Powerful Words

On Friday we learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the powerful words he used to spread peace.  The students picked words they felt were powerful and wrote about how they could show that word in their classroom, school, family, or community.  Be sure to ask your child about what word they chose!

In Writing the students are learning about personal narratives and have begun to write their own.  They are learning about different ways to share their writing.  Below you will see some pictures of our gallery walk sharing.

The readers in Room 27 have been learning about character traits.  They made character masks with traits that describe themselves.  All of their work is posted on SeeSaw.

Book Buddies and Math Games

We were so lucky to have the readers in Mrs. Siopes’s Reading class visit us before the winter break.  Each student brought a book to read with us and then we colored bookmarks together.  Thank you Mrs. Siopes and the Third Grade!

We celebrated on the last Friday in December with some Math games! We played games in each First Grade classroom and had so much fun! Thank you Mrs. Young, Mrs. Sawyer and Ms. Ray for helping us become stronger mathematicians!

December First Grade Happenings

A few weeks ago we had a visit from author David Ira Rottenberg.  He read his famous book Gwendolyn the Graceful Pig while dancers acted it out.  The students loved it!

 

During STEM week we took a mouse on an adventure through Fox Hill! Thank you Ms. Scheffer for helping us work on our coding skills.

Book Buddies

Today we had a visit from the readers in Mrs. Siopes’ ELA class.  It was so nice to see such strong readers sharing their favorite books with us.  It was also great to see so many siblings reading together! Thank you Third Grade!

 

November in Room 27

I hope everyone enjoyed their long Thanksgiving weekend.  We have (hopefully) all recovered from the stomach bug that was going around Fox Hill and are back to lots of lessons and learning.   Here are some photographs to enjoy!

 

Where did October go?

This month flew by for our First Graders! We have been in a great routine in the classroom and are challenging our minds each day! Check out some of the photos from our month.

• We learned how to make hula hoop houses in PE.
• We made skeletons in Art.
• We learned several songs about pumpkins.
• We went on a tree walk with Ms. P!
• We learned about the parts and functions of plants
• We built a model of a plant.
• We are learning how to use a number line and practicing our doubles facts.
• In Literacy we are working on the parts of Fiction stories and practicing how to retell stories.
• We watched Stellaluna in the Learning Commons.
• We worked with coding during STEM week with Mr. Murphy and Ms. Scheffer.
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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Week of October 1 and 8

The past two weeks have been very exciting due to our Boosterthon!  The students did a great job getting pledges and running all the laps at the FunRun. Thank you to all the parents and families who also worked very hard to help raise money for Fox Hill. It is very much appreciated!

The past two weeks we have also:

• Started a new Math unit solving equations to 20
• Worked on a new Math center- Tangy Tuesday Puzzles
• Played Around the World with our Math facts
• Learned about theme in Reading
• Practiced with diagraphs- sh, wh, ck, ch, th
• Met in our small reading groups
• Logged into Raz Kids and Epic to listen to books
• Learned about Christopher Columbus and did a Fun Friday project with the whole First Grade
• Completed a celery experiment in Science to learn about roots
• Started a seed experiment to learn about roots
• Learned how to hula hoop in P.E.
• Listened to our Burlington Police Officers about school bus safety
• Ran many, many laps at the FunRun!

Week of September 24

All of our students enjoyed a week filled with learning. They looked wonderful for picture day and had our first Science experiment! Be sure to ask you student all about their work.

• We continued to solve addition and subtraction word problems in Math.
• We learned a new Math center, Shaking Addition, and had several days of Math centers. The students did great!
• We worked on trick words- the, is, a, of, his, and- in Fundations and practiced editing our sentences for capitals and punctuation.
• We learned about our Listening Center, Story Question Center, and Time For Kids center during Literacy.
• We started our first Science unit, Plant Parts and Functions.  Did you student tell you about our experiment? Be sure to check out the photos below.
• We learned how to use a magnifying glass and worked with our science partners to dissect a plant.
• We also wrote our September monthly memory.
• We had an assembly with Mr. Rosenblatt about our positive behavior system! Students can earn tickets when they show the Fox Hill values of being kind, being safe, being responsible, and being respectful.

 

If you have connected to your student’s SeeSaw account, be sure to do that soon. We will be learning how to upload videos, pictures, and drawings the next few weeks. If you need your QR code, send Mrs. Carroll an email.

Week of September 10 and 17

The past two weeks have been busy in our classroom.  The students are continuing to get used to our routines and procedures.  We have really gotten to know each other through our Me Bags! The students have been very creative with the items they brought in to share about themselves. We were all very impressed!  Here are some other lessons and events that have happened:

• We listened to The Best Part of Me and wrote about our best parts.
• We read Jack’s Talent and wrote about our talents and areas of expertise.
• We wrote letters to our parents for Back to School Night.
• We created a video for Back to School night giving our parents a tour of our classroom.
• We continued to solve addition and subtraction word problems.
• We learned a new Math game, Shaking Addition, and continued to work on ST Math.
• We began switching for Reading and met our new Reading teacher and classmates.
• We began independent Writing and got our Words We Use When We Write books.
• We read about safety in the summer and debated which safety tip was the most important.
• We became very familiar with our classroom library with a lot of independent and partner reading.

We are looking forward to Picture Day on Wednesday, September 26.  Forms will be going home Monday.

We all earned our 15 team points for this month! We earned the reward of bringing a stuffed animal to school on Tuesday, September 25.

Reminders:

1. Please bring back a signed permission slip and check for our trip to the Boston Children’s Theater on December 6.
2. Scholastic Book orders are due on Friday, September 28.

 

The First Week of First Grade 2018!

Welcome to Mrs. Carroll’s Classroom! We are off to a great start in Room 27.  The students are settling in well and it has been very fun getting to know each other.  This week the students did a lot in four days. They are learning our school and classroom routines, as well as having some fun! Check out some pictures from our week.

I will update the blog every week or two with facts, events, and quotes from students.  Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns as the year goes on.

On Friday we had an all school assembly with our new principal, Mr. Rosenblatt.

The students listened to The Crayon Box That Talked during Fun Friday.  Each student then created a crayon displaying how they are unique.