A Special Visit

Roman's dad recently returned from serving in Afghanistan and paid a very special visit to our classroom on Tuesday afternoon. He came with artifacts, pictures, stories, and even a taste of a MRE, a real meal he would eat when deployed. We got to try crackers with a cheese spread and a chocolate/peanut butter spread... not bad! :)

THANK YOU MARK for visiting and for SERVING our country!

Ambulance Education

Cecropia!

Isaac's family found a very unusual looking caterpillar at their home, in a Maple Tree, about 7 months ago. They researched it, took pictures, and nurtured it until it hatched in his mom's 1st grade classroom. It turned out to be a very rare CECROPIA moth. Mrs. Charlton brought it to our classroom last Friday afternoon and it was amazing; the pictures really don't do justice. It was huge, and the sad part is, they only live for 4-5 days. Some of you may have seen it while visiting for lunch in the classroom. Take a peek at this link for more fun facts: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecropia_moth

Lunch in the Classroom: April 27

Thank you for joining us for our first lunch in the classroom! Take a peek at some pictures that were snapped while you were here! Hope to see you at our next and last one on Friday, May 18!

Check these out!

Here are some great websites to check out at home with your 1st grader:

Science: Foss Web
http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/index.html

Starfall
http://www.starfall.com/

Math Expressions: Grade 1
http://www.eduplace.com/math/mthexp/g1/index.html

Tumble Books
http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/customer_login.asp?accessdenied=%2Flibrary%2Fasp%2Fhome%5Ftumblebooks%2Easp

Earth Day!

We celebrated Earth Day, a day late, on Monday with our 6th grade buddies. They met us in our classroom, we partnered up, grabbed garbage bags and gloves and headed outside to pick up any and all garbage we could find. It's amazing how much we found, even after the all school clean up that happened this weekend. After our hard work outside, we headed back into our classroom and made an earth day snack with rice cakes and green and blue cream cheese. Yum! Or not, they were a little bland so no one fell in love with them, but it was still a fun afternoon!

Dates to Note in 1st Grade!

April 18 - Grandparent's Day and Talent Show
April l9 - Spring Portraits
April 20 - Beauty and the Beast play @ Divine Mercy in Faribault
April 27 - Join us for Lunch in the Classroom
April 30 - Field Trip to NPL (Northfield Public Library)

May 10 - Field Trip to the Children's Museum and North Park in Lakeville
May 18 - Join us for Lunch in the Classroom
May 23 - 1st Grade Mass