will be your child's teacher in 1 JT while Julie continues to feel better.  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns regarding your child. I will have pictures up very soon so that you may see what we have been doing!

Beach Day Reminders

Tuesday is BEACH DAY! :)

Please remember to send your child with:

- A water bottle (clearly labeled with their name on it)

- A towel

- A hat

- Please put sunscreen on them at home before arriving to school. 

- A change of clothes

- A bag to carry their snack AND lunch

- If they would like to bring any sand toys (clearly labeled with their name on them in a bag

If you are coming with us to the beach you will need: 

 - A beach chair if you would like to have one to sit in

- A towel

- A water bottle

 - Sunglasses

 - A Hat

 - Sunscreen

Math - Making 10

Grade 1 has been hard at work learning strategies to make "easy addition" by making it 10!

The video below gives a great example of how we are using 10 frames to understand the concepts and get us ready for adding bigger numbers.  I encourage you to watch this with your child and they can help explain it to you!  :)   

1JT Foxes

What a great day here at TAISM!  Our 1JT students did an amazing job today showing us what the word perseverance means.  Some of our students even ran 5 laps!!!  Way to go TAISM and the 1JT foxes for helping to raise money for cancer research.   Thank you to the parents who helped to fuel them after their run with snacks for our snack table.

Here is a picture from the pep-rally today.  Look for more in the newsletter. 

 

A few pictures from after the run.

 

 

If you would like to learn more about Terry Fox and why he ran almost 26 miles everyday, please take a minute to watch the video below.

                                 

Coming Home Tonight

There will be several things coming home tonight in your child's folder/backpack. 

1.  Map:  Please fill this out with your child and return to school tomorrow. 

2.  Discover Oman information: for our next DO week coming up in February.  This includes the volunteer sign-up form. 

 

3.  Terry Fox T-shirts are HERE!  IF you ordered a t-shirt it will be coming home today in your child's backpack.

Numbers and Words

In math 1JT is continuing to practice making "easy addition" sentences by making the addition sentence into a 10 addition sentence. Below are pictures of the students practicing with 10 group cards, bears and dry erase boards.  They later had a chance to share their knowledge by "teaching" a peer the process. 

Words Their Way

Today the students met their new Words Their Way groups.  1JT practiced listening for the sound patterns in the words.

Researchers Hard at Work

Our Living Things Unit is quickly coming to an end.  The children are celebrating by choosing an animal to research and learn more about.  Using computers, books, i-pads, bulletin boards and animal fact cards, they each made a poster to share all that they learned and found interesting about their animal.  Be looking for them on the blog soon!

Mrs. Hindash came to our class this week to talk to us about animal habitats.  We learned how animals have adapted to live in specific kinds of habitats. 

 Thank you Mrs. Hindash!