Pig Compliment Celebration!

I'm so proud of our first graders for earning all of their Pig Compliments!  The students and I decided to honor the accomplishment with a Pajama Party and to watch Charlotte's Web!  The students loved reading E.B. White's classic and had a great time comparing the movie to the book.  The students also brought in their favorite stuffed animals to help them celebrate!  We had such a fun day together!  Here are a few pictures from our day together:

Excited Young Scientists Observing Worms!

As part of our Plants Science Unit we studied worms and what an important role they play in keeping plants healthy.  We had an excellent time observing worms!  I hope you all enjoy these pictures!

First Grade Halloween Festivities!

All dressed up and ready for the Halloween Parade!

We all had so much fun!

Time to party! So glad that Mrs. Palmeri and Mr. Johnson could stop by to celebrate with us!

Our parent volunteers looked great in their costumes too!

All smiles!

So lucky to have such wonderful parent volunteers!

Everyone loved all of the Halloween Goodies!

We had a great turnout...

and it was such a fun party!

Cooper had lots of fun!

Riley did too!

Thank you to all of the families that made our Halloween Celebration such a big success!

Four Winds Fun!

Ivan's mom, Chris, taught us all about grasses and grains!

The students were very interested!
Our amazing Four Wind Parent Volunteers did a wonderful job with the Puppet Show too! 

Exciting Things Are Happening in Room 116!

It was great to be back together again after the Fall Break!  All of the students had enthusiastic experiences to share during our Morning Meeting on Monday. The students have also used the fun they had with their families as inspiration for their writing homework assignment.  I look forward to reading about their adventures!

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Our Rainbow Friendship Fish!

We really enjoyed reading, The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister.  We had a great discussion about the importance of being a good friend.  

We then brainstormed a list of  qualities that we thought made someone a good friend.  The students then wrote about what friendship means to them and created their own Rainbow Fish!  

We have had so much fun learning about friendship and here is a picture of their amazing  Rainbow Friendship Fish!