Penguins!

As part of our measurement unit in math the students learned about penguins!  They carefully measured and studied penguin features to create real life like painted penguins.  In the pictures, you will see Emperor, King, Rockhopper, Gentoo, Chinstrap, and Little Blue Penguins!  Each student also wrote an informational report to accompany their penguin. The penguins are beautiful!  This is a class full of talented artists!

Check out the photos below of the first graders sketching and painting their penguins!

100th Day!

Friday it was our 100th school day!  The students worked hard on 100 day projects and were proud to share their creations with others!  Check out our fabulous projects in the photos below!

A visit from Grandma Suzie

Renee's grandma visited us all the way from Washington state! She is an artist and teacher of art who used her own beautiful creations to share three folktales about Native Americans.  As you can see from her paintings below she is very talented and was quite inspiring to our first graders!

After the stories, the students had a chance to paint some of their own wonderful creations!

Science

In science we are studying sound and sound waves!  The students have been collecting data to help them answer questions such as, "How does a guitar make sound?" "Do all things that make sound vibrate?"  and "Do all vibrations make sound?"    After testing our data we are looking at it together during our scientist meetings and students are making and agreeing on claims based on our data! Ask your child to tell you more about it!

Below are pictures of students testing if things that make sound also vibrate.

Holidays around the world

Some highlights from our study of holidays around the world!

Saint Lucia Day crowns!

Hanukkah menorah crowns!

Playing the dreidel game!

Making poinsettias after learning about the legend of the pointsettia in Mexico.

Writing Celebration!

After a lot of hard work, we celebrated our writing today! Each child shared his/her story and we toasted each other with seltzer water!  Congratulations, writers!