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

Probability

We've been working on probability, likely, unlikely, possible, and impossible situations in math. The children created spinners and were to document how many times they spun each color. They used tally marks and a table they created on white boards to record their information.

Tanzania, Africa

Ms. Kelly Lynn and her daughter Alexa will be traveling to Tanzania for one month this summer. For Girl Scouts, Alexa had to create a project/presentation about the country. She and Ms. Kelly came to our classroom this morning and the kindergartners joined us in our room as we listened and learned about the very cool similarities and differences from our country to theirs. The children had the chance to have a taste of Tanzanian food. Although many of the children weren't in favor of the taste, we made sure to remember that it's not gross, just different!

Land and Water Models

In Earth Science we have been learning about various land forms and bodies of water. The children worked with 1 or 2 other people to recreate a model of a certain type of landform. After they were finished, we sat together in a circle so that each group could present and explain their finished product. We had some great questions and comments from peers as well. They worked very well together and were very clean scientists - surprising for working with so much clay, sand and soil!